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International return envelope

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  • 16-11-2016 10:43pm
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    Souness
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭


    I need to receive documents from Italy but they require a prepaid international envelope. I thought An Post did these but from asking today it seems that they dont.

    How do people get around this issue?

    Do I need to find a way to buy Italian stamps online?

    Thanks for your help


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,457 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    I recall getting a document posted to me from the US in the late 1990s and the sender asked for international reply coupons, the esperanto of postage stamps I suppose you could call them. I bought them in the post office but I think you can't buy them in Ireland any more. Would your friends in Italy accept a payment via PayPal?


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    Souness
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭Souness


    Unfortunately it is not friends that are sending, its official documents from Italian governmental office. I have emailed them to see if there is an alternative method as I would think this is not an unusual issue for them.


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    amtc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭amtc


    Yeah they were withdrawn some years ago. What you can do is buy stamps online as in digital ones, and then mail the link to the recipient who can print it. I've done this to Australia. Otherwise get a courier and pay cod. It's not that expensive if important documents.


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    Souness
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭Souness


    I had written to the embassy over in Rome to see if the Comune di Roma would accept payment in lieu of a return envelope and their response was to offer to send me a stamped envelope.
    Have to say very pleasantly surprised:)
    It is awkward that An Post no longer sell the prepaid international envelopes as it seems that they are available in other countries.
    Thanks for your replies, appreciate the help.


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