[Dx-qsl] Re: Postage from Germany to USA

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Top posting here.
The problem with IRC's is:
While the rules are supposed to be Universal between the International
Postal members, they interpret the rules differently.
Basically that's it.

And then, some smaller, more rural Post Offices in a country may not be
familiar with the rules.
Another problem is that in Germany, they take the IRC and the letter and
machine stamp it and the letter goes into the system.
What I was told was, you can't take a bunch of IRC's to the PO and get an
equivalent number of stamps to take back home.

Hence the 'preferred' exchange medium column in my IRC Chart.
Some DX stations WANT IRC's, some want GS.
None want checks. hihi
And GS are not without problems, many foreign money changers exact to high a
service charge for exchanging GS. And depending on the value of the USD, it
may or may not be worth as much.
So basically: DO IT THE WAY THE MANAGER requests.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Warren" <nt5c@texas.net>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 7:24 PM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] Re: Postage from Germany to USA


> Tom K5IID wrote:
>
> >Rolf,
> >I'm confused. I understand the 2USD part. But the IRC part is
> >unclear to me. Is one IRC good or does it require 2 ?
>
> I'm confused too Tom.
>
> My understanding was that the new IRCs (and the old ones too?) paid
> for the MINIMUM airmail fee out of a country. In the USA - where it's
> 80c worldwide - that's what it pays for. But in Germany, and many
> other countries which have rates dependent on distance, I thought it
> paid for only the lowest airmail option?
>
> That's why I never use IRCs (or postage stamps) and just send 2 USD.
>
> John, NT5C.
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