Sending them to the country of issue can be useless also as they only get enough postage to post a letter within Japan from each IRC. So you have to send 3 or 4 for airmail reply.
I no longer buy the old style and when I get them I redeem them quickly as it is always a struggle to get rid of them even at my regular post office where I have been exchanging them for over 20 years. 73 VE3HO At 04:01 AM 26/02/2006, you wrote: >I've never been able to understand why the "old" IRC's, which have no >expiration date (but certainly are not "useless"), are not accepted in >certain countries. The ones I have left were all purchased in Japan, so >I'm confident they will be accepted there. Save them for use in country >of purchase. > >George W1EBI
