[Dx-qsl] Re: IRC's

[Alfred J Cammarata]

Thanks for all the replies & N4II below.  I should have clarified they
are the $USD 1.85 2009 expiration IRC 's.  73 Al w3awu

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:00:51 -0400 "Callaway Ed-eaim148"
<Ed.Callaway at motorola.com> writes:
> I agree that 2006-expiry IRCs are, quite literally, not worth the 
> paper they're printed on.
>  
> However, what Alfred may be seeing is 2009-expiry IRCs that his post
> office has already marked with a lower sale price -- if I remember
> correctly it was $1.85 -- that was charged prior to the recent 
> postal rate increase to $2.00.  My post office adds stamps to these
IRCs, 
> in apparently random places, to bring their "face value" up to $2.00.
> Since it's the correct IRC and they still stamp it in the proper 
> (left) side, I've let them do this, even though I do not believe it's 
> necessary> (or useful:  I've always thought the foreign post office
neither 
> knows nor cares what the purchase price was in the IRC's country of 
> origin, since its value is the same (the minimum postage on an
unregistered 
> air letter) regardless).  
>  
> I think that, if the IRC is the 2009-expiry version (having two 
> fingers about to touch, framed in a postage stamp - the image inspired
by 
> the famous Michelangelo work adorning the Sistine Chapel:
> http://www.dailydx.com/2007irc.jpg ), it's okay to let them put
> additional stamps on them, pointless though it may be.
>  
> But I can then repeat Alfred's question:  Does anyone know if having
> extra stamps on a 2009-expiry IRC causes problems overseas?
>  
> Ed Callaway N4II
> Motorola ARC W4MOT
>  
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> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:54:28 -0400
> From: Alfred J Cammarata <alitalian39 at juno.com>
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] IRC's
> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
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> My local PO sez they dont have new IRC's. They wanted to add U.S.
> postage stamps & cancel them on old IRC's to bring up to current 
> rate.
> Before I go this route anyone know if this is acceptable overseas? 
> Tnx 
> 73 Al
> ALFRED CAMMARATA
> W3AWU
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      ALFRED CAMMARATA
                  W3AWU