All postal retail units (PRUs) must submit foreign-issued (exchanged) and U.S.-issued (redeemed) international reply coupons (IRCs) accepted through December 31, 2010, to their assigned destruction stamp distribution center (SDC) or stamp distribution office (SDO) as follows:
Kansas City, Phoenix, and Atlanta
Caribbean, Alaska, and Honolulu
Redeemed or exchanged IRCs (pictured below) with an expiration date of December 31, 2013 (Item Number 330800), are the only version that will be accepted by SDCs and SDOs. The due date for submission by PRUs is January 31, 2011.
The redemption rate for foreign-issued exchanged IRCs (pictured at left) with an expiration date of December 31, 2013, is: 90 cents.
Customer-returned U.S.-issued IRCs are redeemed at 1 cent less than purchase price.
Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, part 11-6.6 contains specific instructions for submitting exchanged foreign-issued and redeemed U.S.-issued IRCs to SDCs or SDOs.
Note: IRCs with an expiration date of December 31, 2009, and earlier have no value and must not be returned to SDCs or SDOs for any reason. See “Return Policy for Expired International Reply Coupons” in Postal Bulletin 22275 (12-31-09, page 12) for procedures to account for expired IRCs.
SDCs and SDOs must mail redeemed and exchanged IRCs (with an expiration date of December 31, 2013, only) received from PRUs by February 28, 2011, to the following address:
Eagan ASC Finance Branch
Financial Reporting
U.S. Postal Service
2825 Lone Oak Pkwy.
Eagan, MN 55121-9617
Handbook F-101 part 12-2.8 contains specific instructions for submitting exchanged foreign-issued and redeemed U.S.-issued IRCs to the Eagan ASC.
Handbook F-101 is available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:
n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
n In the left-hand column, under “Essential Links,” click PolicyNet.
n Click HBKs.
(The direct URL for Handbook F-101 is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/hand/f101.pdf.)
— Field and International Accounting,
Controller, 12-30-10
