Just told International Reply Coupons no longer sold in UK!

[AllanRickman]

I checked royalmail and it seems from end of 2011 IRC are no longer sold.

So what is the best alternative when sending fanmail from the UK to the USA???

I have had two autographs the last week from emails i sent and postage on both was around $4 to the uk, so im thinking putting $5 on a return envelope would be enough but what is the best thing to do now?

I did go to https://store.usps.com/ but they wont let me select anything other than US for shipping destination :-(

[ScottishDan]

I've never used IRCs because even when they were sold they were almost impossible to find..

There are 2 good alternatives:

1. Go to your local post offices/travel agents and buy some US dollars. That way you send 2 or 3 with every request. - I used to do this when I first started collecting and I had many successes.

2. Buy US International stamps from a user on here. This method is a lot more cheaper and you will get more successes (especially if sending VV) - This is what I do at the moment.

Roughly a C5 envelope should be about $1-$2 and a C4 envelope should be about $2-$3 for a reasonable weight obviously.

International US Stamps are $1.05 each so If you're sending a C5 with a few photos in the envelope then you only need one stamp on it to return.

Hope that helps!

[AllanRickman]

I've never used IRCs because even when they were sold they were almost impossible to find..

There are 2 good alternatives:

1. Go to your local post offices/travel agents and buy some US dollars. That way you send 2 or 3 with every request. - I used to do this when I first started collecting and I had many successes.

2. Buy US International stamps from a user on here. This method is a lot more cheaper and you will get more successes (especially if sending VV) - This is what I do at the moment.

Roughly a C5 envelope should be about $1-$2 and a C4 envelope should be about $2-$3 for a reasonable weight obviously.

International US Stamps are $1.05 each so If you're sending a C5 with a few photos in the envelope then you only need one stamp on it to return.

Hope that helps!

Thank you very much, very helpful, luckily my brother just tole me he is going to US April, so i will give him money to buy me stamps.

Thanks again for the advice.