International reply coupon

International reply coupon
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International Reply Coupon - a coupon sold by the post office that is redeemable by its recipient in a foreign country for return postage. Scott catalogue numbers are prefixed with IRC.

International Reply Coupon: A redeemable certificate issued by member nations of the Universal Postal Union to provide for return postage from recipients in other countries. IRCs are exchangeable for postage at a post office.

International Reply Coupon: A coupon issued by the UPU which can be redeemed in any member country for postage.
Invert: A term used to describe an error where the stamp is inverted.
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International Reply Coupon: Coupons issued by members of the Universal Postal Union to provide for return postage from recipients in foreign countries. IRCs are exchangeable for postage at a post office.

International Reply Coupons
Another accomplishment of the UPU fairly early in its history was the establishment of these International Reply Coupons, the text of which reads ...

International Reply Coupons (IRCs) are a method to provide return postage to someone in another country.

The International Reply Coupon is another postal item that catches the fancy of collectors. Figure 4 shows a 1971 example of an IRC issued by Norway.

postal items such as aerogrammes, International Reply Coupons, postage stamps, philatelic products, postal cards, stamped envelopes and postal cards, blank postal money order forms, migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps, or any unsold item, ...

See also: Stamp, Used, Local, Internat, Official