Dear Editor,
I just read a reply from Ms Telesha Whyte, the PRO of the Guyana Post Office Corporation which appeared to deny any tampering with Ms Cynthia Nelson’s letters (‘GPOC has not received any report from Barbados Post Office of Guyana’s mail being cut open and taped,’ SN, Jamuary 4). I would like to support Ms Nelson because all my friends and relatives overseas to whom I have sent Christmas cards have received their mail just as Ms Nelson claims.
I usually receive my letters like that too, but thought it was the norm because that was not the first incident, but I had to stop and think when my Trinidadian friend who lives in GA was alarmed when she received hers.
She wanted to know why our postal service was doing that because she just collected hers which was opened by the GPOC and taped with scotch tape and stamped with their postal stamp. She wanted to know if she sent a letter if it would reach me safely. I reassured her that I often received letters from my relatives and friends in such fashion too but had never thought about it.
Now what I find strange is that Ms Whyte might seem to want to cast blame on the Barbados postal service. My friends in India, Trinidad, Spain and the USA have sent me photos through Whatsapp to prove that they are not lying. So the GPOC needs to come up with a better excuse.
Also I would like Ms Whyte to explain to me why letters I posted with Guyana coins to my friend in India had the coins taken out from the letters. My friends can send me theirs, so why can’t I do likewise?
And before Ms Whyte uses the excuse that they have to see what’s inside all my letters and cards, they are taken to the post office at Vreed-en-Hoop and shown to the staff there who verify what’s inside. On collecting stamps, I would often use the post office’s paper paste to seal letters.
So I am kindly asking if you can highlight my concern in support of Ms Nelson. I’m sure we are not the only ones who have experienced this problem.
Yours faithfully,
Suzette Ferguson
