[Dx-qsl] The ubiquitous IRC!

Tue Jan 18 15:16:08 EST 2011

Ernie,
You are correct about the stamping of iRC's.
It is absolutely no longer required.
All anyone needs to do is "read" the French writing inside the lefthand box
on the front of any current IRC.
It says:
Empreinte de controle du pays d'origine (facultative)
English Translation:
Imprint control of the country of origin (optional)
Pretty straight forward, huh? OPTIONAL! 
Also, the bar code on the back includes the info of origin of the IRC etc.
The only requirement is that the country of origin be printed on the front
of the IRC. 
Any post office anywhere that will not exchange unstamped IRC's is just
plain wrong. 
But if anyone does take their IRC's to the post office, you might want to
bring along the French/English translation for them to read aloud.
73!
Bob Schenck, N2OO
QSL Managers Society
-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Ernie Walls
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 10:59 PM
To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Dx-qsl] The ubiquitous IRC!
I have just received cards for one of the new 'PJ' entities.

Included was a note that because the IRCs were not stamped, they have been
returned to me, as they would not be valid without the stamp. The note was
gracious, and there was no expectation that I send replacements - but I
have, because the person concerned has been a very useful DXpeditioner in
the past and, hopefully, will continue to be in the future.

But it leads me to several conclusions -
1. It's his (or his country's) ball, so I must play by his (their) rules.
I acknowledge that.

2. According to the Universal Postal Union, there is no necessity to
stamp the IRCs anymore. It is clearly stated so in their rules. That's why
they individually numbered them, and made them machine scannable, and even
printed the country of sale on the front of the thing - simply to negate the
requirement to manually have to rubber stamp them.
3. Why, oh why, do so many government postal authorities not understand
their own regulations?

If countries own post office authorities cannot understand the intricacies
of the UPU rules and regulations, what chance do they have to run our
finances, defence, social security, etc correctly? 

Gosh, I get frustrated! But - I will comply.

Ernie
Ernie H Walls VK3FM
vk3fm at wallsy.com.au
vk3fm at arrl.net

Mobile 0418 301 483

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