Yes! Good tip giving them the full name not just the acronym. I was quite surprised that U.S. Postal employees were not better acquainted with IRCs but, then again, perhaps in this Twitterific world their relevance is diminishing! :-)

Thanks all, for the tips!

SNazz123

Yes, indeed, that's exactly what I mean! It's easy to look up the current exchange rates amongst currencies but knowing what they charge for a certain weight of an item and/or a certain class of postage (Airmail, by boat, etc.) is impossible to know hence my questions to you all. In a current scenar...

Well, thanks to each of you for the IRC feedback. This may sound small to many of you but one Post Office I visited is in a town of about 40,000 - the others were much smaller - but they had no clue. Anyway, it is good to know that this may still be an option - that is, getting IRCs. Now I need to u...

Hello. I went to three U.S. Postal locations in New Hampshire in March, 2009. Each one either said the U.S. Postal Service no longer provides IRCs or they just didn't carry them.

Has anyone been able to purchase IRCs in 2009 at your Post Office in the United States?

Thanks,
SNazz123