[Dx-qsl] IRCs in Greenland

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

No doubt some high level bureaucrat made the decision to demand two IRC's
for an airmail letter, and the postal clerk is just following the rules,
despite what's printed on the IRC and despite UPU rules & regulations
regarding the sale, exchange, care & feeding of IRC's.

Unfortunately, there's no higher authority that you can appeal that too.
Sad fact of life is that many administrations have (in the past and today)
chosen to ignore the spirit, if not the letter, of the IRC rules.

73, ron wn3vaw

"What wrong with being an angry prophet denouncing the hypocrisies of our
time?"  --  Howard Beale

----- Original Message -----
From: Roger <rmurad@vento.com.br>
To: <dx-qsl@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 11:30 AM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] IRCs in Greenland


All,
An amateur operator in OX-land told me that his Post Office demands two
IRCs for an airmail letter to South America, even if the IRC is the "new
model".

On the back side of a "new model" IRC I read:
"This coupon is exchangeable in any country of the Universal Postal Union
for the minimum postage for an unregistered priority item or an unregistered
letter sent by air to a foreign country"

What is wrong? Doesn't Greenland/Denmark belongs to the UPU?
73, Roger PY1OL



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