Overseas Coupon Program - Alternate Site

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Mailing the Coupons 

Where do I send them? 

Please adopt a base.  See the section above. 

Send them to your adopted overseas base.  It costs the same to send them to the base that it does to send them to your next door neighbor.  The bases are U.S. territory.   If you send them to the OCP headquarters then OCP must find the same postage to resend them to the base.  That wastes your postage and effort.  

Cheapest 

The cheapest way to send your coupons is via "Parcel Post".  Since this method takes much longer to travel to its destination, please make sure that you send coupons that are no more than two months expired on the date of shipping if you use Parcel Post. 

Fastest 

A fast method of shipment is to use the Priority Mailer that the Post Office has. They have one envelope that allows you to place as much in it as you can for a fee.

Contact your local post office for the current prices per pound and best suggested methods of mailing. They will give you this information by phone. 

Post Office Requests a Name
 

If the Post Office requests a name for the address we have furnished, explain that the package is going to a "Position" not to a "Person."  It is "Official Mail."  By military regulations, Personal Mail requires a name with the address but Official Mail does not.  The "Commanding General" may be changed as the military wishes but mail to the Commanding General is for that position not for John Smith who may now be a civilian.  The coupons are also Official Mail for that base.  If a person is a part of the address we have placed that persons name with the address on our site.  If there is no name, then we do not have one.

Mail is Returned From the Base

We are not part of the military.  This is a civilian run assistance charity.  We do not always know about base closures or problems.  Sometimes mail is simply misdirected by the Post Office or mishandled at the base.  You are our best resource.  Please let us know about any problems that you have since we may not be aware of them.  We will try to solve the riddle but it will take a while (month or more).  Please remail your coupons to a different base if you think that is best.  We work on that type of problem as time or necessity allows. 

Customs Form Needed 

The U.S.P.S. also requires Customs Form 2976-A be attached to the outside of the mailer when sending directly to a base overseas. Use the description "Coupons" and record the value as "--$0.00--". Be sure to check the "Gift" box on the form and for them to return the coupons if there are problems if using Priority Mail.  This will allow time to resend them to another base.