Sending Mail with Coins Instead of Stamps.

Wait, you mean he sent it as a series of flags? Or as a series of icons instead of letters.

Either way, bravo!

Games magazine had a contest when I was a kid involving sending the most creatively adorned envelope to Games. I clearly recall someone sending the letter in International maritime signal flags. It arrived just fine.

US Postal employees are prohibited by law from accepting cash tips.

I used to work at the post office and have run by quite a few letters with chage taped as postage. I would take it and replace it with a stamp. The bottom right was torn because of the machine it was fed through, the extra weight probably snaged something. Postal employees are alowed tips, people on ocasion would leave small amounts in their box or cookies around the holiday time, it is a very nice and apreciated gesture. Alot of work goes into getting mail out everyday and any sign of apreciation is always well apreciated.

I've done this many times, especially when I was a kid. The only time I had any problems with it was when it wasn't sent because I had insufficient postage. All one penny's worth.

--TwoDragons