Poste Italiane

For several years it has been difficult to get mint stamps of Italy
from Poste Italiane. They insisted on very expensive ways
of transferring money, which I usually got round by using either
Italian friends or others visiting Italy to pay for them there.

Then they developed a web site which accepted credit cards
from overseas customers. This worked for a while
and then they stopped accepting overseas credit cards.

I am delighted to report that they have sorted out the problems,
and I have just received the last two years worth of
commemoratives (it is tedious going through each issue - much
easier to buy year sets).

However, there is no apparent way to buy definitive issues - they
do not seem to be able to cope with the fact that some definitives
are dated and change each year.

Sadly the stamps issued to 18-year-olds in small sheetlets
were only available to 18-year-olds, and are now exceedingly
difficult to acquire.

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
.... I'm not dead; I'm metabolically challenged.

Dear Tony,
Yes, it is very difficult to get mint stamps from Poste Italiane.
I have the same problem.
I have a sister, living in Roma, but she is very old and handicapt, so I
cannot ask her help.
Tony, if you get a solution, please email me.
Grazie,
Ciao,
Hans


Tony Clayton schreef:
For several years it has been difficult to get mint stamps of Italy
from Poste Italiane. They insisted on very expensive ways
of transferring money, which I usually got round by using either
Italian friends or others visiting Italy to pay for them there.

Then they developed a web site which accepted credit cards
from overseas customers. This worked for a while
and then they stopped accepting overseas credit cards.

I am delighted to report that they have sorted out the problems,
and I have just received the last two years worth of
commemoratives (it is tedious going through each issue - much
easier to buy year sets).

However, there is no apparent way to buy definitive issues - they
do not seem to be able to cope with the fact that some definitives
are dated and change each year.

Sadly the stamps issued to 18-year-olds in small sheetlets
were only available to 18-year-olds, and are now exceedingly
difficult to acquire.

In a recent message hvschaik wrote:

Dear Tony,
Yes, it is very difficult to get mint stamps from Poste Italiane.
I have the same problem.
I have a sister, living in Roma, but she is very old and handicapt, so I
cannot ask her help.
Tony, if you get a solution, please email me.
Grazie,
Ciao,
Hans


Commemoratives are no problem. It is the definitives which
I have always preferred - a solution would be to find
an English speaking dealer in Italy who deals with specialised modern
issues.

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
.... Can't learn to do it well? Learn to enjoy doing it badly!