[SFDXA] International Reply Coupons and Price Change

[WILLIAM MARX]

>From Tony N2MFT



International Reply Coupons and Price Change
Effective January 22, 2012, the price change affects the selling price of the 
International Reply Coupon (IRC). The new selling price is $2.20 per coupon. 
Post Offices™ and postal retail units (PRUs) should use their existing supply of 
$2.10 IRCs, and at the time of sale, add a 10-cent postage stamp.
Offices must follow the below procedures now that the price change went into 
effect on January 22, 2012. When affixing the postage stamps, leave the 
bottom-right corner of the IRC clear. This provides space for the foreign post 
that exchanges the coupon to cancel it. 

If you use a 10-cent postage validation imprinter (PVI) label or postal postage 
meter, make sure you affix these labels only to the back of the IRC and do not 
cover any por­tion of the IRC’s barcode.
Post Offices and PRUs must ensure that an adequate supply of 10-cent stamps are 
on hand. No accounting entries are required to adjust the value of IRCs in 
inventory. Record the sale of the additional 10-cents postage applied to the IRC 
as AIC 090, Postage Stock Sales, or AIC 109, Postage Validation Imprinter, on 
the retail associate’s PS Form 1412, Daily Financial Report.
—Revenue and Field Accounting, 
Controller, 1-26-12

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