Shipping poster to Austria

[JosephDB]

Hello,
I'd like to send a poster to Niki Lauda in Austria to get it signed. I live in Italy.
The dimensions are 50*75cm, so rather big.
The Austrian post service is decent and will only charge €13, as long as I keep it 1cm thick, however the problem arises here in Italy; I'd have to send it as a parcel, which would cost me a whopping €35!
Does anyone know if a private courier, such as DHL or UPS, would be cheaper?
My other option would be to put it in a tube.
Also, to let Niki return it without paying (Not that he really needs to), I'd have to include an awful lot of IRCs, correct?
Thank you all very much,
Joseph

[fromuk2014]

Personally I would send it in a tube, inside another tube to save them having to spend excess time addressing and stamping a single tube and add as many return stamps as required.

[JosephDB]

Yeah, looks like a tube is the way to go, much cheaper for the shipping and easier for them to handle.
The dual tube idea is good. I was thinking of including a pre-printed adhesive label that could easily be stuck on.
Normally I wouldn't have something of this size be sent to autograph, but I could do with a couple of posters on the walls! And Niki has a good reputation of signing things.
Thanks a lot,
JDB

[fromuk2014]

Yeah, looks like a tube is the way to go, much cheaper for the shipping and easier for them to handle.
The dual tube idea is good. I was thinking of including a pre-printed adhesive label that could easily be stuck on.
Normally I wouldn't have something of this size be sent to autograph, but I could do with a couple of posters on the walls! And Niki has a good reputation of signing things.
Thanks a lot,
JDB

That sounds great, my main thought when sending is just to make it as easy as possibly for the person.

Good luck, I look forward to seeing your success.

[JosephDB]

Does anyone know the value of an IRC in Austria?

[kimmylee]

If you find out the cost of an airmail letter from Austria (weight up to 20g) then that should be the answer.