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eng2-020-5 My philatelic story about East Timor (5)

As former experience, my philatelic story about East Timor should come to the end of a stage, but I was attracted again by a article which title is " Let expectation displaces the violence" published in " World knowledge" ( 20th number of 2000 ) for this small and unquiet island country. The article said, at the asking of the UN, China first time large-scale dispatched the staff for partaking in East Timor's peacekeeping and rebuilding action. The first batch 8 civil officers who come from different ministries and commissions under the State council have arrived East Timor at the beginning of 2000 and assumed the office of dispatched officers by the UNTAET, they are in charge of managing the preparing work for East Timor establish a state. The author Zhao Yongge just is one among them (See below)

" Let expectation displaces the violence" published in " World knowledge"

The article make me excitement and glory, Chinese outstanding young men are playing a more and more important role in the the political and economic stage of the world. I should record these history by way of the philatelic form. A important problem still is the mail address. I used such address as the content of the article" Program infrastructure department, Dili municipal government DILI, EAST TIMOR ". I sent two same postcards on Oct.27,2000, one is for Mr. Zhao Yongge preserves as a commemoration, Other one is for Mr,Zhao autograph and mail back to me. (See below) 

Program infrastructure department, Dili municipal government DILI, EAST TIMOR
While I looking forward to reply of East Timor, a unexpected matter was happened. The two postcards was sent back by the post office on Dec.17,2000. There is a white scrip was stuck the below right corner, and also a red postal business mark (See below, the postcard 148x100mm, the postal business mark is enlarged )
All Postal Services could not be provided to the East Timor due to The UPU Circular January 31st 2000. All Mails destined to above direction will be RETUNRED on the debit of The Origin Postal administration"
All Postal Services could not be provided to the East Timor due to The UPU Circular January 31st 2000. All Mails destined to above direction will be RETUNRED on the debit of The Origin Postal administration"
That scrip wrote: " All Postal Services could not be provided to the East Timor due to The UPU Circular January 31st 2000. All Mails destined to above direction will be RETUNRED on the debit of The Origin Postal administration". That red mark is not clear, but could see it is not English, original text is: " MISSENT JAKARTA SCEKARNO HATTA". I guess maybe it is Indonesian, it is a pity I not found any dictionary. But I understood its meaning: these postcards first arrived Jakarta, then Jakarta Post office returns them to origin post office according UPU circular! 

This is a trouble, " A city fire causes calamity to pond fish ", I run into the rough luck! What to do ? I am a consumer, I have a right for lodge a complaint, I can ask for explanation to UPU ( Now that you stipulate that Indonesia not transit the mail sent to East Timor, so you should inform all countries or your member countries at least and open other postal route at the same time ), but this seems too distant! What to do? I have to think a practical way. I recall a friend Mr.G. whose job is in Beijing international postal bureau. I get to know Mr.G. in 1998. I visited the postal bureau for many problem in my global philatelic action at that year. Mr.G warmly received me and answered my all problem. Afterwards I returned Nanjing and continue to put some problem to him by way of a phone, I can always get a satisfactory answer from him. This time I still should ask him for help first.

Mr.G understood my trouble, he introduced Mr.Y to me. Mr.Y is responsible for this business. He tell me that they haven't received UPU's inform about the problem. He thinks this maybe need long time if do everything by rule. He thought of a way for me, he said: They have a good relations with Australia international post service, He is willing to try by way of Australian for transmit my postcard into East Timor if I am willing. But he explains this way also has some risk, he hope I have a mental preparation. I received his warmly propose and sent again my postcard for a new travel round the world on Feb.13,2001. Now has been a new century! For preventing new worst, I only sent one postcard that is for Mr. Zhao Yongge preserves as a commemoration. If there is good result, I will send second postcard.

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