Originally Posted by stewardo
Perhaps accusing someone of spouting "nonsense" is considered polite where you are based. In any case, allocating the revenue and costs of a single stamp between the dozens of government-owned and private postal operators in Europe who all have differing costs and volumes would be incredibly difficult.
I proposed that countries could agree to print a stamp that says, for example, "EU. First Class. 1€" and your man came back talking about 'why do I need a fiscal number in each country?' Sorry, but in the simple context I was raising, that is nonsense. Regarding 'allocating the revenue and costs of a single stamp between the dozens of government-owned and private postal operators in Europe who all have differing costs and volumes' ... well, that is obviously being done now, successfully, isn't it? Mail moves around the world.