[Dx-qsl] NEW IRCs

Thu Jul 12 23:14:16 EDT 2007

There is a standardized postal procedure written right into their little 
standard postal procedure book that tells them exactly how to add 15 cents 
postage to the 1ドル.85 IRC so it can be sold for the newly required 2ドル.00 
amount. It even tells the nice folks what internal postal accounts the 
extra 15 cents postage is to be charged to. Unfortunately, most of the 
window sales people doesn't read such boring documents so they claim 
ignorance or even worse, they blame us for asking for something they "don't 
have."
Our only solution is to find the precise postal regulation they've never 
read, take it with you and read it to them, and then leave it with them for 
them to read again at their leisure. It's been posted a few times and when 
I get off the road next week I can look it up again and post it again if no 
one has found it yet.
Come to the main post office in Carson City, Zack, and ask for Louis, the 
retail window supervisor. He tends to know his stuff and like to keep on 
top of new stuff like this.
73, Dick
At 10:28 PM 7/12/2007, Alan Zack wrote:
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Jim Vaughan" <k4txj at arrl.net>
 >To: "DX QSL List" <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
 >Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:53 PM
 >Subject: [Dx-qsl] NEW IRCs
 >
 >
 >>I decided to catch up on my QSLing chores. I went to the Main
 >>U.S. Post
 >> Office here in Louisville to get the new IRCs. They advised
 >> that they do
 >> not have any new IRCs and they did not know if they were going
 >> to get
 >> any new ones or not.
 >>
 >> I picked up 2 older IRCs a few days ago from one of the branch
 >> POs and
 >> the clerk attached a .10 stamp to them to make the price 1ドル.85.
 >> These IRCs were dated 2006 and had a price of 1ドル.75 on them.
 >>
 >> Does anyone know if the USPS has printed new IRCs since the
 >> rate change?
 >>
 >> I know some countries do not allow foreign currency to come
 >> into their
 >> country and IRCs are the only way to get some cards.
 >>
 >> Has anyone else had trouble getting the new IRCs since the rate
 >> change?
 >>
 >> 73 and thanks,
 >> Jim, K4TXJ
 >> Louisville, Ky.
 >
 >
 >I ran into the same thing. Last year I wanted to cash in my
 >older IRC's before they expired and purchase some of the new
 >ones. My main P.O. knew NOTHING about IRC's. Finally the
 >Postmaster told me to try the Airport Branch P.O. At the airport
 >branch I did at first get a run around then the clerk asked
 >someone who knew what he was doing and showed the clerk how to
 >exchange my ready to expire old IRC's for Intl airmail stamps and
 >got some of the new IRC's out of the safe to sell me. So if you
 >have an airport branch P.O. that is used to working with Intl
 >mail they may be able to help you.
 >
 >I would expect the older IRC's that expired at the end of the
 >year would not be redeemable at foreign post offices even if
 >there was extra postage added to them. Better to just insist on
 >the new ones.
 >
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