BRS Postal Problem Survey

This page last updated 30/06/2009

British Residents Society Post Test Analysis

1	82 items were sent. 17 arrived (20.73%). All mail addresses as Mersin 10, Turkey

2	The 17 that arrived took between 5 & 8 days

3	4 letters sent from Dumfries to St Andrew's Church, Kyrenia Post Box did not arrive although all 5 sent from Durham to the same address did arrive

4	A check was made at Lapta Post Office re missing mail, both PK and house addresses, with the certificates of posting but none had arrived in Lapta

5	Letters were sent from widely spaced locations in England, Scotland and Wales

6	Letters were sent to both PK and house addresses and in both cases some arrived but most did not

7	Letters were sent from one location to up to 5 locations, from one location to another location and from various locations to a common location. There did not seem to be a pattern

8	Mail outside the test but sent to one of the test houses in December took between 5 and 15 days. Most mail arrives at the delivery office on the same day it is franked in Girne but can take 3 days or more from Lefkosa to Girne