[SEDXC] IRC

[Mike Greenway]

Time to redeem any old of the older IRC that expire Dec 2013, blue in color with a picture of the world on the left..  USPS does not sell IRC’s anymore but they have to redeem them for at least an air mail stamp if they were bought outside the USA.  If they were bought in the USA you can get more.  See the references below for that info.  Most QSL managers will not accept them anymore even though they are still redeemable.  A newer style was implemented earlier in 2013.  I printed out a sheet from the USPS about them and carried with me to show the post office as they don’t see these much and most of their employees do not know what an IRC is.  Under USPS site,  380 Supplemental Services, section 381.2a and b is what you need that spells out what the post office must do.  All of mine were from outside the USA so I got airmail stamps.

73 Mike K4PI