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. International Reply Coupons ...
See also: International reply coupon, Stamp, Internat, Used, Plate
 
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