Parcel Post

Italian parcel post stamps at this time had an interesting, practical design. They were sold in pairs as you see here. If you click on the image of the album page you’ll see a larger version of it. You can see the text written on them. The left one of each says at the bottom, Sul Bolletino (i.e., On the Shipping Bill). The right ones say at the bottom, Sulla Ricevuta (i.e., On the Receipt).

Basically, when someone would buy one of these pairs, they would pull them apart and put the left one on shipping bill or label to show the post office they paid for the shipment. The right half is attached to the receipt. I’m not sure, though, if that receipt is immediate given to the sender, or if it’s attached to a post card that acts as the receipt and will be mailed back to the sender after the recipient receives it.

Note

There are two sets of stamps for this page. I have one of the first set and all of the second set. After I designed this page, I found a stamp pair for which I had not allowed space. I’m not sure if it goes in the first or second set – or elsewhere. I put it at the bottom, but forgot anything else about it. I’ll have to research it and may redesign this page.

Contains 21 spots: own 14 – 14 unused, 0 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Dec 3, 2024

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

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Parcel Post Pairs - Overprint I

1.1		PP1	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 5c (nov 1916) parcel post, brown
1.2		PP2	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 10c (nov 1916) parcel post, blue
1.3		PP3	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 25c (nov 1916) parcel post, red
2.1	✓	PP4	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 50c (nov 1916) parcel post, orange
2.2		PP5	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 1₤ (nov 1916) parcel post, violet
2.3		PP6	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 2₤ (nov 1916) parcel post, green
3.1		PP7	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 3₤ (nov 1916) parcel post, yellow
3.2		PP8	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 4₤ (nov 1916) parcel post, grey

Parcel Post Pairs - Overprint II

4.1	✓	PP9	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 5c (nov 1917) parcel post, brown
4.2	✓	PP10	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 10c (nov 1917) parcel post, blue
4.3	✓	PP11	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 20c (nov 1917) parcel post, blackish grey
5.1	✓	PP12	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 25c (nov 1917) parcel post, red
5.2	✓	PP13	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 50c (nov 1917) parcel post, orange
5.3	✓	PP14	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 1₤ (nov 1917) parcel post, violet
6.1	✓	PP15	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 2₤ (nov 1917) parcel post, green
6.2	✓	PP16	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 3₤ (nov 1922) parcel post, yellow
6.3	✓	PP17	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 4₤ (nov 1917) parcel post, grey
7.1	✓	PP18	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 10₤ (sep 1924) parcel post, lilac
7.2	✓	PP19	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 12₤ (sep 1924) parcel post, red brown
7.3	✓	PP20	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 15₤ (sep 1924) parcel post, olive
8.1	✓	PP21	Coat of Arms - Eagle	2 x 20₤ (sep 1924) parcel post, dark brownish lilac

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.