[Dx-qsl] Italian post office discounting IRCs?

Tue May 1 16:57:58 EDT 2012

Peter, leave it to my 'countrymen". Dont make sense since they are
supposed to honor all IRC as same face value according
to intl postal agreement. 73 al w3awu 
On Tue, 1 May 2012 12:07:01 -0400 "Peter W2IRT" <lists at w2irt.net> writes:
> Hi all,
>> I received a followup email from Gabrielle this morning explaining 
> the situation. This is something to think about when sending 
> recycled IRCs to Italian managers.
>> The Italian Post Office redeems IRCs at different rates, depending 
> on their country of origin:
> -	Italian IRCs = 0,60â‚¬
> -	European IRCs = 0,75â‚¬
> -	JA/Oceania IRCs = â‚¬2,00
> -	USA IRCs = â‚¬1,70
>>> - pjd
>>> -----Original Message-----
>> All,
> Earlier today I got the following message from IK3GES, the manager 
> for TT8ES. 
>> I'd sent off an IRC and a self-addressed envelope along with my 
> request, and from the Google translation below, it seems as if the 
> Italian post office only redeems IRCs for 0,75â‚¬ instead of the 
> value of air mail postage to the destination country. This would 
> appear to be a violation of the UPU regulations and the end result 
> will be the manager getting in an awful lot of IRCs but sending the 
> cards out via the bureau. The worst part is that he requested 2ドル or 
> 1 IRC on his QRZ.COM web page.
>> Can anybody clarify or confirm this policy from the Italian postal 
> service? If so, it would seem that G$$$ (or mint stamps) are the 
> only way to go when sending to Italy. I'm guessing that the OM's 
> local post office official does not understand or care about the 
> regulations. 
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