Well IRC's are very interesting. Best approach is to take them with the
pile of envelopes to your Post Office. In days gone past when my XYL
was doing a lot of QSL's the approach varied from Post Office to Post
Office even in the same city.
We found one guy who would take US, actually he would take anything and
give you the postage or apply the postage. Some try to read "the book".
By far the easiest approach is to sell the IRC's to hams who want to use
them. As they are a terrible buy that works best. You also receive out of
date IRC's which are worthless.
Guess that's why they now to on-line QSLing with paypal I guess, but
haven't figured that one out yet.
At 02:38 PM 3/29/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I have exchanged a few IRC's before but can't remember if there was a
>country of issue problem. I can tell you that I have only ever been able
>to exchange them for an airmail stamp. Also it is something that needs
>to be done separately from other transactions. I tried to do all my
>Postal "shopping" one day and them gave them the IRC like a coupon at
>the store and it just really confused the clerk. I used to know how to
>tell the clerks what choices to make on their screens and the USPS
>changed the software on me. I usually just keep them and send them off
>for my own QSLing and buy the stamps I need.
>
>Phil
>N9LAH
>
>Andrei Stchislenok wrote:
>> Sorry for possible off-topick.
>>
>> I have received some IRC coupons with QSL's for YN2S.
>> How does it work nowadays?
>> Should I go po USPS and exchange them to 90c stamps for overseas mail, or
>> should I bring all envelopes to USPS and have them stamp envelopes for
every
>> IRC coupon instead?
>>
>> Also if IRC coupon issued in USA, are they valid to use in USA or coupons
>> must be issued in other country?
>>
>> I found this remark on some USA QSL manager web page:
>>
>> "IRCs are not valid in the country of issue. All IRCs must be issued
outside
>> of the USA for my use." [end of quote]
>>
>> Is this right?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
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