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Carol71

Carol71 Report 12 Feb 2007 05:26

I want to apply for death and birth certificates for Wirral, Cheshire, and it says because I am overseas, I have to send two reply coupns. Does anyone know what they are? Carol in Ontario

Researching:
Cleaver, Ward, Jackson, Fletcher, Roe,and Fitchett, in Hinckley and St. Margarets Leicester.

Fayena

Fayena Report 12 Feb 2007 06:58

Could be they are just your full name and address on sticky labels, one for the return to you and another for their records. If there is FAQ's on the site check there first Best of luck Fay

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 12 Feb 2007 07:09

I think they are international reply coupons that are a bit like a postal order. I bought some a few years back from a post office here in Kent, UK to send abroad. They are acceptable as postal payment in many countries. I have seen people in Australia writing on these GR boards that they order direct from the GRO online for the same £7 that we would pay here, ..... Maybe someone else will reply and advise on that. UPDATE From Wikipedia An international reply coupon (IRC) is a coupon that can be used to post a standard 20 gram letter anywhere in the world. IRCs are accepted in all Universal Postal Union (UPU) member countries. A UPU member postal service is obliged to exchange an IRC for postage, but is not obliged to sell them. The purpose of the IRC is to be able to send someone in another country a letter, along with the cost of postage for them to reply. If the addressee is within the same country, a self-addressed stamped envelope ('SASE') will work; but if the addressee is in another country an IRC removes the necessity of acquiring foreign postage or sending appropriate currency There is more info. if you do a Google search for ..International Reply Coupon Gwyn

Janet 693215

Janet 693215 Report 12 Feb 2007 08:22

Make sure you are ordering them from either the local office to where he event occurred or www.gro.gov.uk/

Alison

Alison Report 12 Feb 2007 09:51

Don't know about death certs, but I have ordered dozens of birth and marriage certs from GRO in the UK and I am in NZ. I just pay 7 pounds per cert and that covers postage aswell. Where are you ordering your cert from ?

Carol71

Carol71 Report 12 Feb 2007 14:10

Hi, I am ordering my certificates from Birkenhead via Wirral, and I am in Canada. It does cost 7 pounds for each certificate. They don't explain what a Reply Coupon actually is so I thank you all for your responses. From a naive Canadian, lol! Regards, Carol nudge

Researching:
Cleaver, Ward, Jackson, Fletcher, Roe,and Fitchett, in Hinckley and St. Margarets Leicester.