When ordering stamps from foreign administrations, you may incur quite substantial costs transferring money to their bank or giro accounts. To avoid this, some countries have opened bank or giro accounts in other countries. A few accept credit cards.
The first section show extensive and/or extra information (other than just the address) fro the various countries. The last part of this chapter is the list of addresses. If you retrieve the Postscript chapter, you'll get them in 'label format'.
(+): address is some year old and may have to be updated (A.F.)
(*): address has never been tested by me (A.F.)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The List:
Åland (cont.)
(6/95)
Methods of payment:
Giro in se, no, dk, nl, de, uk,
fr.
Visa, EuroCard, MasterCard (min. FIM 200).
Eurocheques.
Algeria (Algèrie)
(12/91)
Agence Comptable des Timbres-poste
Postes et
Télécommunications
Alger
Argentina
(8/95)
Encotel
División Filatelia
Correo Central
Local
54
1000 Buenos Aires
Aruba (5/94)
Philatelic
Services
Post Office Oranjestad
J. Irausquinplein 9
Tel +297 8 21900 Fax +297 8 27930
Australia ()
The Australian
Philatelic Bureau
Australia Post
GPO Box 9988
Brisbane 4000,
Australia
[also sells Austr. Antarctic T., Christmas I.,
Cocos (Keeling)
Is.]
Australia (cont.)
()
Australia Post Stamp Promotions
GPO Box 210C
Melbourne
Victoria 3001
[for the free Bulletin
write to: ()
Australian Stamp Bulletin
Locked Bag 8
South
Melbourne Vic 3205]
Austria (7/95)
Österreichische
Post
Postzeugverwaltung
Abt 4/Briefmarkenversandstelle
Ausland
Steinheilgasse 1
A--1221 Vienna
Tel. +43 1 25025-0
They are
said to provide information by WWW, too.
Belize (+)
Belize Philatelic
Bureau
Private Bag No.1
Belize City
Bermuda (12/91)
Philatelic
Services
General Post Office
Hamilton
Bophuthatswana-->South
Africa ()
Botswana ()
Botswana Postal
Services
Philatelic Bureau
PO Box 100
Gaborone
Brazil (12/91)
Departemneto de
Filatelia e Productos
SCS Quadra 4
BL. A. no:230
70300 Brasilia DF
Chile ()
Empresa de Correos de
Chile
Servicio Filatélico
Moneda 1155
Santiago
China, Peoples Republic of
(12/91)
New Issue Department
China National Stamp
Corporation
Hepingmen, Beijing
China, Republic of
(Taiwan) ((*) )
Directorate General of Posts
Taipeh
Taiwan
106
Christmas
Island-->Australia ()
Cocos (Keeling)
Islands-->Australia ()
Costa Rica ()
Dirección
Nacional de Comunicaciones
Oficina Filatélica
San José
Cyprus (Kibris)
()
Department of Postal Services
Philatelic
Service
Nicosia
COUNTRY[Cyprus (Turkish)-->Turkey ] UPDATED[]
Czech Republic (Ceska
Republika) (*)
Hospodarska ustredna post
Prodejna
FILATELIE
Ortenovo nam. 16
CZ--22506 Praha 7 - Holesovice
Tel +45 - 31 24 50 22
Fax +45 - 31 23 76 23
El Salvador
(12/91)
Departamento de Filatelia
Dirección General de
Correos
San Salvador
El Salvador
Central America
Estonia (Eesti) ((*)
)
Eesti Postmark
Toompuistee 33a
EE--0001 Tallinn
Faroes (cont.)
(5/95)
Methods of payment: Giro accounts in
dk, se, no, fi,
nl, de, uk, fr.
Visa, Access, EuroCard, MasterCard.
Eurocheques.
US or
UK personal cheques or cash.
Fiji ((*) )
Philatelic
Bureau
PO Box 40
Suva
Finland (Suomi)
(11/95)
Finland Post Philatelic Centre
PO Box 2
FIN-00011
Posti
Visiting address: Mannerheimintie 11 G,
Helsinki
Tel +358 20 451
5522
Fax +358 20 451 5580
Finland (cont.)
(11/95)
Delivery after payment has been recieved.
FIM 20
handling charge in orders under FIM 100.
Giro accounts in se, no, dk, de,
nl.
International postal money order.
VISA, EuroCard, MasterCard (min. FIM
30).
Eurocheque. Certified cheque (charge FIM 50).
France (1994)
Service
Philatélique de la Poste
18, Rue François Bonvin
F--75758 Paris Cedex
15
Fax (+33 1) 43 06 24 62
[also sells Monaco (only Defs.),
Andorre,
St. Pierre & Miquelon]
France (1994)
Service
d'Ingenerie et de Vente des
Timbres-Poste et des Produits
Philatéliques,
34 bd de Vaugirard,
F--75731 Paris Cedex 15
France (1994)
French Stamp
Agency in North America,
1 Unicover Center,
Cheyenne,
WY 82008-0009,
USA
France (1994)
[many French
colonies and former colonies]
[only selling lots, high charges]
Bureau
d'Études des Postes et
Télécommunications d'Outre-Mer
Agence des
Timbres-poste
85, Avenue de la Bourdonnais
F--75343 Paris Cedex 07
French Polynesia
(12/91)
Centre Philatélique
Office des Postes et
Télécommunications
Papeete
Polynesie Française
Gibraltar (1/95)
The
Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau
PO Box 5662
Visiting: Hadfield House, 2nd
Floor
Library Street
Tel +350 75662 Fax +350 42149
Greece (12/91)
Greek Post
Office Philatelic Service
100 Aiolou Street
GR--10564 Athens
Greenland (1993)
Kalaallit
Allakkeriviat
Grønlands Postvæsen
Filateliafgelingen
GR--3913
Ammassalik
Tel +299 18044 Fax +299 18432
Guernsey/Alderney
(6/94)
Guernsey Philatelic Bureau
Postal Headquarters
St.
Peter Port
Guernsey, GY1 1AB, Channel Islands
Tel +44 481 726241
Fax
+44 481 712082
answerphone: +44 481 716486
Hong Kong ()
Philatelic
Bureau
Hong Kong Post Office
Harbour Building 1/F.
38 Pier
Road
Central
Hungary (12/91)
Entreprise de
la Poste Hongroise
H--1540 Budapest
Iceland ()
NOTE: You have to
deposit 1000 ISK
(about the value of a year set)
or more) when you open
your account.
This can be done by
charging your Credit Card.
India ((+) )
Philatelic
Bureau
Bombay G.P.O. 400001
Ireland (Eire)
(12/91)
The Philatelic Bureau
GPO O'Connell Street
PO Box
1991
Dublin 1
Isle of Man (2/95)
Isle of
Man Philatelic Bureau
PO Box 10M
Douglas
Isle of Man IM99 1PB
Tel
+44 624 686130 Fax +44 624 686132
Isle of Man (cont.)
(2/95)
Methods of payment:
Giro in nl, de, uk.
Visa,
Access, MasterCard. Eurocheque.
US, UK, Canada: personal cheques,
postal
money orders
Israel (12/91)
Israel Postal
Authority Philatelic Service
12 Yerushalayim Boulevard,
Tel Aviv--Yafo
Italy (12/91)
Direzione Generale
Post e Telecommunicazioni
Direzione Provinciale di Roma
Ufficio Principale
Filatelico
I--00100 Rome
Jersey (1/95)
Jersey Philatelic
Bureau
Postal Headquarters, PO Box 304
St. Helier
Jersey JE1 1AB,
Channel Islands
Tel (01534) 616612 Fax (01534) 73690
(International: add
+44 & drop zero?)
Korea (South) ((12/91)
)
Korean Philatelic Center
C.P.O. Box 5122
Seoul 100-651
Liechtenstein
(12/91)
Official Philatelic Service
Postwertzeichenstelle der
Regierung
FL--9490 Vaduz
Fürstentum Liechtenstein
Lithuania (Lietuva)
(1994)
Lithuanian post publishing centre
PASTO
ZENKLAS
Giedraiciu 60 A
LT--2042 Vilnius
Fax +???? 779911
Luxembourg, Grand-Duche de
(9/94)
Administration des Postes et Télécom.
Office de
Timbres
L--2992 Luxembourg
Madagascar ()
Republique de
Madagascar
Postes et Télécommunications
Centre d'Approvisionnement en
timbres-poste
Service Philatélique
Antananarivo
Malaysia (12/91)
Postal
Headquarters
Philatelic Bureau
Dayabumi Complex
Kuala Lumpur
Malta (12/91)
Philatelic
Bureau
GPO Auberge d'Italie
Merchants Street
Valetta
Mexico (12/91)
Gerencia de
Filatelia y Cultura Postal
Dirección Commercial
Servicio Postal
Mexicano
Netzahualcoyotl 109 6 Piso
06080 Centro
Monaco (6/94)
"Les Terrasses de
Fontveille"
23 Ave Prince Hereditaire Albert
MC--98050 Monaco Cedex
Tel
+33 9315 4141 Fax +33 9315 4142
Montserrat
(6/94)
Montserrat Philatelic Ltd
GPO
Plymouth
Montserrat
West Indies
Morocco (Maroc)
(+)
Musee des P & T
Philatelie
Rabat
Nauru ((*) )
The Philatelic
Bureau
Nauru
Netherlands ((1994)
)
(Free from within the Netherlands:)
PTT Post
Filatelie
Antwoordnummer 108
9700 VB Groningen
Netherlands (12/91)
(From
abroad:)
PTT Post Filatelie
PO Box 30051
9700 RN Groningen
Netherlands (1994)
NOTE:
If you order cancelled stamps, they are
cancelled with an ordinary round
handcancel,
with the text `PTT Filatelie' instead of the
name of a Post
Office. Some people
do not like this, and prefer their stamps to
be
cancelled with an ordinary PO handcancel.
Netherlands
Antilles (Nederlandse Antillen) ()
Postal Service of the
Netherlands Antilles
Philatelic Department
Willemstad
Nevis (12/91)
Nevis Philatelic
Bureau
Head Post Office
Nevis
West Indies
New Caledonia
(12/91)
Centre Philatélique
Office des Postes et
Télécommunications
Rue Eugene Porcheron
Quartier
Latin
Novmea
Nouvelle Caledonie
New Zealand ()
Philatelic
Bureau
New Zealand Post Ltd
Private Bag 3001
Wanganui
Niue (12/91)
Philatelic
Bureau
Niue Post Office
Alofi
Niue
South Pacific
Norfolk Island
()
Norfolk Island Philatelic Bureau
Norfolk Island 2899,
South Pacific
Norway (8/95)
Postens
Frimerketjeneste
Postboks 9350
N--0135 OSLO 1
Tel +47 22 40 78 70 &
+47 22 40 78 60
Fax +47 22 17 44 90
Visiting adr. Schweigaardsgt 33B, 0191
Oslo
Major credit cards accepted.
Papua New Guinea
()
UK & EUROPE Mailing Point:
Papua New Guinea Philatelic
Bureau
Gorebridge, Midlothian,
EH 234 BX, SCOTLAND
Paraguay (12/91)
Tráfico
Exterior
Dirección General de Correos
Asunción
Pitcairn Islands ((*)
)
Pitcairn Islands Administration
British Consulate -
General
Private Bag
Auckland
New Zealand
Portugal (1/95)
Serviços de
Filatelia
Avenida Casal Ribeiro, 28-4.
P--1096 Lisboa Codex
[also
selling Brazil (only year packs),
Azores, Madeira, Macau]
Saint Pierre et
Miquelon-->France ()
San Marino (12/91)
Azienda
Autonoma di Stato Filatelica
e Numismatica
Cassella Postale 1 San
Marino
RSM--47031 San Marino
Singapore (12/91)
Singapore
Philatelic Bureau
1 Killiney Road
Singapore 0923
Republic of
Singapore
South Africa
(12/91)
[including 'Thuislanden', Bophuthatswana,
Ciskei,
Namibia, Transkei, Venda]
Philatelic Services and Intersapa
Private Bag
X505
Pretoria 0001
South Africa ()
for
Foundation miniature sheets:
The Philatelic Foundation of Southern
Africa
PO Box 2492
Pretoria 0001
Spain (3/93)
[Sells also Spanish
Andorra, Equatorial Guinea]
Servicio Filatélico Internacional
Organismo
Autónomo Correos y Telégrafos
Palacio de Comunicaciones
E--28070
Madrid
Sweden (5/95)
Posten
Frimärken
Dept. Customer Service
S--981 84 Kiruna
Tel +46 8 781 4936
(from Sweden 020-788 788)
Fax +46 980 81490
Sweden (cont.)
(5/95)
Head office:
Posten Frimärken
S--164 88 Kista,
Stockholm
Tel +46 8 781 5400
NOTE: Giro accounts in nl, de, at, ch,
dk,
no, fi
Switzerland (12/91)
Dir.
Generale des PTT Suisses/Philatelic Office
Generaldirektion
PTT/Wertzeichenverkaufsstelle
Ostermundigenstrasse 91
CH--3030 Bern
Fax
+41 3162 7308
Thailand (01/95)
Chief of
Philatelic Division
The Communication Authority of Thailand
99 Chaeng
Watthana Road, Don Muang,
Bangkok 10002
Tonga (12/91)
Philatelic
Bureau
Treasury Building
Nuku'Alofa,
Tonga, South Pacific
Tunisia (12/91)
Service de la
Philatelie
Ministere des Communications
Tunis
Turkey (1994)
PTT General
Direction
President of Department of Posts
Section of
Philately
TR--06045 Ankara
Turkey (Northern
Cyprus) (12/91)
(not valid for international
postage):
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Directorate of the Postal
Department
Philatelic Bureau
Lefkosa
Mersin 10 Turkey
Tuvalu (12/91)
Tuvalu
Philatelic Bureau
Funafuti
Tuvalu
Central Pacific Ocean
United Nations
(12/91,1/95)
Administration Postale des Nations Unies
United
Nations Postal Administration
Postverwaltung der Vereinten Nationen
a)
Palais des Nations,
CH--1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland
b) PO Box 900, New
York, USA
c) A--1400, Vienna, Austria
United Nations (cont.)
(1/95)
Past issues no longer available from United
Nations
Postal Administration can be purchased
from:
Philatelic and Numismatic
Service
UNESCO
7 Place de Fontenoy
F--75700 Paris, France
(and UNPA
agents in over 100 countries)
USA ()
Philatelic Fulfillment
Service Center
Box 449997
Kansas City MO 64144-9997, USA.
US Postal Service
()
Philatelic Sales Division
Washington DC 20265--9998, USA
Vatican (12/91)
Ufficio
Filatelico e Numismatico
Governatorato
00120 Città del Vaticano
Venezuela (1/95)
Instituto
Postal Telegrafico de Venezuela
Dpto. de Filatelia
Apartado
4080-A
Caracas 1010
Western Samoa ((*) )
The
Philatelic Bureau
Chief Post Office
Apia
Zimbabwe (12/91)
Philatelic
Bureau
Posts and Telecommunications Corporation
PO Box 4220
Harare
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