Yes, you can travel to your home country with your ricevuta receipt from the post office, but you cannot travel to other Schengen Areas with a Permesso di Soggiorno receipt.
The first and most obvious benefit of a Permanent Stay Permit is the relief from the yearly gathering of documents and visits to the Questura. Say bye-bye to that!
Permesso di Soggiorno is a paperwork most foreigners dread most in Italy, it is never done. The first frustration is the language, especially if you have no knowledge of Italian.
