[amsat-bb] Re: IRC's to be discontinued

[Stefan Wagener]

Isn't it time to move to the next level. We are not in the 30s anymore with
little, pretty postcards, outdated info and pictures of antennas!

Stefan VE4NSA

PS There is a reason I don't do QSL cards anymore.


On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <
amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net> wrote:

> Hi Ted!
>
> > On the plus side though:" Beginning early next year, the Postal Service
> will
> > introduce a First-Class Mail Global Forever Stamp.  The new stamp will
> allow
> > customers to mail letters anywhere in the world for one set price of
> $1.10,
> > and is among new mailing and shipping services filed with the Postal
> > Regulatory Commission today."
> >
> > Thus, it will be a lot cheaper to send our cards. For example, I am
> sending
> > a card to Cuba this week - cost: $1.85. So the new flat rate will save a
> > bunch
>
> If you paid $1.85, either too much postage was put on the envelope, or what
> you were sending did not meet the requirement to send up to one ounce to
> the "rest of the world" (anywhere except Canada and Mexico).  The current
> rate is $1.05 for up to one ounce in an envelope that is not too thick or
> outside the size limits for that airmail rate.
>
> The $1.10 Forever stamp will be good for sending mail to most of the world.
> I have not found if there will still be a lower rate for airmail to Canada
> and
> Mexico.  If not, then the rate increase is almost 30% over the current rate
> to those two countries (85 US cents for one ounce from the US to Canada
> and Mexico).
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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