[Dx-qsl] Re: redeeming IRCs

Wed Nov 22 11:15:07 EST 2006

We get a lot of direct requests for FP cards. I only redeem a few IRCs
at a time, no more than once a week, and have none stockpiled now. I
try to get in Bob's line at the Platteville PO. He knows what to do and
helps the other clerks if I end up at the wrong counter. I appreciate
him!
At one time we had a stash of quite a few so I used the old "surface
mail" ones first, then the airmail ones, then the larger new ones. That
way I was only redeeming one type at a time. I was never questioned
about where on earth they came from, or anything like that. Almost all
were originally purchased outside the US, none were stamped on the
wrong side, and only a few were unstamped, which wasn't a problem.
In a university town with many foreign students, the Platteville PO
sells lots of IRCs. However I am the main person redeeming them. Our
small local PO says no one ever asks about them.
Find a PO with a good clerk if you can. 99% of them are good, BTW, just
not used to IRCs. Ask other local DXers what they do, if there are any.
Turn your old IRCs in for 84-cent stamps instead of sending them out.
Do it now, a little at a time, instead of waiting until crunch time.
Note: the above advice is not meant for power users like Steve KU9C,
hi.
Peg KB9LIE in SW Wisconsin USA
FP/KB9LIE every summer from Maxotel on beautiful Miquelon

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