[Dx-qsl] German postage raise from 1st Jan 2006

[DE1DXX at aol.com]

Hi Patrick,
 
thanks for the mail. You can read it on every IRC, that this coupon is  
exchangeable
in any country of the Universal Postal Union for the minimum postage for an  
unregistered priority itme or an unregistered letter send by air to a foreign  
country.
This depends NOT on the normal postage. As far as I know, 1 IRC is  about 
1,80 Euro
here in Germany. I do not know, if this will raise too on 1st Jan.  2006.
 
I live near the border to PA land (some 30 km). If I travel to PA-land, I  
will ask for 
the postage. May be it is cheaper. But I will surely not drive 30 km for  
some 
letters due to the high prices of gas here. 
Mailing from others countries will only be good for those, who live near  by.
And that will only be a few....
 
I have send a QSL-request via the bureau for LU8XW - hrd in March 2002.  First
send to EA5BD, but read later in GOLIST, that QSL is now to you. So I  send 
it via
the bureau to you in August 2004. May be you got it or will get it. QSL  
would be fine.
 
Have a nice evening and take care.
best wishes + vy 73
Andreas - DE1DXX
 
 
In einer eMail vom 20.10.2005 20:15:44 Westeuropäische Sommerzeit schreibt  
qsl at wd9ewk.net:

Hi  Andreas!

I read your post about the upcoming increase in postal rates  for
Germany.  Will 1 IRC buy the stamps needed to mail an envelope  from your
country to the USA?  Since the current exchange rate will  make the new
rate be just over US$ 2, I'm trying to see what will be less  expensive
for any direct QSLing I need to do with stations in your  country.

Too bad I didn't buy lots of euro notes or German stamps when  the
euro-US$ exchange rate was much more favorable for the dollar.   :-(
Maybe I just need to look to exchanging cards through the Buro  more.
Or will DL hams and SWLs look to mail stuff from neighboring  countries
with lower postal rates?  I've received a bunch of QSLs from  German
hams posted from the Czech Republic, for example, in the last couple  of
years.  I do something similar for my cards going to Cuba, but  that's
not due to lower postal rates from Mexico compared to the USA  (more
expensive from there) - it is to stay clear of the USA federal  treasury
and Customs, not looking favorably on my QSL envelopes with even  a
dollar going to Cuban hams.  Even a dollar could be trouble, in  that
case...

73 from the Arizona desert!


Patrick  WD9EWK/VA7EWK

P.S.: Do you need any cards from the stations I manage,  as listed on
http://qsl.wd9ewk.net/   ??



 
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SWL DE1DXX
JO31GN DOK L14 CQ14 ITU28
Pse, do not  forget me... I need YOUR QSL.... :-)))
Okay in QRZ.com - look at my  QSL-card
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