Just be careful about buying from Swiss Post. The batch of IRCs I received from SwissPost were marked only with a simple "SU" on the left side, and not the full postmark-like stamp that is apparently required for an IRC to be fully valid.
-- Michael / N1EN ________________________________________ From: Elecraft <[email protected]> on behalf of Joe Subich, W4TV <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 8:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] IRCs > What I have not been able to find out is whether an IRC purchased in > country A (e.g. Canada) and sent to country B (e.g. some DX entity > that's part of the international postal union) can be used in country > B to pay for return QSL postage from B to country C (the USA) - that > is, a country other than the one where the IRC was purchased. Yes, according to UPU regulations, an IRC purchased in any country may be redeemed in any other country for one unit of first class (air mail) postage to any place in the world. BTW, the lowest cost I've found is Swiss Post at 20 CHF for 20 IRCs. At current exchange rates (http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/) that's about $1.05 each! 73, ... Joe, W4TV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
