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Re: questions about IRCs

by kimmylee » Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:09 am

Hi, That would be letters rate :)

Re: questions about IRCs

by Bill73 » Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:42 pm

kimmylee wrote:You can no longer get IRC's in the UK, they were withdrawn from sale earlier in the year- and yes they have been officialy been withdrawn rather than being hard to find.

People from abroad can still send them here to be redeemed though!

Royal Mail do sell stamps, and as far as I am aware they ship worldwide (they have a "Rest of World" postage charge) see here You'd need a credit card though.

Alternatively look on the Autograph Exchange/Sale section, several members trade/sell UK stamps.

UK postage is expensive so be sure to put enough on.
Kimmy,

If I send the two 8 by 10 inch pictures in a 10 by 13 inch envelope, is that considered a letter or a small packet in the UK? THe package weighs less than 2 oz or 60 grams, so it's not very big. Thanks!

Re: questions about IRCs

by kimmylee » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:26 am

You can no longer get IRC's in the UK, they were withdrawn from sale earlier in the year- and yes they have been officialy been withdrawn rather than being hard to find.

People from abroad can still send them here to be redeemed though!

Royal Mail do sell stamps, and as far as I am aware they ship worldwide (they have a "Rest of World" postage charge) see here You'd need a credit card though.

Alternatively look on the Autograph Exchange/Sale section, several members trade/sell UK stamps.

UK postage is expensive so be sure to put enough on.

Re: questions about IRCs

by karlb82 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:04 pm

I don't think your the only one who finds it hard to get ircs,I'm in the UK and they are hard to get over here,and really expensive ,when I first sent to usa I put $4 in my requests,then I found someone to buy usa stamps from ,thus making it alot easyier,and to give you a rough idea about UK to usa post cost, I send 2 6x8 photos/thin card and it costs me 2.89

Re: questions about IRCs

by Jennie<3 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:46 pm

Bill73 wrote:
Jennie<3 wrote:http://fanmail.biz/mboard/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=161770 That is the IRC Pricelist

and IRC's are very hard to find in post offices. You can get IRC's on here or ebay. I would also suggest buying stamps of the country you are sending to.
How do you buy stamps from the UK? I don't know anyone over there, and the Royal Mail website appears to only sell metered postage that you can apply at home. However, it's only good for a day or so, so that won't work.
Some members on here sell UK stamps

Re: questions about IRCs

by Bill73 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:42 pm

Jennie<3 wrote:http://fanmail.biz/mboard/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=161770 That is the IRC Pricelist

and IRC's are very hard to find in post offices. You can get IRC's on here or ebay. I would also suggest buying stamps of the country you are sending to.
How do you buy stamps from the UK? I don't know anyone over there, and the Royal Mail website appears to only sell metered postage that you can apply at home. However, it's only good for a day or so, so that won't work.

Re: questions about IRCs

by Jennie<3 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:37 pm

http://fanmail.biz/mboard/viewtopic.php?f=117&t=161770 That is the IRC Pricelist

and IRC's are very hard to find in post offices. You can get IRC's on here or ebay. I would also suggest buying stamps of the country you are sending to.

questions about IRCs

by Bill73 » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:28 pm

I am going to send something to the UK, and I am having problems finding IRCs. Already been to 2 post offices, and neither had them. My town isn't very big, but my sister lives near Chicago, and the post offices around her don't have them either. Anyone else have problems finding these things?

Also, if I am sending 2 8X10 pictures, how many IRCs do I need to use? Will 2 be sufficient? I don't want to be short on postage, but these things are apparently not cheap.

Thanks!

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