The image of the sailing ship that leaves Stintino for Porto Torres and vice versa, to carry out a mission that linked the territories : to entrust correspondence to the simple means of transport of a past that is recalled every year with the "Viaggio del Postale". The traditional event, now in its 29th edition, this morning saw the historic celebration of the delivery of the postal bag as has happened for many decades, when today's communication tools did not exist.
A tradition that repeats itself, curated by the Italian Naval League . At the root of the "Cormorano Marina" pier of the Turritan port, in the presence of Mario Demelas, president of the Lega Navale Golfo dell'Asinara and Gavino Delogu, director of the central Alghero Post Office, the director of Poste Italiane - Sassari branch, Marcello Lepori, delivered the package of correspondence to the councilor of the Municipality of Porto Torres, Massimiliano Ledda, to entrust it in turn to the commander of the sailing ship "Asinara", Salvatore Di Meglio who guided the crossing to Stintino.
The transport of letters and postcards took place by sea with the lateen sailing vessel which, accompanied out of the port by other boats and vessels, reached the quay of the Stintino port , where the mayor Rita Vallebella was waiting for them ready to deliver them. the mail to the Italian Post Office official. This was the case in the past with Clemente Bonifacino who, with a "Buona Difesa" plan, established the first commercial connection. Sometimes, when the sea did not allow travel, the postal bag was transported, in the absence of roads, on horseback or by a trusted person who went to and from Porto Torres on foot along the coast.
«Poste Italiane is honored to be able to collaborate with the Italian Naval League for this event born in 1994, but suspended only in the year of Covid in 2020», are the words of Marcello Lepori. «We are proud to recall a historical event, and demonstrate to the territory how close Poste Italiane is to small communities, as we are doing with the Polis project with which we bring the public administration close to the outskirts of the country, so that all citizens can request passports and necessary documents, a link that has continued for 160 years between Poste Italiane and the national territory". In recent days the event was presented at the Mut of Stintino followed by the extraordinary opening of the Post Office, which took place in via Cala D'Oliva, for the cancellation of mail sent by sea with the "Postale".
