Priority Post

Starting in 1999, express service became known as posta prioritaria (i.g., priority mail). For a higher charge, the guaranteed faster delivery than ordinary mail. They attempted same-day delivery for urban mail and next-day for other destinations. This includes letters and small packages within Italy. For foreign delivery, however, the service is called Postapriority Internazionale (i.e., international priority mail).

These were printed by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS) – the official state mint and security printer for Italy.

Note

These are so boring. They’re still stamps, which I prefer over those printed postage labels with a bar-code. But they could have used a better design than this. I don’t know why they use such plain designs.

spot	own	catalog	subject	description
1.1	✓	2596	Priority Mail	62c (jan 2002) definitive, multicolor
1.2	✓	2597	Priority Mail	77c (jan 2002) definitive, multicolor
1.3	✓	2598	Priority Mail	€1.00 (jan 2002) definitive, multicolor
2.1	✓	2599	Priority Mail	€1.24 (jan 2002) definitive, multicolor
2.2	✓	2600	Priority Mail	1.86 (jan 2002) definitive, multicolor
2.3	✓	2601	Priority Mail	€4.13 (jan 2002) definitive, multicolor
3.1	✓	2592	Ducato (Venetian Coin)	41c (jan 2002) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	2593	Genovino & Fiorino	41c (jan 2002) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	2594	Flags of EU forming Euro Symbol	41c (jan 2002) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	2595	Lira to Euro Coin	41c (jan 2002) comm., multicolor

spot	own	catalog	subject	description
1.1	✓	2673A	Priority Mail	62c (mar 2003) definitive, multicolor
1.2	✓	2673B	Priority Mail	77c (may 2003) definitive, multicolor
1.3	✓	2673C	Priority Mail	€1.00 (jan 2003) definitive, multicolor
2.1	✓	2673D	Priority Mail	€1.24 (apr 2003) definitive, multicolor
2.2	✓	2673E	Priority Mail	€1.86 (aug 2003) definitive, multicolor
2.3	✓	2673F	Priority Mail	€4.13 (jan 2004) definitive, multicolor
3.1	✓	2731	Priority Mail	60c (jan 2004) definitive, multicolor
3.2	✓	2732	Priority Mail	80c (mar 2004) definitive, multicolor
3.3	✓	2732A	Priority Mail	€1.00 (dec 2004) definitive, multicolor
4.1	✓	2733	Priority Mail	€1.40 (jan 2004) definitive, multicolor
4.2	✓	2734	Priority Mail	€1.50 (mar 2004) definitive, grey

spot	own	catalog	subject	description
1.1	✓	2747	Priority Mail	60c (mar 2004) definitive, multicolor
1.2	✓	2747A	Priority Mail	80c (sep 2004) definitive, dull brown
1.3	✓	2748	Priority Mail	€1.40 (jul 2004) definitive, multicolor
2.1	✓	2749	Priority Mail	€2.00 (jun 2004) definitive, slate green
2.2	✓	2750	Priority Mail	€2.20 (jun 2004) definitive, pink
3.1	✓	2893A	Priority Mail	60c (jan 2006) definitive, multicolor
3.2	✓	2844	Priority Mail	62c (sep 2005) definitive, multicolor
3.3	✓	2846	Priority Mail	€1.50 (nov 2005) definitive, multicolor
4.1	✓	2737A	High Values	€1 (jan 2005) definitive, multicolor
4.2	✓	2738	High Values	€2.35 (apr 2004) definitive, multicolor
4.3	✓	2739	High Values	€2.80 (jan 2004) definitive, multicolor
4.4	✓	2740	High Values	€3 (may 2004) definitive, multicolor

spot	own	catalog	subject	description
1.1	✓	2845	Priority Mail	80c (nov 2005) definitive, multicolor
2.1	✓	2843	Priority Mail	60c (nov 2005) definitive, multicolor
2.2	✓	2894	Priority Mail	€1.40 (jan 2006) definitive, multicolor
3.1	✓	2932A	Priority Mail	60c (sep 2006) definitive, multicolor
3.2	✓	2932C	Priority Mail	€1.40 (feb 2007) definitive, multicolor
4.1	✓	2932D	Priority Mail	€1.50 (jul 2007) definitive, multicolor

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.
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