Originally Posted by
henry999
On a similar note, I have long wondered why there can't be a single EU-wide postage stamp. It wouldn't have to be a threat to philately -- just a common stamp that could be used for posting a first-class letter of x grams from anywhere within Europe. Should be simple, no?
Not really, as every country has its own postal operator and postage stamps have different prices in each country. If you could use Greek stamps in the Netherlands, and Greek stamps would be cheaper than Dutch stamps, there would soon be someone selling Greek stamps in the Netherlands and the Dutch post would never sell stamps again.