Announcements of new stamp issues and marcophily
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW STAMP ISSUES AND MARCOPHILY
Official announcements regarding stamp issues, postal stationery, folders, souvenir envelopes and special and ordinary cancellations can be found in this section.
This section also includes all information regarding requests for cancellations of philatelic products with Vatican City State stamps that are still valid for postage (stamps issued after 1 January 2001).
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
Special cancellations and the ways to obtain them are announced from time to time, through communiqués printed in “L’Osservatore Romano”, and announcements featured on the website.
1 - Commemorative Cancellations
Commemorative cancellations are issued on the following occasions: Easter, Christmas, pastoral visits and Apostolic Journeys abroad, when souvenir envelopes are issued by the Postal and Philatelic Service, when Vatican Bodies participate in philatelic and numismatic conferences in Italy or abroad and on anniversaries or recurring events that have a special meaning for the Church, for the Holy See and for Vatican City State.
To obtain “commemorative cancellations, customers can send a certain quantity of prepaid envelopes or other philatelic products to the Section for Cancellations. The material will be cancelled with the cancellations that will be made available from time to time, and will be returned in accordance with the customers’ choices: not sealed in an envelope, in envelope-letter format or registered.
2 - “First Day of Issue”
First Day of Issue cancellations are available when a series of stamps, postcards or aerograms is released. To obtain the postal cancellation in question, only stamps, postcards and aerograms that belong to the newly issued series can be used.
Requests for the complete series of stamps, postcards and aerograms should be sent to: Philatelic and Numismatic Sales and Marketing – Governorate – 00120 Vatican City.
Cancellation Requests
Postal cancellations mentioned at points 1 and 2 can be requested for a period of 30 days, starting from their date of issue. With regards to First Day of Issue cancellations, customers who receive series of stamps from the Vatican Office for Philatelic and Numismatic Sales and Marketing, via mail, can have an extension of the time period, if they can demonstrate that the delayed reception of the philatelic product is due to postal error or other setbacks.
Procedure for returning cancelled items
Considering the terms indicated above, if a request is received within five days of the date of issue of the cancellation, the cancelled product will be returned in the following ways:
- unsealed, ordinary or registered post: the postcards or letters should include the sender’s name and address and be stamped with stamps that are still valid for postage and in line with current postal tariffs;
- in a sealed envelope, via ordinary or registered post: the product to be cancelled should be inside an envelope with the sender’s name and address and stamped with stamps that are still valid for postage and in line with current postal tariffs.
If a request is received five days after the release of the cancellation, the return of the cancelled item can only take place in a sealed envelope.
Stamps for the envelopes that will be used to return the cancelled item to the sender, can be requested at the Cancellation Section.
Correspondence sent to the Postal and Philatelic Service to be returned, and the philatelic product to be sent to the sender or to someone else indicated by the sender, is at the applicant’s risk.
ORDINARY CANCELLATIONS
These are postal cancellations used for stamping of correspondence to be sent to a particular destination. First Day of Issue cancellations or cancellations for other circumstances are also available upon request. The correspondence will be sent, as long as it is franked with stamps that are still valid for postage in Vatican City.
For registered mail, the request should include an itemized list in duplicate, showing: the name and address of the receiver, the city of destination and postcode and the total number of items, when more than one product is involved. Please remember to include the name and address of the sender, either on the back of the envelope or on the top left of the front side.
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