I've never exchanged an IRC myself, Garth, but airmail postage out of Japan is 110 yen and my IRC's are stamped "150 yen" so that makes me think they would be redeemed for the current airmail postage, as indicated in the legend on the coupon. But still best to stick with the new ones--at least for the rest of 2006.
George W1EBI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garth Hamilton Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Dxbase] Re: Dxbase Bad IRCs 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 ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
