How does the post work

[expat]

A question from a six year old boy that is not so easy to answer as you would think. How does the post work??
OK son, you take your letter to the post, pay for a stamp and then you give the letter to the postman and he delivers it......simples........no, not when the cogs start to turn in the head of a small child.....So, can someone answer the following? Per letter, per ton of letters for example??????

What happens when you want to post a letter from, lets say, Europe to the USA. You pay your 75 cents-Euro, how is that price then distributed. The post will want a few cents, so will the airline and the postal service in the US, nothing is done for free, or is it a six and two three's apart form the air transport?? Does anyone know how it is done.

Matt

[ozzy72]

Might I point you to a rather excellent channel called Discovery and a series called "How Do They Do That"

[Club508]

Might I point you to a rather excellent channel called Discovery and a series called "How Do They Do That"

I was thinking he might want to check wikipedia, but i guess that'll work too.

[Webb]

This is a little old but you can get the general idea.

Why does the U.S. deliver foreign mail when we don't get any money for the stamps?

[expat]

This is a little old but you can get the general idea.

Why does the U.S. deliver foreign mail when we don't get any money for the stamps?

Thanks for that Web, roughly what I though happened. Now I just have to put it into small boy speak

Matt

[Hagar]

This is a little old but you can get the general idea.

Why does the U.S. deliver foreign mail when we don't get any money for the stamps?

Thanks for that Web, roughly what I though happened. Now I just have to put it into small boy speak

Matt

This is all very interesting but it still doesn't explain who pays the airlines & how much they make out of it.

[hyperpep111]

I'd ask pete what happens when you push the "Post message" button.

Edit: Ooops!!! Just re read the name. Guess You could just google it