Allegedly it’s the CHP that have mandated no air mail to the U.K., as it’s supposedly unsafe to handle.
Which does rather beg several questions a) what are the odds of catching Covid from an envelope, b) why is it therefore safe to go by sea, or by FEDEX or DHL. ?
Snail mail is taking 10 weeks to reach the U.K.
Interestingly inbound mail seems ok. Although it does appear to take a fairly whacky route with postmarks from Stockholm and Helsinki etc. Yet another CHP goatfark. And yes, very much to FedEx’s, and Deutsche Post’s advantage.