[Dx-qsl] IRC Question (US)

[Patrick STODDARD]

Hi!

> Originally, the current crop of IRCs were priced at $1.85
> and have that value printed on their face (for IRCs
> originating in the United States). Last year, the price
> increased to $2.00, but the IRCs were not reprinted with
> the new value on their face, thus for the purposes of the
> USPS's internal accounting, they need to put a 15 cent
> stamp on them.

There is also another reason... if you somehow decide not to
use an IRC sold by USPS, you can take it to a US post office 
and they will refund you the original purchase price less 1 
cent.  This was something I found out in late 2006, and had 
some old USPS IRCs with the stamps on them - and those stamps
were taken into account when I received my $$$.  

This isn't a big deal now, with IRCs having expiration dates,
unless you are able to get your hands on USPS-issued IRCs late
in 2009 and want to get US$ 1.84 or US$ 1.99 for them from a 
US post office (for IRCs originally sold at US$ 1.85 or US$ 
2.00) instead of selling them to others for less than that.

73!



Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/