[Dx-qsl] New IRC twist

Sun Feb 27 09:33:36 EST 2005

While not trying to discredit this information, the only possible explanation I can gather is that, for example, if you mail a US IRC to Italy, and there are multiple airmail rates, then possibly, if you read the 'minimum postage for a unregistered priority item or an unregistered letter sent by air to a foreign country' COULD BE intepreted as the minimum airmail postage, say I to HB or DL, rather than I to W/VE.
For example, In the US, we have two 'foreign' airmail rates, 60 cents to XE/VE and 80 cents elsewhere (a deal, HI). If my postal clerk were to interpret this as above, I'd get 60 cents for each, as this is indeed the 'minimum postage'. 
One could take this a step further, for example, if the IRC was from XE or VE, then they'd give you 60 cents, as obviously (not knowing that Hams use these things as 'universal currency), the person that sent the IRC wanted a letter returned to them, and this would be the postage. If the IRC came from I, for example, I'd get 80 cents.
The post here is simple. YOu take them in, their machine says "congratulations, you now have 80 cents in postage". No means of making a value judgement that would say "sorry, this is only worth 60 cents". 
I think this is a continuation of the ongoing problem with IRCs being poorly understood by all but the few superb postal employees worldwide. I'm thankful to have one SUPERB person ......sadly, all do not!
73
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Doug Renwick <ve5ra at sasktel.net>
Reply-To: ve5ra at sasktel.net
Date: 2005年2月26日 15:34:42 -0600
>Just when you thought you had it all figured out, along
>comes a new twist.
>A recent conversation with an Italian QSL manager informs
>me that all new IRCs are not the same. In Italy the
>worth of an IRC depends on the country of origin as is
>stated below: I know that in my Canadian post office
>all new and old IRCs are treated the same. Has anyone
>heard of this difference before? He doesn't mention
>a Canadian IRC...maybe they are the same as a USA or
>worse... worth nothing.
>> >1 IRC covers priority mail to the country of origin
>> >1 Italian IRC corresponds to 0.60 ˆ
>> >1 European IRC corresponds to 0.62 ˆ
>> >1 USA or JA IRC corresponds to 0.80 ˆ
>> >1 Italian IRC covers reply postage to Italy
>> >1 European IRC covers reply postage to Europe
>> >1 USA or JA IRC covers reply postage to anywhere in the world
>> >In Italy it is this the situation
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