I think it’s a good skill to know and teens and tweens don’t get much practice addressing envelopes and mailing letters these days until they become an adult. Envelopes are needed either when sending a thank you note or when mailing an RSVP to the cotillion ball. Addressing Envelopes in CotillionĮach season, the students in my cotillion program practice addressing envelopes. And just so you know, the postal service actually prefers all caps and no punctuation at all but I, personally, think it looks better to the recipient with standard capitalization. I think it makes the front look more polished.Īlso, make sure you’re capitalizing where you should. This can sometimes make your third line fairly long, in that case I normally put the zip code on its own line.Īnd for formal invitations, I also like to put the return address on the back flap. So instead of using “St.” you write out the word “Street.” Same for “Post Office Box” instead of PO Box, and “California” instead of C. If you’re sending something that needs to be more formal like a wedding invitation, it’s better to write everything out and not use abbreviations. They’re a bit more expensive, but your letter has a longer way to travel, so that’s fair, right?! Formal Correspondence You’ll also need to buy an international stamp. If you’re sending an international letter, the only thing you do differently, is add a country line below the recipient’s address AND the return address. You can include the word attention or the abbreviation “ATTN:” if you wish. If you need to make sure you letter makes it specifically to Elizabeth Smith at Westover University, you should write her name above the business name. You write “PO Box” + the box number where you would have written the street address. Simply add “Apartment or Apt” + the apartment number after the street name. If you’re unsure how much postage it needs, just run in the post office, they can weigh it and tell you exactly how much it takes.Īnd that’s it! Your basic envelope… now, there are a few other situations you’ll probably run in to at some point in your life so let’s cover those real fast: Apartments The stamp goes in the upper right corner.Īnd remember, if you stuff your envelope really full, if it’s kind of heavy, or if it’s a larger envelope, it may take more than one stamp. Step 3: Stampĭon’t forget to stamp it! The post office will not deliver mail unless you’ve paid them to do so. You format it exactly the same as the recipient address, just maybe a little bit smaller. It’s called a return address because if, for some reason, the post office can’t deliver the letter to the recipient, they will return it back to you at this address. In the top left, you write your address, the person sending the letter. Most times I try to center it because I think it looks better, but some days I just want to do it the easy way and I line it all up on the left. The recipient’s address goes front and center on the envelope.ġst line: The person’s full name or the name of the business.Ģnd line: Street address (meaning house number + street name).ģrd line: City + comma + state + zip code
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