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[CQ-Contest] Most cost-effective sending of qsl's direct to qsl bureaus

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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Most cost-effective sending of qsl's direct to qsl bureaus via delivery services
From: kq2m@kq2m.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:56:14 -0600
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Hi All,

I have a total of several thousand qsl's from contest qso's that I need to send out to about 20 different country QSL bureaus. DL, EA, F, G, I, JA, ON, SP, etc.

For countries where I have only a few qsl's I will mail them directly in an envelope. But where I have a volume of qsl's for a particular country (more than 50) I need a better alternative.

I know the addresses of the various qsl bureaus but I do not know the most cost-effective way to send the qsl's direct. For example: The present USPS rates for 4 lbs of qsl's mailed to Germany is ~ $48. I have noticed some international delivery services like myUS.com that are considerably cheaper but I have no idea whether they or other companies are reliable. The ARRL Outgoing qsl bureau is $12 / lb (plus cost to get them to the ARRL) which will be fine for the non-volume countries but I'm sure that I can do better for the high volume countries.

I would appreciate any information that you can share on what cost-effective and reliable services there are out there that you have successfully used when sending boxes of qsl's overseas.

Tnx & 73


Bob, KQ2M

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