[personal] Re: [Dx-qsl] 2 IRC needed list?

Mon Feb 16 11:35:02 2004

I am curious what the most common "standard" letter weight is in Metric. In
Canada, a standard letter is 30 grams. I remember last Fall when CanadaPost
announced on their website the postage rate increase to the United States
from CA$.65 to CA.80ドル. As the Postal Service does here in the United
States, CanadaPost pointed out what a great value it was to send a 30g
letter to the United States even with the price increase. In addition, it
said that it cost Canadian's less to send a 30g letter to the United States
than it did for a person to send the same letter from the United States. I
was going to take issue with that statement until I realized that 1 ounce is
equal to 28.349 grams so they were correct. For an additional 1.651 grams
we pay an additional $.25 for a total of $.85 (CA1ドル.12 at today's rate).
73,
Robert, N2JTX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <[email protected]>
To: "KIR" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [personal] Re: [Dx-qsl] 2 IRC needed list?
> Ken,
>> Well, glad to hear your local postmaster will exchange an IRC for a 1
ounce
> air mail stamp.
>> That, sad to say, doesn't mean anyone else will. Especially when the bulk
> of the world is metric.
>> If one unit of air mail postage in a given entity covers mass up to, say,
15
> grams, and the return QSL has a mass of, say, 25 grams, then two units of
> air mail postage (ie 2 IRC's) will be required.
>> This may not be according to the rules, but it's often the way it is. And
> amateurs living in areas with rules like this are hardly "..." or anything
> else.
>> 73, ron wn3vaw
>> "Life is pain... anyone who says otherwise is selling something"
> --The Princess Bride
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "KIR" <[email protected]>
> To: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <[email protected]>; "Tom Crawford"
> <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [personal] Re: [Dx-qsl] 2 IRC needed list?
>>> I disagree. Upon checking with my local postmaster, all countries in the
> Universal Postage Union have agreed that when presented with a 1oz letter
> (or less) and a valid IRC, the postmaster will affix the amount of postage
> stamps necessary for the letter to be sent by air. Period. Anyone living
in
> one of these countries asking for more than 1 IRC is .... Now as for GS,
if
> a DX station asks for more than 1 GS I will abide by their request. There
> are many valid reasons why 1+ GS are necessary in certain countries. But
> IRCs are treated universally.
> Ken
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <[email protected]>
> To: "Tom Crawford" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 6:49 PM
> Subject: [personal] Re: [Dx-qsl] 2 IRC needed list?
>>> > The back of the (old) IRC's read, in English:
> >
> > "This coupon is exchangeable in any country of the Universal Postage
Union
> > for one or more postage stamps representing the minimum postage for a
> > priority item or an unregistered letter sent by air to a foreign
country"
> >
> > Note the wiggle room built in there. "Minimum postage" for example.
> > Remember the old flimsy light weight air mail envelopes? Let's say for
> the
> > sake of argument that minimum postage covered that, just... and that a
> > letter containing a QSL card, or even a QSL card sent "naked" by itself,
> > weighs enough to require 3 stamps? Does it meet the letter of the
rules?
> > Sure, but...
> >
> > Or, what if the postage for a priority letter (and for the sake of
> argument,
> > let's say it's a domestic one) is half that of an air mail letter? So 1
> IRC
> > is insufficient for an air letter... but it's not against the rules.
> >
> > I could go on, but you get the drift. If a given administration wants
to
> > redefine IRC useage in such a way as to require more than one, they have
> > many ways to do so -- legally.
> >
> > Bottom line: If a DX station says "2 GS or 1 IRC" or "2 IRC no GS" or
> > whatever, don't argue, do as they say. Most of them have good reasons
for
> > doing it that way.
> >
> > 73, ron wn3vaw
> >
> > "Life is pain... anyone who says otherwise is selling something"
> > --The Princess Bride
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Crawford" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 5:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] 2 IRC needed list?
> >
> >
> > This is something I just haven't come to grips with.
> > If you read the back of the IRC, it says that (for countries honoring
the
> > coupon at all) it is good for the delivery of .... one letter equivalent
> to
> > what I interpret to be first class postage.
> > Why would you ever need more than one??
> > I don't think it's appropriate to go through currency conversion,etc.
> > just my thoughts...
> > Tom, W3TMC
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Scott" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 6:36 PM
> > Subject: [Dx-qsl] 2 IRC needed list?
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know a website that would tell me which Countries need more
> than
> > one IRC for return postage to the USA? I know VE,JA,ZL,VK need 2 anyone
> know
> > about any others?
> > TU
> > Rob WR3Y
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