Italy – Registered mail postcard originating from the
Travelling post offices were not allowed to provides services to the public and so it was not possible to use them to send a registered letter. However, if letters were found in the boxes that were outside of the car or in special boxes in the stations, with postage rate corresponding to a registered letter, these were registered as such, although it was not possible to deliver a receipt to the sender.In addition, the correspondence which they suspected might contain valuables were sent by registered mail, and taxed accordingly.In any case, they are always extremely rare items.The lot offered is a postcard from 16 September sent to Sorrento, coming from "the Buca di Venezia" (handwritten on the side), where it was found with the postage corresponding to registered mail (35 cents) and as such was treated and forwarded to its destination via the Pontebba-Bologna Travelling Post Office.To the best of my knowledge, to date, this is one of only two registered notes of this kind originating from an Italian Travelling Post Office in the 19th century. Read More