Parcel Post
These stamps 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
As you can see, I have all of the stamps for this album page except for one. I’m missing the 1954 parcel post pair with a face value of 1000 lira. Oddly enough, it costs a little over 1000 euros now to buy from dealers in Milan. So it will be quite a while before I get this stamp and complete this page.
Contains 16 spots: own 15 – 15 unused, 0 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Mar 28, 2023
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.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
Parcel Post Pairs
✓ |
PP66 |
25c (oct 1947) |
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✓ |
PP67 |
50c (may 1947) |
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✓ |
PP68 |
1₤ (may 1947) |
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✓ |
PP69 |
2₤ (may 1947) |
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✓ |
PP70 |
3₤ (mar 1947) |
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✓ |
PP71 |
4₤ (apr 1947) |
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✓ |
PP72 |
5₤ (oct 1947) |
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✓ |
PP73 |
10₤ (feb 1947) |
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✓ |
PP74 |
20₤ (dec 1946) |
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✓ |
PP75 |
30₤ (mar 1951) |
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✓ |
PP76 |
50₤ (dec 1946) |
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✓ |
PP77 |
100₤ (dec 1946) |
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✓ |
PP78 |
200₤ (sep 1948) |
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✓ |
PP79 |
300₤ (jan 1948) |
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✓ |
PP80 |
500₤ (jan 1948) |
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PP81 |
1000₤ (jun 1954) |
longobardi (€ 900) |
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.
