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RE: I sent mail for 2 cents

in #mail5 months ago

So instead of sending the letter domestically, as in within "The United States of America", it's sent from the State of Pennsylvania to the State of California, as non-domestic, which by law is still two cents. Sound about right?

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There's four definitions of United States

  1. USA, The nation, The national government (DC + 50 States)
  2. DC, The DC Municipal Government, the Federal Zone
  3. The 50 States.
  4. A corporation

United States is often misleadingly referencing 2. DC. So, a domestic mail, with zip codes, is between federal government agencies. A non-domestic mail is between the States/Republics/Nations which are the 50 States. California is a State. STATE OF CALIFORNIA is a corporation much like United States can be a corporation. You can find it on a Dunn and Bradstreet website and it'll list government employees you know as the directors/officers/agents.

So, not quite.

What you're doing is sending mail from one of the states of the union to another state of the union and that is considered foreign with respect to the United States** which in this case is referencing the Federal Zone or the Federal Enclaves ie DC. It's not foreign to the United States* or the United States*** but it is foreign to the United States** and that's why it's non-domestic.

@der-prophet This is what I had in mind as we were noticing how nations around the world are selling their Bitcoin before June 30, as if they are corporations working on the fiscal year. At least in the United States, this is what I am referring to.