Postal Letter

If you put a letter in your mailbox, will the mailman pick it up and bring it to the post office to mail it?

I live in Illinois and need to get a letter to Brooklyn, NY and wasn't sure if you really have to go to a post office to mail letters to a different state or if you can just do it from your own mailbox.

Public Comments

1. If you have a stamp on it.
2. Yes. I think they might do a scan search on it if it is International, or maybe if it is domestic
3. and you raise the flag or stick the letter out a little so he can see it..
4. i don't think so
5. If the mailman picks it up and it has the correct postage, it should be delivered anywhere in the world that has a postal system.
6. i dont think so....a postman will not look inside the mail box to check if it has a letter to be mailed, will he!
7. yes
8. That is part of their jobs. Put proper postage on it and off it will go!
9. You can put your letter in the mailbox and the mailman will pick it up. Just be sure that you have proper postage and a return address on the envelope. (Don't forget to put your flag up.)