11073 Christmas cards/parcels

Now we are in December, for anyone new to posting Christmas cards or pressies from Italy to family and friends overseas I thought the following points may be useful:

- if an envelope is not one of the standard sizes (either larger or smaller) you will be charged more for postage

- boxed parcels are horrendously expensive, they are measured first on volume and then on weight and charged accordingly ie a shoebox sized parcel costs the same if it is empty or contains 2 kgs! It is MUCH cheaper to squeeze whatever into a padded envelope this then goes at letter rates.

[url=http://www.poste.it/postali/prioritaria/tariffe_estero.shtml]Poste Italiane - Tariffe del prodotto[/url]

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