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

Mon Feb 16 11:47:01 2004

In Sweden it's 20 grams and we have only one type of mail
outside our own country, ''priority mai'' which is the same as
your ''air mail''. The postage for 20 grams anywhere in the
world is SEK 10:- and a USD is now SEK 7:- IRC's are
OK but hard to cash in, no IRC's are sold in Swden anymore
and it's not easy to explain what that coupon is... We don't
have post-offices in SM now, we do our mailing, including
registered mail at supermarkets or gasoline stations!
If you need cards from SM-land, the best way is to buy
SEK 10 stamps from Mr Plum.
73/DX de Osten SM5DQC [email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert G. Schaffrath" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [personal] Re: [Dx-qsl] 2 IRC needed list?
> 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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