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From: B Lehmkuhl <>
Subject: Re: Int. Reply Coupons - SA
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 10:19:26 -0800


Thanks Dave for your info. So if we send between 2 to 4 IRC to South
Africa, this should be enough to cover an initial reply. Most places in the
UK and Europe ask for at least 2 and sometimes 4 IRC when requesting info
from them.

At 08:34 AM 28/11/97 +0200, you wrote:
>Anne wrote:
>
>> I have just been notified of the following from the SA Post Office:
>> "International reply coupons are accepted and available in South Africa.
>> Yours sincerely, Johan Kruger, Communication division, SA Post Office"
>>
>> Now I'd like to know whether this is so in practice, so if anyone goes to
>> their local post office, please ask them if they have IRC.
>
>Hello ...
>
>The answer is yes - if the local PO doesn't have enough at the time of
>purchase, they can be ordered. Using IRCs from other countries has also not
>been a problem, provided that one remembers that the IRC is valid for a reply
>only and not a wad of information!
>
>Dave
>
>
>
>
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