[Dx-qsl] Rate Increases

[Robert G. Schaffrath]

Looks like LOTW will be the way to go, or the buro.

Robert, N2JTX

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>
> Canada
> Effective 12 Jan 2004, Canada will increase it's rates as follows:
>
> Canada to Canada will increase from .48 to .49
> Canada to the US will increase from .65 to .80
> Canada to all other countries will increase from 1.25 to 1.40
>
> As of 25 July 2003, 1USD = 1.38 CAD. Unless the USD picks up on the
> foreign exchange between now and January 2004, 1 USD will be a little
> short for sufficient postage from Canada to countries other than the US.
>
>
http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/corporate/about/newsroom/pr/default-e.asp?prid=924
>
>
>
> Uruguay increased it's rates on July 1, 2003. Postage to the US and and
> other countries went from 24 peso to 36 peso. (Don't know about the rate
> to other SA countries) The present exchange rate is 1USD = 27 Peso, so
> 1$ is not enough for return postage anymore.
>
> The price of DX is going up.
>
> The "Foreign Postage Rates" web page has been updated with this
> information. Thanks to Pierre, VE2PIJ and Bill Plum for passing this on
> to us.