Phil, G3SWH, has received the following info from the
Royal Mail:
"Due to declining international mail volumes and electronic
substitution, customer demand for International Reply Coupons has been
falling dramatically over the last few years.
"Overall sales of International Reply Coupons have been very low indeed - on average just 4
per annum bought from each Post Office branch. Therefore, it was no
longer commercially viable to maintain the sale of coupons and Royal
Mail has taken the decision to withdraw them from sale.
"International Reply Coupons have not been withdrawn
globally from sale. Under UPU regulations Royal Mail through Post Office
Counters
is obliged to redeem International Reply Coupons presented
having been purchased overseas, but we are not obliged to sell them. However, I can confirm that customers have up to December 2013 to redeem IRCs."
Phil states, "This seems to be much more in line with the Royal Mail's
responsibilities under their UPU membership. Looks like they're safe until 31st December 2013. It may be that the UPU will change their rules after that date (which would be no bad thing IMHO)."
SARS News
Monday, October 22, 2012
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