margoula Posted October 20, 2018 #1 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Have some birthdays coming up while we are on the NCL Escape this week....can they be mailed from the ship. I think it would be cool to see what the postmarks would be. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted October 20, 2018 #2 Share Posted October 20, 2018 it is best to mail it from the port you are stopping at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ollienbertsmum Posted October 20, 2018 #3 Share Posted October 20, 2018 I have done it on every ship I have sailed (I collect postcards - but prefer when they have been mailed). You have to make sure that you have the correct stamp for the country that the mail is being sent from. You can buy stamps from guest services. Just note that it may not be mailed as promptly as you expect. I found that on my Princess cruise from Alaska that the cards took over a month to arrive. Interestingly all three arrived on the same day - all the way from Alaska to Gibraltar (Europe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margoula Posted October 20, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAHAM Posted October 20, 2018 #5 Share Posted October 20, 2018 On two NCL cruises I have taken , guest service declined to accept completed and stamped postcards to mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWGrayson Posted October 21, 2018 #6 Share Posted October 21, 2018 As shof515 said, you can mail them in port. I've seen shops that sell post cards that also have postage. Since you already have the cards to mail, it would be best to find a post office branch. Having a foreign stamp and postmark would be neat. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LrgPizza Posted October 21, 2018 #7 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) The ships do not have a post office, so you wouldn't see any special ship postmarks. There aren't mail boats that drive to meet the ship and take away mail. LOL! If you leave it with guest services, which will likely be declined, it would simply be sent at the next port. It would make more sense for your to do it yourself. Edited October 21, 2018 by LrgPizza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ready2cruzagain Posted October 21, 2018 #8 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Years ago the ships use to have wooden boxes hanging on the wall by guest services that said "Mail". I put my post cards in thinking it would be fun having them sent from another country. I received the post cards and they were stamped "Miami". Was told they hold onto the mail until they got back to Miami. Doy, that's no fun! I have not seen or looked for those mail boxes in years though. Best bet would be to mail them in port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooch47 Posted October 21, 2018 #9 Share Posted October 21, 2018 LOL. On Curacao I noticed a sign saying they sold stamps and postcards at the Liqueur factory. I already had some postcards, with messages and addresses on them. The clerk offered to put the stamps on them and mail them for me. All I had to do was give her money for the stamps. Of course, not a single postcard ever made it back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Nahoumi Posted October 22, 2018 #10 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I always put my return address on the post cards, so hopefully they'd be returned to me in case of non delivery. Guest services has stamps for the ports, and told me that mail is taken off of the ship in every port. My cards were eventually delivered to the recipients, long after I returned home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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