[Dx-qsl] IRC Question (US)

Thu Jan 24 14:56:41 EST 2008

I just bought 10 IRC at a local post office and paid 1ドル.85 each for them, so
they don't have a 15 cent stamp. They a good through December 31, 2009,
according to the date printed on them. Maybe the local post office didn't
get the word about a price increase. Anyway, are these new IRCs good for DX
postage exchange in other countries? I sent one to Japan a few days ago.
Nelson, KU0A
-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Patrick STODDARD
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:15 PM
To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: Re: [Dx-qsl] IRC Question (US)
Hi!
> Originally, the current crop of IRCs were priced at 1ドル.85
> and have that value printed on their face (for IRCs
> originating in the United States). Last year, the price
> increased to 2ドル.00, but the IRCs were not reprinted with
> the new value on their face, thus for the purposes of the
> USPS's internal accounting, they need to put a 15 cent
> stamp on them.

There is also another reason... if you somehow decide not to
use an IRC sold by USPS, you can take it to a US post office 
and they will refund you the original purchase price less 1 
cent. This was something I found out in late 2006, and had 
some old USPS IRCs with the stamps on them - and those stamps
were taken into account when I received my $$$. 
This isn't a big deal now, with IRCs having expiration dates,
unless you are able to get your hands on USPS-issued IRCs late
in 2009 and want to get US$ 1.84 or US$ 1.99 for them from a 
US post office (for IRCs originally sold at US$ 1.85 or US$ 
2.00) instead of selling them to others for less than that.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
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