Group: | Mr. ZIP Approved! |
Swap Coordinator: | lou (contact) |
Swap categories: | |
Number of people in swap: | 2 |
Location: | International |
Type: | Type 3: Package or craft |
Last day to signup/drop: | September 30, 2022 |
Date items must be sent by: | October 22, 2022 |
Number of swap partners: | 1 |
Description: | |
Maybe it's time to wiggle your hips and try a new swap ... From Parade Magazine, August 14, 2022: -- A look at the lyrics for "Return to Sender" reveals some forgotten history about the U.S. Postal Service: When the letter referenced in the song is returned in the mail, it's marked "Return to sender" and stamped "No such number, so such zone." What's a "zone?" It's the precursor to a ZIP code, a system instituted in 1963, one year after the song came out. (ZIP stands for zone improvement plan.) The lyrics were inspired by an errant letter, which contained a demo, sent by the song's writers, Otis Blackwell and Winfield Scott. Thirty years after ZIP codes were introduced, the postal service issued a commemorative Elvis stamp. (See above! - Scott Number 2721)Theme is "Return to Sender" -- interpret it as you wish, could write about the song, Elvis, or a letter you got back in mail or wish you would have/could have sent back to its sender, etc. "Twin swap" with "What's in your mailbox?" (WIYM) group - join both for twice the fun! |
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