Let's first define the difference. Postal Rings are when you sign up with a group of other letterboxers and focus on one theme. This can be about anything. Currently we are in several...Gumby and Friends, Country Music Legends, and Your Favorite Tree. We'll carve a stamp to go with the theme and include a logbook. One also requires a CD of music (which isn't required of all). We'll be added to a "tracker list". This simply means one letterboxer will send their box to us, we'll send to the next person on the list and we'll continue until all stamps have made it around the "ring". Usually the amount of participants are smaller in rings because of having to carve a stamp and make a logbook.
The other type of postal is a "Single". This simply means what it says...the host of the tracker usually carves or has a stamp that belongs to someone else. They also have a tracker list and they sent it to the first person under their name and then the second sends to the third etc etc etc. These are easier yet, for me, require more patience. The unspoken rule is that you should "move" the box within a week. Not all people comply and that's when I loose my patience. BUT, after talking with others, I found out that some people have been waiting for almost a year to receive their "turn". This usually happens when there's a lot of participants. We signed up for one in November 2009 and we're still waiting for it to come...(we're at the bottom of the list)
As stated in an earlier post...letterboxing is not only fun, but it's also a lesson in learning patience... Have fun...get out there and explore!
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