The problem with having someone send stamps is that I don't believe you can mail a letter in Canada with an English stamp. Regards Betty Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [HAM] IRC = SAE >I have sent a number of letters to England with an IRC enclosed. One of >the > people was kind enough to let me know that one IRC is not sufficient to > cover > the postage of a letter to Canada, two are required - i.e. $7.00 CDN. Now > I > get a £5 note from the bank (or friend) about $10 CDN and send that. The > actual postage is only 69p - so I am covered for a considerable number of > letters with the person. If it works out that there is only one letter, I > instruct the person to use the extra for postage on letters to other > people. A small loss for > me, but at least it covers the letters and the postoffice does not rip me > off. > > Bob > Winchester (Canada) > At 03:10 PM 01/04/2008, you wrote: >>In Canada an International Reply Coupon costs $3.50. That would cover the >>sender for the basic rate (David Neller suggests that that is 69p), so it >>is not the cheapest means. >> >>If you have friend there you could write and ask them to send some local >>stamps to you in their next letter. >> >>David >> For FREE online parish register transcriptions visit the Hampshire OPC >> at www.knightroots.co.uk >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >