[Dx-qsl] IRC question

Sat, 16 Feb 2002 20:31:10 -0500

Just wrote an extensive article on this in DX Magazine, but boiling it down, the IRC should be

the 'old ones' (green ones issued since 1975) or the VERY new ones (issued since 1/1/02, bigger, bar code, expiration date, etc.

they should be airmail (surface are good, but you may require more than one in countries that do have foreign surface rates (the USA does not, but some do)

they should be stamped in the lower left box.  some countries have trouble if not stamped there...even though the box indicates a stamp is 'optional'

IRCs are increasingly becoming a headache....the UPU has stated that the 'old ones' are good 'indefinitely'.  However, there is a lot of confusion , and the Post Office Clerks around the world do not sell a lot of them....so, often time its caveat emptor on them....

I've been selling the ones as listed above for $1.00 each....and so far no one has had any problems...and I've only seen a few of the new ones in the mess of mail i get....in fact, many old ones have come in postmarked since 1/1/02

73

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Steve Wheatley KU9C 
PO Box 5953 
Parsippany NJ  07054-6953 
U.S.A. 

email:  [email protected] 
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Arthur Nelson <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: 16 Feb 2002 15:07:37 -0800

>I have a question for the experts...what constitutes a "bad" or "old" irc? Several of us buy surplus ones from managers and im sure most of us want to make sure only the good ones get used. Thanks for the lesson!
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