[Dx-qsl] VE3HO QSLing policy

[Steven Wheatley KU9C]

Ken...right on the nose!  It amazes me how many folks will spend a ton of money on rigs, antennas, cards, and envelopes, and try to save a penny or two on a stamp by re-using it.

At least in the USA...IF YOU have a stamp that is on an envelope, you can return it to the post office......i think there is a small amount (a percent or two?) charged for this service......but it' the clean way to deal with a unused stamp.  Alternately, peel it off IMMEDIATELY....that usually keeps the glue intact and lets the stamp work another day.  It's w hen you start slopping glue and using partially wripped stamps that the post office starts bouncing them, in my experience.

73


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Steve Wheatley KU9C 
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: kss@juno.com
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 00:51:35 -0500

>Can I input information that ANY person living in this century can
>understand????  
>
>The days of using (recycling) used stamps is OVER.  If the Postal
>authorities can OCR scan, then reused stamps will stand out like a sore
>thumb from any number of angles...color, texture, thickness, etc...  I
>quit doing this garbage back in the 60's when a couple got kicked
>back....
>
>I've only had one get through that I know of to me for a "Dave" QSL, but
>the whole envelope was soooo messed up that it would've passed muster
>anyway.  Play fair, and you'll get the card without spending more time on
>doctoring the envelope than you would in just sending it the correct way
>the first time.
>
>My dime !!
>
>73
>Ken
>WA8JOC
>
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