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SMOM and the Euro.
Italian job for Sovereign Military Order
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) - based in Rome and sometimes nicknamed 'the smallest country in the world' - has just signed a 10-year postal agreement with the Italian Post Office that means the SMOM is now able to use its stamps on mail to destinations in Italy. The postal agreement came into effect on January 1, 2005 and also means that the Italian Post Office will forward regular, priority and printed matter to any of the 50 other countries with which the SMOM holds postal agreements. However, the agreement doesn't include registered, insured and other similar types of mail. Two requirements to the postal agreement are that the SMOM uses Italy's current postal rates and the stamps are denominated in Euros - the currency of Italy and many other European countries. Therefore none of the stamps in old currency, such as scudo, tari and grani, can be used anymore. This agreement originally dates back to 1960 when there was a formal exchange of notes. 1979 saw a postal agreement drafted with Italy but never passed, whereas the SMOM signed agreements with many other countries. For a while the SMOM had troubles getting its stamps accepted on mail because the order was not recognised by the Universal Postal Union. A commemorative stamp was issued in honour of the new SMOM/ltaly agreement on October 18, 2004. acknowledgement: deborah lees news desk stamp mag feb 2005 |
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