[Dx-qsl] saw this on the cluster, can anyone confirm????

[Steven Wheatley KU9C]

ALL IRCS that I have seen of the 'new variety' have a 12/31/2006 expiration.  There have been no 'newer' IRCS received as to date here.

I suspect we're going to see a lot of folks 'not want' the new IRCS after early 2006!  At the very least, their value as 'ham currency' is doubtful

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From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
Reply-To: FireBrick <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
Date:  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:57:09 -0600

>Can anyone confirm this info taken from the cluster?
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>  BIG PROBLEM COMING SOON WITH THE 'NEW-TYPE' IRC's......
>  AS YOU KNOW, DXers HAVE USED IRC's AS INTERNATIONAL QSL CURRENCY FOR
>  DECADES.   THEN THE INTERNATIONAL POSTAL UNION BROUGHT OUT THE NEW,
>  LARGER TYPE IRC's IN 2000, THAT ARE DESIGNED TO HAVE A 'SELL-BY' DATE
>  ON THEM, SO THAT THEY BECOME WORTHLESS IF NOT REDEEMED IN SIX YEARS.
>  NOT GOOD NEWS FOR HAMS, AS MANY OF THE EXCELLENT OLD-TYPE IRC's HAD BEEN
>  IN CIRCULATION FOR OVER 30 YEARS WITHOUT PROBLEM.  FROM 2000 WE WERE TOLD,
>  THEY WOULD BE ISSUED WITH A SIX-YEAR EXPIRY DATE.
>  OK, THAT WAS BAD NEWS BACK IN 2000.
>  BUT NOW IT'S 2005.
>  SO WHAT YEAR DO YOU RECKON THAT NEW SIX-YEAR IRC's BEING SOLD TODAY
>  SHOULD EXPIRE?   ( BET YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE 2011, DIDN'T YOU? )
>
>  NO SIR.   THE BAD NEW IS, THAT ALL 'NEW' IRC'S EXPIRE IN 2006 !!  ALL OF 
>THEM!
>  THAT MEANS THAT THE 'SIX-YEAR' COUPONS THAT YOU BUY TODAY WILL BECOME
>  WORTHLESS IN A MATTER OF MONTHS, AND ALL MONEY PAID WILL BE LOST UNLESS
>  THE IRC IS CASHED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE DEADLINE IN 2006.
>
>  AS FAR AS I CAN FIND OUT FROM POST OFFICES IN THE UK AT LEAST, ALL STOCKS
>  OF IRC's WERE PRINTED WITH THE SAME EXPIRY DATE - 2006.
>  I GUESS WE ALL THOUGHT THAT THE EXPIRY DATE WOULD TRACK THE DATE OF SALE,
>  ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD BY A MONTH AT A TIME.  BUT NO, THE EXPIRY DATE HAS
>  REMAINED FIXED AT 2006 WHILST TIME HAS PASSED, MAKING THE 'SIX YEAR'
>  IRC's NOW ONLY ONE-YEAR IRC's.
>  IT APPEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN RIPPED-OFF.  AND WORSE THAN THAT, THE VALUE OF
>  THE IRC AS AN 'INTERNATIONAL PROMISE OF VALUE' HAS BEEN BADLY ERODED.
>  WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE IN FUTURE?
>  73  Paul  G4XTA @ GB7SAN.#78.GBR.EU
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