How to send a SASE from Canada/What is an IRC?

[macainautos]

Hi,

I'm still learning about TTM's and was wondering what to do when sending to another country. My dad's favorite sport is hockey, and I would like to send cards or pucks to some of his favorite players, but most live in Canada or their address is in Canada. What would I do with the SASE. I've read about IRC's but don't know what they are, or how to use them. Can anyone help me out? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
R-Mac

[packrat]

There are members of this board from Canada, I'm sure you can find someone willing to sell you some Canadian stamps. Or check eBay.ca for someone selling stamps. Forget about IRCs (they are used to exchange the coupon for foreign stamps by the recipient). They are just not worth the money, purchasing stamps are much cheaper. Besides, I don't think many of the players want to have to go stand in line at the post office to exchange the IRCs for stamps.

Another alternative is to write to the guys who are playing in a US city during the season.

[macainautos]

Awesome! Thanks for the information! It helped me alot.

R-Mac

[HappinessStan]

I was writing to someone who was in the US the last time I looked, but had moved to Canada in the meantime. After I had finished cursing, and wondering how the hell one would go about getting Canadian stamps, it took about five minutes to find, check the prices and order Canadian stamps online at the Canadian Post Office website
http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/default.jsf?LOCALE=en
and there's a free postage option.

Why can't other postal services in other countries be just like that?

and agree with Packrat, IRCs are a nuisance to obtain, overpriced, and if I were famous I wouldn't want to even pay a secretary to queue up at a post office to change them into stamps.