>In January, when the Euro currency takes over, I'm sure it will affect >postage stamps too. If I had three 20 c? stamps, one from Germany, one from >France and one from Greece, would I be able to place them on a letter I >intend to mail from Italy if the postage due was 60 c?? > >In other words, would Euro denominated postage stamps be able to cross >borders like the money will? I cannot find any reference to stamps in any of the euro information sites or guides that I have to give you an authoritative answer, but I'd be prepared to bet a few euro on this one. Postage stamps are issued by national post offices, and are not transferable. Even during the time when the currency in Ireland was linked to that of the UK, one could not post letters in Britain with Irish stamps or vice versa, as stamps are receipts of postage dues paid to a particular Post Office. You can use a stamp purchased in Texas on a letter posted in Florida not because the currency is the same, but because there is one US Post Office. After 2002-01-01 the national post offices in the Euro zone won't be amalgamated, so although our stamps will have the same currency, they won't be interchangeable, just as you can't use a Sears gift voucher in a Brookstones store just because both are denominated in US dollars. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !"
