432pp. - colour ill. - softbound - 17th ed. 2022
Italian and English text
INTERITALIA 2022
ITALIAN POSTAL STATIONERY
SPECIALIZED HANDBOOK & CATALOGUE - refined edition
Catalogue of postcards, postal envelopes and cards, aerogramme, coupon réponse, meter cards, official post-free postcards and postal cards, money order cards and forms, parcel-post cards, postal saving certificates, advance franking postcards, private essays, the most interesting private issues, with subtypes, varieties, proofs, notes, maps and illustrations. All the postal stationery of the Italian States, Italy, Liberated lands, Occupations, Colonies, S.Marino, Vatican, SMOM, "Italiana", Europa Cept and PostEurop.
The only catalogue which lists and gives quotations for sheets "AQ", military post-free postcards and postal cards, Venetia Julia and Tridentine at the time of Austria, private overprints, Perfins, India packets.
The only catalogue with the reproduction of all celebrative, advertising and propaganda postcards.
The only catalogue with the postage stamps reproduced full size, and with details, maps, technical, postal and market pieces of information, really useful for collectors and scholars.
The only catalogue signed by the Italian masters of the subject.
Texts also in English.
As far as valuations are concerned, the traditional prudence of this catalogue has given the possibility to touch down many figures. On the contrary, increases are recorded both for the less available pieces and for particularly popular sectors such as advertising items, and for the more modern part. And the same "indication" of the market, reasonably tended to rise, is put into practice for the first time for a sector such as the colonial one, especially the shipping slips of the '900, often unavailable but remained for too long at a 30 year ago valutations.