[Dx-qsl] Redeeming IRCs at US post offices

[Peter Dougherty]

At 11:19 AM 11/13/2006, Patrick STODDARD wrote:
>Initially, the clerk wanted to redeem the old IRCs at something
>other than 84 US cents, the value listed in section 372.3 (b).
>I explained that the difference in redemption value only related
>to unused IRCs purchased in the US, where the value of those IRCs
>is 1 cent less than their face value as listed in 372.3 (a).
>After a couple of clerks discussed this and read over the printout
>I made from the USPS web site, they accepted all those IRCs and
>gave me stamps.

This type of situation is precisely why I don't like sending IRCs 
unless a DX station specifically asks for them. Can you imagine a 
small village's post office in rural Outer Slobovia trying to grasp 
the subtleties of IRCs? I'm not talking about big DXpeditions or 
big-time QSL managers here; rather DX little pistols who don't see 
much QSL action during the course of a year.



Cheers,

Peter,
W2IRT