#postmark

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USPS Changed What A Postmark Means.

That’s a Problem.

Briefmarke / Postage Stamp / Postmark

Estland / EESTI

Ausgabetag: 30.07.1940

Zürich, 10-04-1969

Mindenkit ölelek és eddig semmi baj. Ezt mondta a Kohn is a harmadik emeletnél amikor a negyedikről kiesett. Zoli

Zürich - Limmatquai / Bellerivequai / Wasserkirche und Helmhaus / Arkaden am Limmatquai / Bürklianlage / Grossmünster

[Verhütet Waldbrände]

I've been keeping track of the postmarks on every subscription I've received for my zine. I check my PO Box every day except Sunday, and over the last month it has taken an average of 3.8333 days between when a letter was postmarked and when it arrived in my mailbox, median 3.5 days, mode 3, range 2 to 8 (I've also received three letters that strangely had no postmark; I have no clue when they were mailed out or processed by the Post Office, so I did not include them in my math). 3.5 to 3.8333, let's call it 4 days between postmark and reception.

New issues of the zine are printed on the 13th of each month. It takes me a few days to write, format, and edit all the articles, so in previous posts I've said that I would close the window for reader submissions on the 6th, giving me a full week for production. This was a practical necessity. I can't control Post Office delays and I need a solid cutoff because I can't be making edits and additions to the text right up until the moment it goes to print. I need a few days to finalize things, but still, it felt unfair for me to do that. Someone could have sent their letter last month, January 30th or 31st, and I might not receive it until after February 6th just by sheer bad luck, so why should they have to wait until Issue 3 in mid-March for me to include their submissions?

A letter postmarked on the 6th would probably arrive between the 8th and 14th, so I think I'll push the submission deadline forward to the 10th to account for the average postmark delay. I will use my editorial discretion to decide whether or not to include late letters in the current issue or hold them off until the following month. It will depend on how much of the issue I've already written, whether I can squeeze a few more paragraphs onto the final page. The sheets are double-sided, so there's no practical difference between an issue that's 5 pages long and one that's 6 (they both take up three sheets), but a 6-pager being stretched into 7 means a full extra sheet per copy which is a waste of resources. In that instance, I'd have to withhold the submission untiil the next issue.

Instead of making you all wait in the blind to see what I've done with your letters, I've set up a couple avenues of digital customer service. You can email me at [email protected] or you can call or text the Some Times Hotline at 305-340-9446, and I can give you the status of your subscriptions/submissions.

And another thing, I would greatly appreciate it if you all dated your letters, that way I could see how long it took the Post Office to process and postmark them. Is it the same day? The following day? A full week later? Let's find out.

Subscribing is free, just send a letter to

The Some Times PO Box 420 Tavernier, FL 33070 United States

(the country name is only necessary for international readers)