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Poste Vaticane is the organization responsible for the
The use of stamps was introduced in the Vatican in 1852.
Poste Vaticane was created in 1929 following the
Poste Vaticane manages the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State and operates four branch offices. The Poste Vaticane handles 140 tonnes of mail and six million postcards every year.
The organization's largest branch is near St. Anne's Gate. Almost all of its mail is carried via air, and only stamps from the Vatican can be used on Vatican mail. In the United States, there is an organization called the Vatican Philatelic Society that collects and studies Poste Vaticane's history, stamps, and covers.
There is a branch of Poste Vaticane within the Vatican Museum.
As of 2018, the organization has suspended services to
Poste Vaticane is the organization responsible for the postal service
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal sy ...
in Vatican City
Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (; ), is a Landlocked country, landlocked sovereign state and city-state; it is enclaved within Rome, the capital city of Italy and Bishop of Rome, seat of the Catholic Church. It became inde ...
. The organization is part of the Post and Telegraphy Service.
History
The use of stamps was introduced in the Vatican in 1852.
Poste Vaticane was created in 1929 following the Lateran Treaty
The Lateran Treaty (; ) was one component of the Lateran Pacts of 1929, agreements between Italy under Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini and the Holy See under Pope Pius XI to settle the long-standing Roman question. The treaty and ass ...
. It started operations on 1 August 1929 (or February 1929), and the Vatican joined the Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union (UPU, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform worldwide postal system. It has 192 member states and is headquartered in Be ...
on 1 January 1929. Its yellow mail boxes became iconic in the landscape of the papal city. The Poste Vaticane also handled the state's telegraph communications. The air courier system was set up in 1938. The Poste Vaticane joined the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) was established on 26 June 1959 by nineteen European states in Montreux, Switzerland, as a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal orga ...
in 1965, and PostEurop in 2012.
In 2020, a law was passed to merge the philatelic and postal activities of the Poste Vaticane. In September 2020, the Poste Vaticane released a stamp picturing the coronavirus
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.
Description
Poste Vaticane manages the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State and operates four branch offices. The Poste Vaticane handles 140 tonnes of mail and six million postcards every year.
The organization's largest branch is near St. Anne's Gate. Almost all of its mail is carried via air, and only stamps from the Vatican can be used on Vatican mail. In the United States, there is an organization called the Vatican Philatelic Society that collects and studies Poste Vaticane's history, stamps, and covers.
There is a branch of Poste Vaticane within the Vatican Museum.
As of 2018, the organization has suspended services to Sudan
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, South Sudan
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, North Korea
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, Timor Leste
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, Micronesia
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, Niue
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, and the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
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* Adélie Land (), the French claim on the continent of Antarctica.
* Crozet Islands (), a group in the southern Indian Ocean, south ...
.In popular culture
In the 1991 movie ''Hudson Hawk
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'', Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'' (1985–1989) and has appeared in over one hundred films, gaining ...
and Andie MacDowell walk through a fictional Vatican secret railway platform branded Poste Vaticane.
See also
* Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican CityReferences
External links
* {{Authority control Communications in Vatican CityVatican City
Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (; ), is a Landlocked country, landlocked sovereign state and city-state; it is enclaved within Rome, the capital city of Italy and Bishop of Rome, seat of the Catholic Church. It became inde ...
Vatican City
Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (; ), is a Landlocked country, landlocked sovereign state and city-state; it is enclaved within Rome, the capital city of Italy and Bishop of Rome, seat of the Catholic Church. It became inde ...