[Dx-qsl] German Return Postage Issue

Thu Feb 24 11:33:54 EST 2005

I must admit that I'm baffled by the effort that so many people put 
into understanding and using IRCs. As comments from John K9MM clearly 
demonstrate, it's a big confusing mess, which all seems totally 
unnecessary to me. Two Green Stamps work extremely well everywhere in 
the world, including (at least for me) places where they are 
nominally illegal - presumably they never get cashed there, just used 
by the recipient for his/her own QSLing. (It goes without saying that 
Green Stamps should be well hidden in a boring-looking QSL mailing, 
with no hint of amateur radio, and no attractive postage stamps).
Same goes for trying to figure out the appropriate mint postage 
stamps to send someone. Rates change almost daily.
I've used one or two Green Stamps almost all my DXing life, and my 
return ratio for wanted low-band countries more than 3 months old is 
100%.
John, NT5C.