What happens if you put a stamp on a letter less then mailing cost?

Question

i've been sending letters with my 39 cent stamps for a week and a half, do they just throw them away?

Answer 1

You'll get a RTS { Return To Sender } stamp on the mail and instead of sending to them you'll get the package! What a surprise I got when I got my own mail.

[ Edit: You Must Have A Address On The Back, Otherwise Your Friend Will Pay For The Cost. ]

Answer 2

will be return  

Answer 3

they should send them bakc to you i'm waiting for our stamps to go up to 55 cents.

Answer 4

They ditch them or ask someone to pick up costs at other end or return them to You and say pay the full price.

Answer 5

who ever your sending it to will pay for the cost..

i had to do that when my best friend sent me a letter..i owed 37cents

Answer 6

they'll probably return to sender. sender being you if you put a return address.

Answer 7

Depending what mood the person that handles them is in I think! Ive done this a few times being careless, some times they return to sender, sometimes the reciever gets charged on delivery and sometimes they send you a bill with a reminder of correct costings and the worst case is when they just bin them!!

I hope that your letter gets where its meant to be going this time but you'll have to make sure you do correct postage because you may lose something very important! =)

Answer 8

If there is a return address on them there is a possibility Australia Post will send them back, however given that they are single letters they will likely let them through.

I wouldn't take my chances though, for a few cents extra you get peace of mind that your mail made it to the right destination.

I have received many letters over the years where the stamp wasn't watermarked or there was no stamp, but this was always when there was a bulk send from someone (e.g. invitations or business letters).

Answer 9

usually the will return them to you if you put a return address on the envelope.