Direct QSLing from Italy

Sendig direct QSL from italy is a common task when you are a newbye dxer and still need to get QSL from many No-Buro countries or most wanted stations….

First of all, here you are the 2010 postage rates for a under 20 grams Prioritary Mail from Italy.

Zone 1  € 0,65
Zone 2 € 0,85
Zone 3 € 1,00

Since Jan 2013 rates increase to

Zone 1  € 0,75
Zone 2 € 2
Zone 3 € 2,50

Zones  1  Include

EUROPE: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgio, Bielorussia, Bosnia Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Ceca (Rep.), Città del Vaticano(*), Croazia, Danimarca (Faroer), Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Germania, Gibilterra, Gran Bretagna, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Iugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro), Lettonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macedonia, Malta, Moldava, Monaco (Principato), Norvegia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo (Azzorre, Madeira), Romania, Russia, San Marino(*), Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna (Canarie, Ceuta, Melilla), Svezia, Svizzera, Turchia, Ucraina, Ungheria
Mediterranean Countries: Algeria, Cipro, Egitto, Giordania, Israele, Jamahirya Libica (Libia), Libano, Marocco (Ifni, Dakia, Layoune, Semara), Siria, Tunisia

Zone 2 Include

Other AFRICAN Countries: Africa del Sud (Bophuthaswana, Ciskei, Transkei, Venda), Angola (Cabinda), Ascensione, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Capo Verde, Centrafricana, Ciad, Comores (Anjouan, Mayotte, Moheli), Congo (Brazzaville), Congo Rep. Democratica (ex Zaire), Costa d’Avorio, Eritrea, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gibuti, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Equatoriale (Bioko, Mbini), Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar (Nossi-Bè, S.ta Maria, Kerguelen), Malawi, Mali, Mauritania (Lagouéra), Mauritius (Rodriguez), Mozambico, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, S. Elena, S. Tommaso e Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland (Ngwane), Tanzania (Zanzibar), Togo, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Other ASIATIC Countries: Afghanistan, Arabia Saudita, Armenia, Azeirbaijan, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambogia (Kampuchea), Cina (Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao), Corea del Nord, Corea del Sud, Emirati Arabi Uniti (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al Qaiwain), Filippine, Georgia, Giappone (Ryu-Kyu), India (Andamane, Laccadive, Nicobare, Sikkim), Indonesia (Borneo indonesiano, Celebes, Giava, Irian Occ., Molucche, Sumatra, Timor Indon.), Iran, Iraq, Kazakistan, Kirghizistan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia (Sabah, Labuan, Sarawak), Maldive, Mongolia, Myanmar (Birmania), Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tadjikistan, Tailandia, Taiwan (Formosa), Timor Orientale, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen (Socotra)
AMERICAS: Antigua e Barbuda, Antille Olandesi (Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, S. Eustachio, S. Martino), Argentina (Orcadi del Sud, Terra del Fuoco), Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermude, Bolivia, Brasile, Canada (Terranova), Cayman, Cile (Is. Pasqua), Colombia, Costarica, Cuba, Dominique, Dominicana, El Salvador, Ecuador (Galapagos), Falkland (Malvine), Georgia del Sud, Giamaica, Grenada, Groenlandia, Guadalupa (Desirade, S. Maria Galante, S. Bartolomeo, S. Martino), Guantanamo Bay, Guatemala, Guyana, Guyana Francese, Haiti, Honduras, Martinica, Messico, Midway, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Perù, Portorico, S. Cristoforo, S. Kittis (Anguilla, Nevis), S. Pierre e Miquelon, S. Lucia, S. Vincenzo (Grenadine), Stati Uniti d’America (Alaska, Aleutine, Haway), Suriname, Trinidad e Tobago, Turques e Caiques, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vergini Britanniche (Tortola), Vergini U.S.A.

Zone 3 Include

OCEANIA: Australia (Tasmania, Cocos-Keeling, Christmas, Norfolk), Caroline, Christmas-Natale (Is. Oceano Pacifico), Cook (Aitutaki, Atiu, Hervey, Mangaia, Mauke, Mitiaro, Rarotonga), Fanning e Washington, Figi, Guam, Kiribati, Marianne, Marshall, Nauru, Nuova Caledonia (Belep, Chesterfield, Futuna, Huon, Lealtà, Pini, Surprise, Wallis, Walpole), Nuova Zelanda (Chatam, Danger, Kermadek, Manihiki, Niue-Savage, Penrhyn-Togareva, Pukapuka, Rakahanga, Suwarrow, Tokelau), Nuova Guinea-Papua (Ammiragliato, Bismark, Bougainville, Nuova Irlanda), Palaos, Phoenix, Pitcairn, Polinesia Francese (Clipperton, Gambier, Marchesi, Società, Sottovento, Tahiti, Tuamotu, Tubai), Santa Croce, Salomone, Samoa Neozelandesi (Savai, Upolu), Samoa U.S.A. (Manua, Pago Pago, Tutuila), Tonga (Amici), Tuvalu, Vanuatu (Banks, Torres), Wake

IRC Coupons

Are very rare post office clerks that know what IRC are… Infact they are not available everywhere. Here in florence I’ve been able to find only at Central Post Office, located in via Pellicceria, and also in the main Posto Office in Scandicci, where they store a little stock, and need to back-order if you need more.

Price is  € 1,29 and they usually are not stamped, so you need to ask to be stamped before to use.

I’ve heard that in some countries, source post office stamp is a requirement, even if the IRC itself state that is not a must.