The Postal System..

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Is there some sort of major delay for post travelling between countries? The post that I have sent inside of the UK to other UK addresses arrived ok, and sometimes was quicker then I expected! But every postal item I have sent abroad has not arrived yet, and this has been to more then one destination, and I know of two postal items from different places that has not arrived here.
Also going back about three months ago I had my brothers wife order me something from China on Amazon. Eventually she gave me my money back as there was issue after issue and the seller could not get the item to me here in the UK. I realized that we can no longer order things from China like we once could and I believe it is because the EU is stopping things reaching the UK, but I may be wrong?
I was wondering if anyone else has had similar issues. (I understand delays as suring these difficult times the postal system will be having a lot to cope with).
But is mail between UK and USA and UK and other EU destinations getting through? Or are either Brexit or the virus causing massive delays?

I imagine the volume of postal mail has increased substantially, with people ordering more online and people sending each other items because they are restricted in their travel, so it could also be due to shortage of staff from the virus and subsequent processing delays.

It could be. At our end post from the UK to other places in the UK has been impressive. I have had no problems with post arriving quicker then expected.

I've had a few parcels from China lately, ordered a couple of months ago.

Are you in the USA or UK?

Yes.

A few sample headlines and quotes. Those which are from earlier this year still do hold true, though to varying degrees.
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U.S. Postal Service Shifting International Air Mail to Sea Transport During COVID-19 – Update 6/5/2020
ByRichard Meldner
June 5, 2020
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For their part, airlines are in no rush to load up with mail again while general cargo fetches high rates, said one carrier executive, adding: “It’s not the first product you go for.”
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Coronavirus and shipping: here is what we know at the moment:
1. Reduced Air Freight Capacity but Soaring Rates
Most airlines, including American, United, British Airways, and Qantas - have suspended up to 90% of their passenger routes, operating only a barebones flight schedule globally. As a result, we've seen air freight capacity drop to its lowest in three years. And, now that Chinese manufacturing is starting up again and there's a growing demand for air freight, rates have spiked up to 27%.
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November 10, 2020 GREAT NEWS FOR AUSTRALIA! Small packet Airmail shipping has been reinstated by Japan Post effective immediately.
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And now an entire article;

https://locusmag.com/resources/covid-19 ... rruptions/

Yes.

Has been worldwide discussion of that on the hobby forums Starship Modeler, The Rocketry Forum, Aircraft Resource Center.

Update: International Mail Disruptions and Resumptions
December 29, 2020/in Industry News, Industry Trends, Reducing Transportation Costs /by Tony Nuzio
https://icclogistics.com/update-interna ... sruptions/

International Post Corporation (IPC)
https://www.ipc.be/covid-19-updates

The US postal service has been very delayed due to Trump intentionally sabotaging the post office.

On his own?

Nah, not on his own, he's colluding with the greys from the Pleiades and four-hundred thousand postal workers who were abducted by the greys and implanted with mind control chips linked directly to a controller in Melania's purse.

Ah.. Ok.

He appointed Louis DeJoy for Postmaster General. Louis stopped the postal workers from making overtime & told them to leave mail behind instead of going over their hours. Louis also took away some of the blue(I think it's blue) public mail boxes people could drop their mail off in. He took away some mail sorting machines as well. Besides appointing Louis, Trump also stopped the post office from receiving more badly needed funding due to the pandemic.