Fw: [South Florida DX Association] International Reply Coupons...

[Bill Marx]

>I recently took some IRCs to the local Post Office.  They wanted to mail a
> letter and run it through the machine. I had printed out the postal reg 
> and carried it with me showing them clearly that they had to give me 
> postage that I could use at any time.
>
> I won.
>
> 73
> Sherri, W4STB



> At 08:13 PM 9/29/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>>* Post-2001 IRCs bear expiration dates: Many DXers still use International
>>Reply Coupons (IRCs) <http://www.upu.int/irc/en/> issued by the Universal
>>Postal Union (UPU) to cover return postage for QSL cards. As of January 1,
>>2002, UPU-issued IRCs bear expiration dates, after which the coupon has no
>>value. The so-called "Beijing model 1" IRC expires December 31, 2006. The
>>newest IRC, the "Beijing model 2," expires December 31, 2009. Check any 
>>IRCs
>>you've got on hand for an expiration date! Curiously, the United States
>>Postal Service International Mail Manual states that the period of 
>>exchange
>>for IRCs issued by the UPU on or after January 1, 1975, is unlimited. The
>>UPU says IRCs are exchangeable in all member countries for the minimum
>>postage of a priority item or an unregistered air mail letter sent to a
>>foreign country. An IRC costs $1.85 in the US. Although US post offices 
>>are
>>not obliged to sell IRCs, it is mandatory for post offices in UPU member
>>countries to exchange the coupons.
>>
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