Useful information
The Postal and Philately is a Service of the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of the Governorate of the Vatican City State.
The Postal and Philately Service:
• manages the collection, stamping and forwarding of correspondence, inside and outside the Vatican City State, as well as the distribution of incoming correspondence to the recipients;
• takes care of the technical profiles in relations with the world postal union through postal operators and competent supranational and international bodies;
• takes care of the planning, study and implementation of the issuance of postal values for stamp values or philatelic use and the creation of postal products (folders and souvenir envelopes).
Frequently asked questions
Central Post Office:
Monday to Friday 8.00-18.45 | Saturday 8:00-13:30
Post Office St. Peter’s Square “Arco Campane” (Carlo Magno Wing):
Monday to Saturday 8:30-19:15
Post Office “San Pietro” (St. Peter’s Square):
Monday to Saturday 8:30-18:30
Post Office in the Vatican Museums:
Monday to Saturday 8:30-18:30
Post Office at the Pontifical Lateran University
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:15-13:45
Tuesday and Thursday 8:15-14:00 and 15:00-17:45