[Dx-qsl] IRC's in the US

Mon May 6 08:49:00 2002

Per the Int'l Mail Manual, updated as of April 4, 2002, the following is
stated:
"the period of exchange of international reply coupons issued by the
Universal Postal Union on or after January 1, 1975 is unlimited'.
You could read this to mean they never go bad, but for the moment, I'd
rather suggest that it means they're currently good! The DXpedition team
needs to, if they want, refer the Postal employee to the appropriate section
(373) of the IMM. There is a lot of confusion about IRCs, primarily because
the postal clerk does not deal with them like they do 34 cent
stamps.....especially the redemption, as they're basically a 'ham currency'
at least to us!
73
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <[email protected]>
To: "DX QSL" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:12 AM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] IRC's in the US
> The following is excerpted from this weekend's update notice from the
> Midway-Kure DXF regarding outstanding QSL's for their operations:
>> The U.S. Post Office has changed the rules regarding the use of IRC's,
> especially older ones. Those older than 7 Jan 01 are not redeemable
> for sufficient postage for "Air Mail" delivery to most foreign
> destinations.
>> First I've heard of this. Any of the USPS-affiliated list members know
> anything about it?
>> 73, ron wn3vaw
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