Using the Spanish Postal Service (Part III)
Monday, April 26, 2010 @ 7:10 PM
The practice of using a return address is not as prevalent in Spain as it is in the U.S. This can cause some confusion. A few times it has occurred where I have mailed a letter only to find it was delivered to of all people, me. In one instance it was my ballot for voting in a Federal U.S. election. Most often this has occurred when the clerk at the post office did not put a stamp on the envelope when I was at the window. Instead, they dropped it in a stack with others and intended to affix the postage later when it was more convenient. Guess which side of my envelopes the stamps usually got stuck to…the back side with my address in small print.