[Dx-qsl] Rcvd: Buro Envelope

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

Been so long since I've seen one, I was beginning to doubt in the buro.
Never doubt the buro!  Buro is good!

 

Seriously.

 

Rcvd today via the W3 Incoming QSL Buro, notables include:

 

4T6I

AM8IL

AN5EB

EA8ZS

FJ/SP7VC

HI3/N3SY

HI3TEJ  (my first card via the Global QSL print service!)

HP8/JA6REX

J3/DL3VEN

JH4UYB

JI4RDO

OH2BH

PY2YU

TO5J 

YN2BQ

 

A few comments.

 

Several of these cards. well, I didn't expect them via the buro, that's for
sure.  They'd been sent to the manager with an SASE for a US manager, or
with SAE + $2 or an IRC to an overseas manager.  There's a bit of an irony
in those few (I am deliberately being vague as there may be extenuating
circumstances I'm not aware of) arriving now, you see.  A ways back, I badly
needed to confirm their entities on 30 meters for DXCC; ended up getting the
proper card from someone else, mind you, so now they show up?  Hmmm.

 

Also, well, a few of these cards were sent to my old call (WN3VAW).
Somewhere along the lines in them being handled, they were marked "via W3WN"
- hand written or via a sticker.  Technically, this alters the card.  Does
it alter it enough to invalidate the card for DXCC?  As a practical matter
for me, it's a moot point, as I already have cards for those entities on
those particular band/fill combinations.  But I'd sure hate to find out a
question had been raised on a card come checking time, because of an
alteration made for routing purposes somewhere within the bureau system.
Anyone run into this problem, or am I just being hyper?  (And FWIW, I should
be seeing former WPA DXCC card checker K3AIR this weekend, so I do plan on
asking his opinion.  Especially now that he's a lawyer!  I'm sure it will be
for the usual fee. might be a heck of a day to light the grill, though.)

 

73, ron w3wn