IR is right, again from the PJLM link:
""Ask" was first released in Australia in late 1986 on 7" only, without artwork (it was slipped inside a generic record company sleeve) just like the "Panic" single before it. After becoming the second major hit for the Smiths in that country (the first being "This Charming Man"), it was re-released in early 1987 on 7" and 12", with artwork, as a single from "The World Won't Listen" compilation album.
"Ask" was re-released by Warner in 1995 as a single from the "Singles" album. "
I guess you have bought the 1986 release. Not sure what the market is for such items is... $5 for any Smiths release is good value, but I can't imagine it's worth much more.
Dave