In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >They are available in the USA for letters only.
>The post office, however, did not tell >me what the cost was. > >Anyway....ask at your local post office for the cost >from your country. Are the US post offices still calculating letter weight in ounces? When I sent a piece of my lace for the exhibition in Michigan held to celebrate Jana's wedding, it took a little working out how many International Reply Coupons (IRCs) needed to be sent to cover the cost of the return postage. I think, at the time, one IRC was sufficient to cover half an ounce from the US. The lowest weight level for a UK letter at the moment is 10g. Don't quote me, but I think 1 IRC = 1 x letter at lowest weight to wherever. So it was a case of calculating the weight of the package, and then dividing that by the weight equivalent (converting imperial to metric if necessary) for an IRC to give the number of IRCs I needed to send - I think in my case it was four. The coupons are then taken by the recipient to their post office to exchange for stamp/s to cover the cost of postage. What you also have to remember is that the cost of X grams or ounces in one country is not necessarily the same as it would be somewhere else! When I phoned the UK Overseas Mail Department to find out what the US mail rates were, I think it was the first time they had come across the problem! But, it is quite common to be asked to include so many IRCs to cover postage when the anticipated weight of the package to be sent is more than the lowest level. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
