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sue and paul · Post by **sue and paul** » Tue 27 Aug 2013 08:49

When addressing a parcel etc, and you put your 'expéditeur' address on the reverse side, make sure you hatch it through, still leaving it legible. According to the employé at our Poste this should prevent the parcel being delivered back to you, the sender, instead of the addressee on the front, where the stamp is! This happened to me yesterday. Bah!

opas · Post by **opas** » Tue 27 Aug 2013 15:52

what do you mean 'hatch it through' ?

sue and paul · Post by **sue and paul** » Tue 27 Aug 2013 16:25

Hatching (in this sense) is diagonal lines which criss-cross through something, e.g. those yellow boxes at some UK crossroads that you're not supposed to enter till your exit is clear.

In this case you do it with a pen through the 'expéditeur' address, but leave it legible.

opas · Post by **opas** » Tue 27 Aug 2013 18:46

So you can learn something new every day

sue and paul · Post by **sue and paul** » Tue 27 Aug 2013 18:55

There may be other expressions for this procedure, but at least you have to somehow cross through your expéditeur address while leaving it legible. Probably no-one will ever have a problem even if they don't do this....just me!!

Sue · Post by **Sue** » Tue 27 Aug 2013 21:04

It didnt happen to me but I did write our address very small on the back.

tia · Post by **tia** » Wed 28 Aug 2013 09:02

this happened to my daughter not long ago , but in the uk not france.

Robert Ferrieux · Post by **Robert Ferrieux** » Wed 28 Aug 2013 14:28

Not very useful info...but...I always put transparent sellotape over the name & address. You never know when rain may wash away the ink

HF

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