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Talk:International reply coupon

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Examples of use

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I have been bold and removed all of the examples of use. They do not feel encyclopedic. Where IRCs have had a document cultural impact that may well be worth including, the Ponzi scheme is a good example of this. A list of possible ways in which an IRC could be used is too open ended. pcr^talk 04:38, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A recent attempt to buy an IRC in the post office in Blackrock, Ireland, resulted in the claim that nowhere in Europe sells these coupons anymore. I doubt this is true! 62.17.135.86 (Talk) 05:32, 12 June 2007

Moved the above edit from article to discussion page pcr^talk 13:53, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bought some in Luxembourg just weeks ago for €1.25. --Kloth (talk) 22:59, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is the cost of an international airmail from the USA really just that much? 118.90.125.206 (talk) 14:24, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is $0.98 (as already reflected in the main page) 74.76.128.243 (talk) 19:33, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to Royal Mail's website:

-- Please note: The current version of the International Reply Coupon has an expiry date of 31st December 2011. After this date, International Reply Coupons with this expiry date can no longer be exchanged for postage. --

However that doesn't indicate what they think the current version is. This week I cashed the old undated version (shown in the article as the one issued in Germany). My friend at the PO counter had to check that she could still exchange it, which she could, but she also said that these were only exchangeable until the end of 2013. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.174.173.62 (talk) 20:54, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The claim that IRCs are no longer available in Australia might be out-of-date. The Australia Post Terms and Conditions (p.44) reads:

51.1 An international reply coupon may be purchased from Australia Post on payment of the amount determined by Australia Post for that purpose.

https://auspost.com.au/sending/letters-overseas also reads:

International reply coupons

If you receive a letter from overseas containing International Reply Coupons, you can redeem the coupons for stamps to send a small letter up to 50g by Economy Air.

You can also purchase International Reply Coupons to send to your receivers. They can then exchange these for their local international stamps to send you a small letter up to 50g by air mail.

Visit your local Post Office to purchase or redeem your coupons or to get more information.

I'm not sure of the correct procedure here to update the article, so I'll just leave this information on the talk page. 117.20.68.107 (talk) 08:31, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

117.20.68.107: Your source document above is from 2021 and the current was dated 2022 but I have found an even newer 2024 source that I have used to update the page. Have a look at the history to see how that is done. ww2censor (talk) 10:49, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]