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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.

 


IRC - see International Reply Coupon.
Irradiated Mail - mail irradiated by the U.S. Postal Service during the anthrax terrorism of 2001-02.
IRT - see Integrated Retail Terminals.

The IRC was introduced in 1906 at a Universal Postal Union congress in Rome.

As with almost everything else philatelic, IRC's are a popular collecting area.

International Reply Coupon (IRC) - 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.
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See also: International reply coupon, Stamp, Internat, Used, Plate

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