[Dx-qsl] Italian post office discounting IRCs?

Tue May 1 17:10:58 EDT 2012

THAT'S JUST WRONG !!!!!!!!!!!!
 A.R.S. W5TFW
 V44TFW
 Richard J. Fiero II
 www.w5tfw.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alfred J Cammarata" <alitalian39 at juno.com>
To: <lists at w2irt.net>
Cc: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Italian post office discounting IRCs?
> 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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