[Dx-qsl] NEW UK POSTAL RATES

Tue Feb 20 14:26:09 EST 2007

On 2007年2月20日 19:45:10 +0100, Laurent Ferracci
<l.ferracci at comeca-group.com> wrote:
>Graham Ridgeway a écrit :
>>> And exactly HOW do we get to France to post them ?
>> Next slightly silly question please !
>>Graham,
>>I don't know if it is me who's supposed to be silly (thanks) but i don't 
>feel that in our era of increasing postal rates, finding more economical 
>solutions for us all is a nonsense.

Agreed, and apologies.
>- Doing what i suggest mustn't be so difficult to do because i've 
>already received such postings from a british QSL manager.

I would be very interested to know who this Manager is/was.
>- When you have more than "a few" cards to send, i guess that the added 
>cost of a parcel shipment to France could be easily paid by the savings 
>on stamps (at 0,1 € / QSL..) So you could imagine to have a stock of 
>french stamps, use them, then send the whole pack of french-stamped QSLs 
>to someone in France who would just open it and give the cards to his 
>local post.

This is true.
>- I could also suggest others to prefer a french manager rather than one 
>in a "expensive" one. But i won't. In fact, there may be some better 
>compromise between postal rates & postal quality than France, i haven't 
>done any comparative study, this is just a thought in a place where 
>we're supposed to exchange ideas and informations, aren't we ?

Agreed again.
What I will ask is whether the French Buro has any restrictions on
card handling - such as Members Only
73 Graham M5AAV