[Dx-qsl] us postage going up

Wed Mar 19 07:52:32 EST 2008

I use 41c forever stamps with 4c stamp for Air Mail all the time with no 
problems.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Flanagan" <dick at twohams.com>
To: "Nenad Stevanovic" <nenad at nortel.com>
Cc: "QSL List" <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] us postage going up
> Hi, Nenad.
>> I don't know. I seem to recall that some foreign postal systems would not 
> accept inbound postage without denominations.
>> I know several years ago the US Post Office increased their rates and 
> didn't have enough new stamps printed up, so they issued 
> non-denominational "A" stamps that would be accepted in place of the new 
> postage. The information at the time was that these non-denominational 
> stamps could only be used domestically and were not good for international 
> postage.
>> Hopefully someone else on the reflector can answer your question as I 
> would like to know, too.
>> 73, Dick
>> At 05:33 AM 3/17/2008, Nenad Stevanovic wrote:
> >Do they allow use of 'Forever' stamps for combination to
> >top up overseas costs?
> >
> >In Canada you can combine three 'Forevers' (currently 52c)
> >and add 4c extra stamp for one overseas stamp.
> >3x52c + 4c = 1ドル.60 (CDN).
> >
> >Also Forever at 52c can be used in combination with any other
> >non-Forever stamps
> >
> >
> >73 Nenad ...
>> --
> Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
> k7vc at arrl.org
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