Re: [DX-NEWS] Quick question OLD IRCs

[Dave_Richardson]

"Old" style IRCs are still valid in the UK also and as Mike says should be so everywhere. But, because so many DX stations are now refusing to accept them, I've exchanged all my stocks at the PO for the appropriate postage stamps and now buy  "new" ones for QSLing. The price differential between purchase and exchange is now only a few pence so not many QSL managers sell them off like they used to over here, they just exchange 'em for stamps. As if QSLing wasn't hazardous enough, if you continue to send out "old" IRCs for QSLs there's a high risk you'll not receive any reply and so more wasted effort and expense? 73 Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-news@njdxa.org Sent: 05 February 2005 01:27 Subject: Re: [DX-NEWS] Quick question Yes....Indefinitely...there is no expiration date on em...however there is an expiration date on the new ones...the old ones will be valid until outta circulation...according to the IMM.......(International Mail Manual)...   Its just too bad tho that its interpreted differently by all countries and most US PO's have no clue abt the IRCs....I have trained lotsa stamp givers here and the IMM has been altered due to my "training" of the locals....itsa long story ....but it boils down to the fact that IRCs are so little used here (in the USA) that the software now used by the PO  cant deal with them the the way they  used to be dealt with...   Anyway..yes ..the IRCs are still valid...it all depends where the go and who is dealing with them....   73/GL,   Mike W2GR ---------------------------      Are the old type (Small) IRC's good any longer now that the new ones are out?   Thanks,   Bill K2NJ