[Dx-qsl] How To Cash In IRC's at USPS?

[Richard F. DiDonna NN3W]

Thanks to all for this informative thread.  The postal clerk at my USPS 
had no idea what an IRC was and wanted to put the International Forever 
stamps on the right hand side of the IRC and then charge me for the IRC 
and stamps.   After giving her the instructions upthread, she calmly 
followed all the directions, and handed over 9 Global Forever stamps.

73 all!

Rich NN3W


On 12/14/2017 6:02 PM, Allan W Schlaugat wrote:
> Yes!!! That was exactly what I was looking for. The postmaster knew she had
> to exchange them but didn't know exactly how. We spent almost a hour trying
> to figure this out to no luck. With this info in hand, I will give them the
> keystrokes on their terminal in order to do so.
>
> Thanks!!   73   Al  N9ISN
>
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:32:23 -0500, Steve Wheatley KU9C via DX-QSL
> <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> Ok.  Here is the way it works where I go
>>
>> Puts the button called sales distribution
>> Select more
>> Select exchanges
>> Select for IRC
>> Ok
>> Quantity
>> Stamps
>> Quantity
>>
>>
>> Good luck.  I just took a bit more.  No lots more to the po
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 14, 2017, at 17:09, Joe Subich, W4TV <w4tv at subich.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Tell the lazy USPS drone to read International Mail Manual section 381:
>>> <https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc3_020.htm> - specifically 381.3b:
>>>> Postmasters must process exchanged foreign international reply
>>>> coupons as prescribed in Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures,
>>>> in section 11-6.6, “International Reply Coupons.”
>>> Each IRC is exchangeable for *one* International "Forever" stamp.
>>>
>>> There should be a "key" on his computer terminal for IRC exchange .  I
>>> haven't seen it - my local PO won't let me see their screen - but I
>>> know they've used it.  BTW, my PO is a small rural office of probably
>>> fewer than 10,000 people.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>>   ... Joe, W4TV