chocccie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Am I right in believing that tabacs sell postal stamps? (including the blue ones needed for letters to the UK).Or did I dream that ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 No you didn't. They are the normal place to go for stamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocccie Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Thanks. [:)] I've always bought mine at the post office. But the tabac is nearer if I'm not going into town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Our tabac sells stamps and pre-stamped envelopes but they only sell stamps for postage within France and not the blue ones for the rest of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 My experience, too. Just for inland (France).I suppose in a very "touristique" area it might be different.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Another example of local differences then, or perhaps a question of size. Although my town is hardly a tourist destination it has a population of over 75,000, and all types of stamps (including not only all types of postage but also timbres fiscaux which I am not even sure are available in Post Offices) are for sale in Tabacs.I certainly wouldn't want to have to wait for over an hour in the queues at the Post Office for something like a stamp, although they may have a machine (I haven't looked since I avoid La Poste(spit) as much as I do France Télécom (double spit)) You can buy them online:http://timbres.laposte.fr/rayon/envoyer-ecrire/envois-simples?Source=portail_groupeThere is also the possibility of printing your own onto sticky labels http://www.laposte.fr/Particulier/Actualites/Avec-MonTimbrenLigne-imprimez-c-est-timbre-!http://www.laposte.fr/Particulier/Envoyer-et-recevoir-du-courrier/Toutes-les-offres/MonTimbrenLigneor sending registered letters online http://www.laposte.fr/Particulier/Envoyer-et-recevoir-du-courrier/Toutes-les-offres/Lettre-recommandee-en-ligneAnything to avoid having to suffer the abominable service 'au guichet' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Most of the one's I have asked in normally sell french ones or post card ones for europe. But then I have been in some that sell neither . I wonder do they have a sticker in the window to say they sell stamps and what would dit look like any one know ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 The tabacs here (at least THREE) have stopped selling stamps for at least a couple of years, they tell you to go to the post office these days.[:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 You know the only thing our local tabac sells is those bloody scratch cards.Newspapers: all too often "Non"My cigars: regular "rupture de stock"Stamps: a postcard to Paris, maybeMagazines: a myriad of titles, most of which he says are returned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The one I use has a bar free WiFi and is a PMU ..So you can buy a stamp have a coffee / beer check your emails and put a bet on all at the same time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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