On 1 Mar 2005 09:01:11 -0800, "bpnjensen" wrote:

Might be easier to send the $2 that they request. How much are IRC's
these days?
I haven't used them in years, preferring the 'green stamp' route', and
typically
I'd only send one.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

You might be right. The cost seems to vary - the ones I'd sent to
Guatemala recently were around 75 cents, if memory serves (and it
doesn't always anymore ;-), and the IRCs for Sri Lanka were a buck more
than that. When I purchased them, the PO wanted to know the specific
nation, and the IRC had the nation and value printed on it.

If they want two, there's probably a good chance that they intend to
send along more than just a QSL postcard.

Bruce Jensen


I just purchased 30 on Saipan the other day. The brand new ones are
about the size of your typical QSL card AND expire on 31 DEC 2006.

I guess the UPU was trying to stop people from hoarding them and using
them as currency or for trade.

AND what's more, the buggardly things now cost $1.75 (printed on
them). They are bar-coded too.... The old 80 cent jobbies are
history, I guess. I only sent 1 to RNZ, and at a buck seventy-five,
that ought to be enough to airmail me a stinkin' card!

Al

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