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IL MONITORE DELLA TOSCANA
Anno XIX - n.37 maggio 2023
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
Anno XIX - n.37 maggio 2023
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
52 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2023
Italian text
Year XIX- n.37 May 2023
Magazine of the Association for the Study of Tuscan Postal History
CONTENTS
* Alberto Càroli, Piombino, il titolo di Città, lo stemma e i bolli «d'entrata» francesi del 1806
* Alessandro Pratesi, 1790 – Giovanni Lamperi, da Parigi: cronaca di un anniversario
* Sergio Leali, L'epistolario di Giuseppe Poggi da Montanara
* Elisa Gardinazzi, Alberto Càroli, Toscane le ultime lettere disinfettate
* Carlo Innocenti, L'ufficio di Pescia nel periodo napoleonico. Le tribolazioni di un servizio postale a inizio ‘800
* Francesco Bernocchi, Dall'incisione manuale al timbro postale. Enrico Michelassi e le due successive generazioni
* Piego di libri
* cronache sociali
* Fabrizio Finetti, Un primato inosservato. La lettera toscana più costosa di sempre?
* Laurent Veglio, La Quarta di copertina
edited by Paolo Vaccari
STATO PONTIFICIO TARIFFE POSTALI GENERALI
AGGIORNATE AL 1858 E 1869
AGGIORNATE AL 1858 E 1869
80 pp. - format cm 24x21 - softbound - 2nd ed. 2004 - 1st reprint 2021
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ISBN: 88-85335-29-2
978-88-85335-29-5
PAPAL STATE - GENERAL POSTAL RATES UP-DATED TO 1858 AND 1869978-88-85335-29-5
It is the reprint from the original text of 1858 of Papal State rates, never printed before, with baiocco currency and then cent, with destinations, routes, ecc. Lombardy Venetia, Tirol, Dukedom of Modena and Parma, Grand Duchy of Tuscany are included.
CONTENTS
Introduzione
Elenco degli uffici postali delle antiche provincie
Tariffa postale disposta in ordine alfabetico per lettere, gazzette, giornali, fascicoli annunzi, stampati litografati, mostre, ecc.
* (A) Regno Lombardo-Veneto, Tirolo e Ducati di Modena e Parma
* (B) Granducato di Toscana
Tariffa generale delle poste pontificie, giugno 1869
* Tariffa per le corrispondenze, per le stampe, pei campioni ecc., pei valori metallici ed in carta, circolanti nell'interno dello Stato
* Tariffa per le corrispondenze da spedirsi all'estero
* Tariffa pei campioni, per le stampe ecc. da spedirsi all'estero o provenienti dall'estero
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
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SILVER-BRONZE - APS STAMPSHOW 2005 (USA)
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LARGE SILVER - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
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Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli
SILVER-BRONZE - APS STAMPSHOW 2005 (USA)
De Vos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan
4-7 agosto 2005
Emilio Diena - Paolo Vaccari
DUCATO DI PARMA
E GOVERNO PROVVISORIO
raccolta di studi
E GOVERNO PROVVISORIO
raccolta di studi
104 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - printed 2007
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)
ISBN: 978-88-85335-92-9
DUCHY OF PARMA and PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTCollection of studies
The present monograph gathers a group of studies to offer a general, more comprehensive picture of the issues of Parma, starting with the first ones by the master of philately, Emilio Diena, and going on with those published since 1991 as articles in "Vaccari Magazine".
The volume is divided into two parts. In the first one, there is the reprint of the previous edition of 1989: translation from English of the article which was the subject of a lecture presented by Emilio Diena to the Royal Philatelic Society in 1930 on "Scudetto" issue of 1857-1859 of the Duchy of Parma, published in the September issue of the "London Philatelist", official organ of the "Royal"; and reprint from the original published in 1913 on Provisional Government postage stamps. Both studies are completed with the b/w tables illustrating the complete sheets and have preface by Enzo Diena.
In the second one, there are, illustrated in colour, the study presented in 2002 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Este postage stamps, which offers a short historical and philatelic introduction about the stamps of the Duchy of Parma and of the Provisional Government, with reference to all the issues and to postal rates; the article about cent.15 rose, first issue; that about cent.5, second issue; the study relevant to cent.40, third issue, with large and small zero; the one about the war of 1859 and the issue of the Provisional Government with reference to cent.80.
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
Cod. 1972E
EUR 18,00
Enclosed some transparent drafting paper plates to be placed on the original flattering cancellations in order to check them.
Alberto Diena
ALBERTO DIENA Un Filatelista - La sua vita, una sua opera inedita
I BOLLI ANNULLATORI "A SVOLAZZO" USATI SUI FRANCOBOLLI DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI E DELLE PROVINCE NAPOLETANE
I BOLLI ANNULLATORI "A SVOLAZZO" USATI SUI FRANCOBOLLI DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI E DELLE PROVINCE NAPOLETANE
X+46 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 1994
VALUATIONS IN IT LIRE
Italian text
The most fanciful postmarks of the world, the extraordinary "flattering" cancellations of the Kingdom of Naples have always been appreciated by Italian and foreign collectors. The present notes aim at resuming and, whenever possible, revising what has been so far published by the many experts, first of all Emilio Diena, the author's father.
This monograph, in addition to an introduction on the author, deals with the subject in the following chapters:
1 - origins of flattering cancellations;
2 - how many of them are known and where they were used;
3 - subdivision into six groups of six types each and their distribution;
4 - period of use;
5 - localities in which they were used;
6 - postage stamps on which they were used - some of the best known rarities - short notes on mixed franking;
7 - colours used for the impressions - attempts at identifying their origin even without the nominal postmark - postal frauds;
8 - in what types and colours the nominal postmarks were combined with the flattering cancellations;
9 - evaluation criteria for letters with postage stamps cancelled with flattering postmarks;
10 - evaluations of flattering cancellations on pieces or loose stamps.
Emilio Diena
I FRANCOBOLLI DEL DUCATO DI MODENA
E DELLE PROVINCIE MODENESI
E LE MARCHE DEL DUCATO STESSO PEI GIORNALI ESTERI
E DELLE PROVINCIE MODENESI
E LE MARCHE DEL DUCATO STESSO PEI GIORNALI ESTERI
256 pp. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - reprint 1984 - 2nd ed. 2002 - reprint 2011
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ISBN: 88-85335-67-5
978-88-85335-67-7
POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE DUCHY OF MODENA AND OF MODENA PROVINCES AND FISCAL STAMPS OF THE DUCHY FOR FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS978-88-85335-67-7
Reprint from the original "scientific treaty" about the postage stamps of Modena, published in 1894 by the Master of Italian philately, Emilio Diena.
Detailed study, based not only on decrees and postal regulations, but also on the analysis of official correspondence and administrative records, hundreds of letters and newspapers bearing Modena postage and fiscal stamps, the present monograph is still a valid reference work, essential for the ones who know only a little about the Duchy of Modena and an interesting work for the ones who love it.
To enrich the volume, three heliotypy and four zincography tables.
Preface to the new reprint by Enzo Diena.
VERMEIL - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003
LARGE SILVER - VASTOPHIL 2003 (Vasto)
30-31 maggio 2003
Nazionale italiana
8-13 dicembre 2003
LARGE SILVER - VASTOPHIL 2003 (Vasto)
30-31 maggio 2003
Nazionale italiana
Vito Salierno
LA CENSURA POSTALE IN LOMBARDIA
64 pp. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - printed 2004
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class A)
ISBN: 88-85335-75-6
978-88-85335-75-2
POSTAL CENSORSHIP IN LOMBARDY978-88-85335-75-2
Violation of the secrecy of the mail has always been a very usual practice in any time and everywhere, not only towards state and diplomatic letters, understandable even though unjustifiable, but also towards civil and ecclesiastic mail. Everybody knew that, so people used codes and never wrote names or about important events.
This volume deals with the subject in Austrian Lombardy, then Lombardy-Venetia, in one century or a bit more when the Austrian dominated, including French interlude.
Most information comes from the State Archives in Milan.
REGNO LOMBARDO VENETO
REGOLAMENTO POSTALE E TARIFFE
per tutte le destinazioni
REGOLAMENTO POSTALE E TARIFFE
per tutte le destinazioni
108 pp. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - 2nd ed. 2002 - reprinted 2005
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)
ISBN: 88-85335-51-9
978-88-85335-51-6
Lombardy-Venetia postal rules and rates, for every destination978-88-85335-51-6
Second edition of the reprint from the original text «Utile Giornale di Milano» of 1857 with all postal rates. Easy to consult. Foreword by Lorenzo Carra.
Cod. 3007E
EUR 38,73
Special Price
EUR 32,92
HISTORY BOOK
Flavio Russo
SME - LA DIFESA COSTIERA DELLO STATO
DEI REALI PRESIDI DI TOSCANA
DAL XVI AL XIX SECOLO
DEI REALI PRESIDI DI TOSCANA
DAL XVI AL XIX SECOLO
298 pp. - 188 colour and b/w photos and drawings - hardbound with colour cover - published 2002
Italian text
Published by the Italian Army General Staff, History Archives
The strategic need to protect the routes between the southern possessions, Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily, and the coasts of Genoa and of the North, as much as the harbours to the Kingdom of Sardinia, led Spain to curve out a sort of enclave geographically corresponding to the promontory of Argentario. The military strategy was the one of the so called Presidios, already tested almost half a century before in North Africa, and consisting of the imposition of strongholds and garrisons in the territory to be controlled.
Tarcisio Bottani
I TASSO
E LE POSTE PONTIFICIE
SEC. XV-XVI
E LE POSTE PONTIFICIE
SEC. XV-XVI
126 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - hardbound with colour cover - printed 2000
Italian text
AND PAPAL STATE POST
C. XV-XVI
The present work collects a wide register of the documents relevant to the subject, most of them never published before, and traces an analytical picture of events and people who served popes such as Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, Julius II, Leo X and Clement VII, during a historical period which was really important for the history of the Church and of the whole Europe.
Cod. 1523E
EUR 20,00
SPECIAL PRICE TO PROMOTE PHILATELY
cover price euro 35,00
edited by Paolo Vaccari
MODENA 1852-2002
150° ANNIVERSARIO DEI FRANCOBOLLI ESTENSI
Catalogo ufficiale della mostra
150° ANNIVERSARIO DEI FRANCOBOLLI ESTENSI
Catalogo ufficiale della mostra
400 pp. - more than 1000 colour ill. - format cm 21x29,7 - hardbound - fine art quality paper - printed 2002
series "History through documents"
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)
ISBN: 88-85335-49-7
978-88-85335-49-3
MODENA 1852-2002978-88-85335-49-3
150th ANNIVERSARY OF ESTE POSTAGE STAMPS
COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION
Postage stamps and covers
the most important rarities of the Duchy of Modena
OFFICIAL CATALOGUE
The present catalogue illustrates fully in colour more than 1000 items exhibited, following the order of the guided route. At the beginning, the volume has been enriched with some introductory essays, and at the end with an exhaustive bibliography.
The exhibition, organized on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Este postage stamps, was anthological and at the same time educational as it showed, with postage stamps, mail and documents, what had been possible to find in private collections.
The volume starts showing how mail was sent before the introduction of postage stamps in the postal system of the Duchy, going on with essays, printers proofs of the types adopted and the franking on mail addressed to the Italian territory and abroad.
On show, also all the impressions and the cancellations used in the 32 postal offices which operated in the Duchy territory; among them some are extremely rare, besides the only known from the postal office in Zocca.
A wide part was devoted to the Risorgimento period (1859 - II War for Independence), showing all the historical and postal-historical events which had taken place in the territory.
A unique presentation was devoted to mail which reached destination in a very short time, quite impossible today even using the present technology such as trains, planes and motorways. In spite of the use of horses, before the slow post experimental trains, thanks to postal agreements between the different states, they could deliver letters sent early in the morning from Modena by the same day in Milan, Florence or Venice, by two days in Turin and by three days in Rome!
CONTENTS
* Introduction
* Francesco V Duchy of Modena, by Lidia Righi Guerzoni
* The economical situation of the Duchy during the Austria-Este Government, by Elisabetta Barbolini Ferrari
* The Austrian influence and the realization of Este postage stamps, by Lorenzo Carra
* The "maritime" localities in the Duchy, by Paolo Vaccari
* Emilio Diena. He was born in the shade of the Ghirlandina, by Paolo Vaccari
* The discovery of ancient Italian postage stamps in Vito Viti correspondence, by Emilio Diena and adaptation by Paolo Vaccari
* History in a paper rectangle, by Emilio Simonazzi
THE EXHIBITION
* Pre-philately period
* Essays and printers proofs
* Este postage stamps: Types; First days of use; Correspondence
* Risorgimento period: Sardinian occupation of Modena Transappennine; Retirement from the Duchy, Regency and Municipal Government; Este postage stamps in the Provisional Government period; Postage stamps of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Transappennine
* Provisional Government issues: Types; first day of issue
* Correspondence
* Newspapers and Gazettes
* Cancellations of postal offices: provinces of Modena, Reggio Emilia, Frignano, Guastalla, Garfagnana and Lunigiana
* Typographical composition errors; Printing varieties
* Mail from abroad
* Annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia
Bibliography
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
USFI (Italian Philatelic Press Union) AWARD for philatelic literature "Apollonio" 2003
BRONZE POSTHORN - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006
LARGE GOLD + FELICITATIONS - VASTOPHIL 2003 (Vasto)
30-31 maggio 2003
Nazionale italiana
LARGE GOLD - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003
LARGE GOLD - TICINO 2003 (Locarno)
18-22 giugno 2003
GOLD - ST. PETERSBURG 2007
General World Stamp Exhibition
St. Petersburg, 19-25 giugno 2007
GOLD - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006
GOLD - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)
GOLD - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005
GOLD - GIUBIASCOFIL 2005
29 aprile - 1 maggio 2005
(Giubiasco - Ticino, Svizzera)
GOLD - PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005
21-24 aprile 2005 (Sydney)
GOLD - SINGAPORE 2004 (Singapore)
WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
28 agosto - 1 settembre 2004
GOLD - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004
GOLD - BANGKOK 2003 (Bangkok)
4-13 ottobre 2003
LARGE VERMEIL - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)
VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004
NOT COMPETING - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy
BRONZE POSTHORN - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006
LARGE GOLD + FELICITATIONS - VASTOPHIL 2003 (Vasto)
30-31 maggio 2003
Nazionale italiana
LARGE GOLD - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003
LARGE GOLD - TICINO 2003 (Locarno)
18-22 giugno 2003
GOLD - ST. PETERSBURG 2007
General World Stamp Exhibition
St. Petersburg, 19-25 giugno 2007
GOLD - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006
GOLD - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)
GOLD - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005
GOLD - GIUBIASCOFIL 2005
29 aprile - 1 maggio 2005
(Giubiasco - Ticino, Svizzera)
GOLD - PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005
21-24 aprile 2005 (Sydney)
GOLD - SINGAPORE 2004 (Singapore)
WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
28 agosto - 1 settembre 2004
GOLD - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004
GOLD - BANGKOK 2003 (Bangkok)
4-13 ottobre 2003
LARGE VERMEIL - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)
VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004
NOT COMPETING - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy
Cod. 1617E
EUR 48,00
AVAILABLE ALSO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION! SEE CODE 1617ET
Mario Mentaschi
LIRE, SOLDI, CRAZIE, GRANA E BAJOCCHI
Tariffe postali italiane dagli Antichi Stati alla presa di Roma 1850-1870
Tariffe postali italiane dagli Antichi Stati alla presa di Roma 1850-1870
176 pp. - 225 colour ill. and 10 maps - format cm 24x30 - hardbound - fine art quality paper - printed 2003
series "History through documents"
Italian text
ISBN: 88-85335-71-3
978-88-85335-71-4
LIRE, SOLDI, CRAZIE, GRANA and BAJOCCHI978-88-85335-71-4
Italian Postal Rates from the Italian States to the Taking of Rome 1850-1870
For the first time, all the domestic postal rates of the Italian States before the unification are presented in an elegant and important volume. The summary tables accompany the short text dealing with all the rates for letters, printed matter, samples, also referred to weights and postage other than the first.
The work illustrates, for every State, all the rates from the introduction of postage stamps to the transition to the Kingdom of Italy: during that complex period, between 1859 and 1861, the introduction of Sardinian rates was gradual and distinct in the different regions. The volume continues up to 1866 for Venetia and up to 1870 for the Papal State.
Domestic rates and those abroad with the French mediation have been included. Some short and unknown rate periods enable us to identify important rarities.
However, the present work is really valuable in that it is richly illustrated, with hundreds of high quality colour photographs of the postal documents belonging to the author's collection; they represent the most important rates described. Letters of Lombardy-Venetia, Sardinia, Parma, Modena, Romagne, Tuscany, Papal State, Naples and Sicily lead the readers through an evocative journey in the world of mail during that wonderful period, from 1850 to 1870, two centuries ago.
To complete the volume, some notes, graphically presented to be immediately recognizable, on the rarity of some franking, of which the author has recorded, after accurate research, the number of known exemplars.
CONTENTS
* Foreword by Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi "Italy from 1850 to 1870"
FIRST PART
* Domestic rates of Lombardy Venetia
* The Austrian Italian postal league
* Domestic rates of the other States of the Austrian Italian league
* Domestic rates of the Kingdom of Sardinia and rates of the mail exchanged with the Austrian Italian league
* Rates of mail sent abroad with the French mediation
SECOND PART
* The liberation of Lombardy
* The Duchy of Modena events
* The Duchy of Parma events
* The Grand Duchy of Tuscany events
* The Papal State events
* The transfer to France of Savoia and Nice
THIRD PART
* Domestic rates of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies
* The Papal-Bourbon postal treaty
* The French-Bourbon postal treaty
* The Sicily events
* The Continental territories events
FOURTH PART
* The Austrian Venetia and Mantua events until the annexation to the Italian Kingdom
* The Patrimonio di S. Pietro events until the annexation to the Italian Kingdom
Bibliography
Index
LARGE GOLD + FELICITATIONS - SINGAPORE 2004 (Singapore)
WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
28 agosto - 1 settembre 2004
LARGE GOLD + FELICITATIONS - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003
LARGE GOLD - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007
GOLD - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006
GOLD - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)
GOLD - GIUBIASCOFIL 2005
29 aprile/ - 1 maggio 2005
(Giubiasco - Ticino, Svizzera)
GOLD - PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005
21-24 aprile 2005 (Sydney)
GOLD - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004
LARGE VERMEIL - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)
VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2005
18-20 novembre 2005
(Chicago, USA)
VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004
SILVER-BRONZE - APS STAMPSHOW 2005 (USA)
De Vos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan
4-7 agosto 2005
DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006
NOT COMPETING - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006
NOT COMPETING - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli
NOT COMPETING - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005
WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
28 agosto - 1 settembre 2004
LARGE GOLD + FELICITATIONS - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003
LARGE GOLD - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007
GOLD - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006
GOLD - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)
GOLD - GIUBIASCOFIL 2005
29 aprile/ - 1 maggio 2005
(Giubiasco - Ticino, Svizzera)
GOLD - PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005
21-24 aprile 2005 (Sydney)
GOLD - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004
LARGE VERMEIL - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)
VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2005
18-20 novembre 2005
(Chicago, USA)
VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004
SILVER-BRONZE - APS STAMPSHOW 2005 (USA)
De Vos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan
4-7 agosto 2005
DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006
NOT COMPETING - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006
NOT COMPETING - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli
NOT COMPETING - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005
Mario Mentaschi
LIRE, SOLDI, CRAZIE, GRANA AND BAJOCCHI
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
62 pp. - no ill. - bound prints - printed 2005
series "History through documents"
English translation
ISBN: 88-85335-97-7
978-88-85335-97-4
To accompany the original work, translation into English of the descriptive text originally only in Italian. The general introduction and the presentation of each part are already in English in the volume.
978-88-85335-97-4
LARGE GOLD + FELICITATIONS - SINGAPORE 2004 (Singapore)
WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
28 agosto - 1 settembre 2004
LARGE GOLD + FELICITATIONS - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003
LARGE GOLD - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007
GOLD - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006
GOLD - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)
GOLD - GIUBIASCOFIL 2005
29 aprile/ - 1 maggio 2005
(Giubiasco - Ticino, Svizzera)
GOLD - PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005
21-24 aprile 2005 (Sydney)
GOLD - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004
LARGE VERMEIL - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)
VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2005
18-20 novembre 2005
(Chicago, USA)
VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004
SILVER-BRONZE - APS STAMPSHOW 2005 (USA)
De Vos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan
4-7 agosto 2005
DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006
NOT COMPETING - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006
NOT COMPETING - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli
NOT COMPETING - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005
WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
28 agosto - 1 settembre 2004
LARGE GOLD + FELICITATIONS - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003
LARGE GOLD - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007
GOLD - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006
GOLD - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)
GOLD - GIUBIASCOFIL 2005
29 aprile/ - 1 maggio 2005
(Giubiasco - Ticino, Svizzera)
GOLD - PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005
21-24 aprile 2005 (Sydney)
GOLD - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004
LARGE VERMEIL - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)
VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2005
18-20 novembre 2005
(Chicago, USA)
VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004
SILVER-BRONZE - APS STAMPSHOW 2005 (USA)
De Vos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan
4-7 agosto 2005
DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006
NOT COMPETING - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006
NOT COMPETING - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli
NOT COMPETING - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XXII - n.44 - dicembre 2021
Anno XXII - n.44 - dicembre 2021
48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2021
Italian text
Year XXII - n.44 - December 2021
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Salvatore Amoroso, La "Navigazione di Stato" per il collegamento Palermo-Napoli. Storia e marcofilia
* Antimo Puca, Da un'isola all'altra
* Francesco Paolo Pasanisi, Primo volo Napoli-Palermo / Palermo-Napoli con idrovolante, esperimento di trasporto di corrispondenza nel giugno 1917
* Franco Projetto, 75° anniversario della consegna della Caserma Giuseppe Cangialosi di Palermo alla Guardia di Finanza
* Antonino Russo, Corrispondenza postale tra poeti e artisti del Secondo Futurismo
* Vincenzo Fardella, La Targa Florio
* Gaetano Gatto, Regno d'Italia Vittorio Emanuele II Umberto I Affrancature Miste
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XXII - n.43 - giugno 2021
Anno XXII - n.43 - giugno 2021
44 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2021
Italian text
Year XXII - n.43 - June 2021
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Umberto Balistreri, Per Vincenzo Fardella De Quernfort
* Giuseppe Amato, In ricordo di Giulio Santoro
* Giuseppe Longo, Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale (M.V.S.N.) - Milizia artiglieria marittima
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Postalismo e Filatelia
* Cateno Nisi, Trasporti e servizi postali
* Alberto Stracuzzi, Strano annullo
* Antonino Russo, Le cartoline postali di Castrense Civello ai Futuristi
* Davide Gabriele, Vie di mare
* Antonio Triolo, Tributo alla "Filarmonica Antonio Laudamo" di Messina
* Vincenzo Fardella, La Targa Florio
* Antimo Puca, Era un altro mondo
* Anna Maria Messina, Annullo filatelico Pasqua 2021 - I Misteri di Trapani
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XXI - n.41-42 - dicembre 2020
Anno XXI - n.41-42 - dicembre 2020
68 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2020
Italian text
Year XXI - n.41-42 - December 2020
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Un libretto interessante
* Alberto Stracuzzi, Gli annulli a svolazzo. Messina 1817-1820
* Antimo Puca, La franchigia postale e le lettere schiave al tempo degli annulli sardo-italiani
* Umberto Balistreri, Il mito popolare di Garibaldi in Sicilia
* Antonino Russo, I 40 anni dell'ISSPE. Il cammino di una preziosa istituzione
* Antonio Triolo, Per l'associazione Onofrio Zappalà
* Antonio Triolo, Santuario di Sant'Antonio
* Salvatore Amoroso, La filatelia a Palermo: personaggi ed eventi del passato (1890-1940)
* Giuseppe Longo, Gli Arditi: storia di uomini e di coraggio. Genesi, storia, gesta, e armamenti
* Vincenzo Fardella, La posta marittima in Sicilia dal Medioevo al 1858
* Le manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XX - n.39 - giugno 2019
Anno XX - n.39 - giugno 2019
44 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2019
Italian text
Year XX - n.39 - June 2019
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Giulio Santoro, Su di un manoscritto datato Palermo 28 Settembre 1667 ai giurati di Sciacca
* Antimo Puca, I colori di Palermo
* Alberto Stracuzzi, Il colera del 1854 a Messina e provincia
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Una panoramica sulle comunicazioni epistolari e i servizi postali siciliani dal periodo arabo-normanno all'Unità d'Italia
* Cateno Nisi, Le Collettorie (poi Ricevitorie) della provincia di Catania
* Annamaria Messina, La corrispondenza nella provincia di Trapani durante i moti 1848-1849
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature delle Officine Postali di Sicilia 1859-1860 (segue dal n.38)
* Le manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XIX - n.38 - dicembre 2018
Anno XIX - n.38 - dicembre 2018
40 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2018
Italian text
Year XIX - n.38 - December 2018
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Vittorio di Paola, Il servizio postale sullo Stretto di Messina dal 1839 al 1985. Dalla "Barca corriera" al "Ponte mobile sullo Stretto"
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, La battaglia di Milazzo del 20 luglio del 1860. La super emergenza postale del marzo-aprile 1861
* Antonio Triolo, Ricordo di Eugenio Alberti, poeta e letterato, nel sessantennio della scomparsa
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, ASPS, AdS, AEP, L'"imbroglio" dei segna-tasse del 1873 per l'Amministrazione comunale di Catania
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature delle Officine Postali di Sicilia 1859-1860 (segue dal n.37)
* Cesare Giorgianni, Il Circolo Filatelico Peloritano spegne quaranta candeline
* Le manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XIX - n.37 - giugno 2018
Anno XIX - n.37 - giugno 2018
60 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2018
Italian text
Year XIX - n.37 - June 2018
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Massimiliano Pezzi, Una "apparenza di corrispondenza" diplomatica tra Palermo e Costantinopoli (1806-1808)
* Adriano Cattani, Messina, centro di smistamento postale tra '600 e '700
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature delle Officine Postali di Sicilia 1859-1860 (segue dal n.36)
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, La mia opinione su "Lettere indirizzate a Enti Pubblici"
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Sanità tra storia e cronaca - Una corrispondenza tra medici durante il colera del 1854 a Messina e Reggio
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Ricordiamo Paolo Vollmeier
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, I rapporti fra i detentori della Regia Correria di Sicilia dal Cinquecento all'Ottocento
* Christian Genovese e Antimo Puca, Da Barsalona a Barcellonetta, oggi Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
* Le manifestazioni
* Biblioteca sociale
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XVIII - n.36 - dicembre 2017
Anno XVIII - n.36 - dicembre 2017
48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2017
Italian text
Year XVIII - n.36 - December 2017
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Alfred Bonnici, The expulsion of the Jesuits from Malta and the Reign of the Two Sicilies, in correspondence between Pinto de Fonseca and the Bourbon Court - L'espulsione dei Gesuiti da Malta e dal Regno delle Due Sicilie nella corrispondenza epistolare fra Pinto de Fonseca e la Corte borbonica
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Chiese e Collegi dei Gesuiti in Sicilia
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature delle Officine Postali di Sicilia 1859-1860 (segue dal n.35)
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Il centenario del trasporto postale con idrovolante NAPOLI-PALERMO-NAPOLI del 28 giugno 1917
* Comunicato ai soci
* Ricordiamo Biagio Gucciardi e Franco Tomasino
* Il progetto "Alternativa scuola-lavoro" e Prossimi appuntamenti
* Segnalazioni
* Le manifestazioni
IL MONITORE DELLA TOSCANA
Anno XVIII - n.36 novembre 2022
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
Anno XVIII - n.36 novembre 2022
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2022
Italian text
Year XVIII - n.36 November 2022
Magazine of the Association for the Study of Tuscan Postal History
CONTENTS
* Alessandro Pratesi, 24 giugno 1811. La convenzione postale tra l'Impero francese e il Principato di Lucca
* Alberto Càroli, Profumare, disinfettare, spurgare le lettere. Metodi praticati, codificati, ipotizzati
* Fabrizio Finetti, La prima lettera di Vito dagli U.S.A.
* Enrico Bettazzi, La censura postale a Pistoia 1940-1945
* Alberto Càroli (a cura di), Il «cerchio grande» della provincia di Massa-Carrara
* Cronache sociali
* Toscanità
* Sergio Leali, La Quarta di copertina
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XVIII - n.35 - giugno 2017
Anno XVIII - n.35 - giugno 2017
44 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2017
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)
Year XVIII - n.35 - June 2017
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature del Officine Postali di Sicilia - 1859-1860
* Giovanni Bonello, Lettere affrancate dagli Stati Italiani preunitari con destinazione Malta
* Cateno Nisi, Sintesi storico-filatelica sul Regno delle Due Sicilie da Carlo V a Ferdinando II
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, I Congressi della S.I.P.S. a Palermo nel 1875 e nel 1935
* Alberto Stracuzzi, Una missiva del 1917 diretta in Zona di Guerra - Quando il contenuto delle lettere è d'importanza storica
* Giuseppe Catanzaro, Storia postale di Termini Imerese
* E. De Rafall, Breve storia dell'Avviso a ruote "Authion" della Marina Militare Italiana
* L'ultimo saluto a due vecchi amici
* Segnalazioni
* Le Manifestazioni
* Biblioteca sociale
IL MONITORE DELLA TOSCANA
Anno XVIII - n.35 maggio 2022
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
Anno XVIII - n.35 maggio 2022
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
52 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2022
Italian text
Year XVIII - n.35 May 2022
Magazine of the Association for the Study of Tuscan Postal History
CONTENTS
* Giovanni Guerri, Odessa, Ucraina
* Dino Pelagotti, 1630: la peste viene anche per posta?
* Alberto Càroli, «Elba», il piroscafo postale allungato: dal progetto all'affondamento
* Alberto Quercioli, La Toscana di Arthur Maury
* Paolo Saletti, Piccola storia postale, anzi piccolissima
* Alberto Càroli (a cura di), Il «cerchio grande» della provincia di Firenze
* Clemente Fedele (a cura di), Davide Boerio Post-doctoral Researcher presso The Euronews Project
* Cronache sociali
* Toscanità
* La Quarta di copertina
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XVII - n.34 - dicembre 2016
Anno XVII - n.34 - dicembre 2016
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2016
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)
Year XVII - n.34 - December 2016
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Gaetano Palmigiano, La corrispondenza da e per lo Stato Pontificio con i paesi italiani, europei e del bacino del Mediterraneo dal 1840 al 1874, Seconda parte
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature del Officine Postali di Sicilia - 1859-1860
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Una doverosa precisazione su un bollo marittimo in uso nel 1859-1860 a Palermo
* John Downs, Storia postale o Posta storica
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, I Di Bartolo: storia di una famiglia di capitani di mare
* Le Manifestazioni
* Biblioteca sociale
IL MONITORE DELLA TOSCANA
Anno XVII - n.34 novembre 2021
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
Anno XVII - n.34 novembre 2021
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
52 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2021
Italian text
Year XVII - n.34 November 2021
Magazine of the Association for the Study of Tuscan Postal History
CONTENTS
* Alessandro Rizzo, Firenze e il sultanato mamelucco: le fonti diplomatiche
* Roberto Monticini, 1790. In viaggio con il Granduca da Firenze a Vienna
* Massimo Bernocchi, Massimo Moritsch, Roberto Quondamatteo, Granducato di Toscana - Stato Pontificio. Lettere di primo porto "per consegna", in PD (convenzione del 1841)
* Cuori "P T IN R" - Aggiornamento
* Fabrizio Finetti, La posta a Montalcino prima del Brunello. Storie di vini, distribuzioni e francobolli ai tempi del Granduca
* Dino Pelagotti, Abram Verona. Analisi del carteggio d'affari toscano
* Alberto Càroli, L'ambulante Firenze-Ala: cronaca di un'ispezione
* Emilio Simonazzi, Alessandro Contini Bonacossi
* Clemente Fedele (a cura di), Francesco Scarso e il suo dottorato di ricerca in storia postale toscana
* Piego di libri
* Cronache sociali
* Toscanità
* Alessandro Papanti "Premio Pantani 2021"
* La Quarta di copertina
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XVII - n.33 - giugno 2016
Anno XVII - n.33 - giugno 2016
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2016
Italian text
Year XVII - n.33 - June 2016
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Giuseppe Amato, Le relazioni postali tra il Regno Unito e la Sicilia nel XIX secolo
* Cateno Nisi, 1942-1945: dalla rivolta dell'Isola ai misteriosi francobolli dell'"EVIS"
* Laurent Veglio, La "Linea d'Italia" della Compagnia marittima francese delle "Messageries impériales"
* Antimo Puca, L'aquilotto fantasma
* Antonio Selvaggio, Tracce di comportamenti ostili ai Sovrani succedutisi nel XIX secolo in Sicilia
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Quando la corrispondenza siciliana ci ricorda anche la storia di famiglie notabili
* Le manifestazioni
* Biblioteca sociale
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XVI - n.32 - dicembre 2015
Anno XVI - n.32 - dicembre 2015
64 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2015
Italian text
Year XVI - n.32 - December 2015
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Gaetano Palmigiano, La corrispondenza da e per lo Stato Pontificio con i paesi italiani, europei e del bacino del Mediterraneo dal 1840 al 1874
* Giuseppe Amato, Le relazioni postali tra il Regno Unito e la Sicilia nel XIX secolo
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Lettera aperta al ministro allo Sviluppo Economico per commemorare l'ammiraglio Luigi Rizzo
* Laurent Veglio, Biagio Tagliaferro, un altro... "favoloso" destino? Lettera ad un noto destinatario
* Alfred Bonnici, Il bollo "REAL SERVIZIO" delle Poste borboniche di Sicilia e l'analogo "O.H.M.S." delle Poste di Malta
* Tonino Perrera, L'ovale "VIA MARE" in uso in Sicilia tra il 1848 e il 1883
* Cateno Nisi e Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Piazza Armerina Comunicazioni e servizi postali tra "Roma imperiale e Triquetra Insula" - Philosophiana e i suoi casali
* Giulio Santoro, La seta di Messina nelle rotte commerciali dell'Europa attraverso i secoli
* Antonello Selvaggio, Spigolature Siciliane
* Ricordo di Giuseppe Cassataro e di Francesco Alliata
* Quesiti e Segnalazioni
* Le Manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XVI - n.31 - giugno 2015
Anno XVI - n.31 - giugno 2015
64 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2015
Italian text
Year XVI - n.31 - June 2015
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Alfred Bonnici, Posta e Sanità marittima nei collegamenti fra Sicilia e Malta da Ferdinando II di Borbone alla Dittatura garibaldina (1859-1860)
* Alberto Barcella, Il sistema di comunicazione tra i Comitati insurrezionali siciliani nel maggio del 1860
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Inediti aspetti del periodo di emergenza postale in Sicilia da maggio 1860
* Achille Ragazzoni, La Spedizione garibaldina in Sicilia nella filatelia e nella marcofilia siciliana (Parte terza)
* Giulio Santoro, Sulla incursione di un francobollo della Repubblica Sociale Italiana nella affrancatura di una corrispondenza del 1945 in Sicilia. Usi tardivi (borderline e off-limits) di valori della RSI nel territorio nazionale
* Ricordo di Gaetano Palmigiano
* Quesiti e segnalazioni
* Le manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XV - n.30 - dicembre 2014 / gennaio 2015
Anno XV - n.30 - dicembre 2014 / gennaio 2015
64 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2015
Italian text
Year XV - n.30 - December 2014 / January 2015
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Vittorio Morani e Antonio Ferrario, Tariffe inconsuete durante la trasformazione del Granducato di Toscana in provincia del Regno d'Italia
* Carlo Vicario, Cassette Postali sulle Ferrovie
* Achille Ragazzoni, La spedizione garibaldina in Sicilia nella filatelia e nella marcofilia siciliana (Parte seconda)
* Franco Projetto, Storia postale di Nicosia, dal 1786 al 1946 (Parte seconda)
* Franco Napoli, L'ultimo viaggio con la Sicilia negli occhi, nella mente e nel cuore (Parte seconda)
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, I servizi postali durante la Rivoluzione Siciliana del 1848-1849
* Voci della Memoria
* Quesiti e segnalazioni
* Le manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XV - n.29 - giugno 2014
Anno XV - n.29 - giugno 2014
48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2014
Italian text
Year XV - n.29 - June 2014
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
Including Supplement "Sintesi storica della filatelia siciliana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi" Eighth part - 2003-2009 edited by Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort.
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Corrispondenza "Via Mare" in Sicilia prima e durante la Dittatura garibaldina e la Luogotenenza sardo-italiana
* Franco Projetto, Storia Postale di Nicosia, dal 1786 al 1946 (Parte prima)
* Achille Ragazzini, La spedizione garibaldina in Sicilia del 1860
* Antonio Puca e Alberto Stracuzzi, SICILIA: il doppio cerchio grande
* Franco Napoli, L'ultimo viaggio con la Sicilia negli occhi, nella mente e nel cuore (Parte prima)
* Giuseppe Ardizzone Gullo, La posta a Monforte San Giorgio
* Giulio Santoro, Le rispedizioni di ufficio in Sicilia nel periodo di transizione con affrancature delle emissioni del Regno e dell'Amgot
* Gabriele Camelia, Foglietto filatelico "FERRARI"
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XIV - n.28 - dicembre 2013
Anno XIV - n.28 - dicembre 2013
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2013
Italian text
Year XIV - n.28 - December 2013
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Corrispondenza "Via Mare" in Sicilia prima e durante la Dittatura garibaldina e la Luogotenenza sardo-italiana
* Vincenzo Caruso e Giulio Santoro, La città di Messina nella storia dell'aeronautica nazionale
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, 1212: la "Bolla d'oro di Sicilia" di Federico di Svevia e il servizio postale del regno federiciano
* Maurizio De Simone, Arte, cultura e sport nella filatelia virtuale
* In memoria di Nino Aquila
* Quesiti e Segnalazioni
* Manifestazioni
* Notiziario dei circoli
* Indice delle annate 2000-2013
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XIV - n.27 - giugno 2013
Anno XIV - n.27 - giugno 2013
48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2013
Italian text
Year XIV - n.27 - June 2013
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Un antefatto alla nascita dei francobolli borbonici per la Sicilia
* Francesco Lombardo, Sicilia 1859-1860: Corsa da Palermo a Licata (4a parte)
* Andrea Corsini, Salvati 11 uffici postali "diseconomici" della provincia di Palermo (seguito del n.26)
* Giulio Perricone, Il segno di tassa "10" nei bolli dei cammini postali siciliani (1803-1813)
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Due precisazioni sui bolli e i grafici dell'Officina di Posta di Vita
* Giuseppe Ardizzone Gullo, Amarcord... Taormina! - La franchigia nella corrispondenza del circondario di Naro
* Francesco Scalia, Gli avvisi di ricevimento in periodo AMGOT
* Giulio Santoro, Su e giù per il Tirreno lungo la rotta commerciale del primo Ottocento
* Segnalazioni
* Manifestazioni
* Notiziario dei circoli
* Indice delle annate 2000-2013
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XIII - n.26 - dicembre 2012
Anno XIII - n.26 - dicembre 2012
64 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2012
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
Year XIII - n.26 - December 2012
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
Including Supplement "Sintesi storica della filatelia siciliana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi" Seventh part - 2000-2003 edited by Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort.
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, La vera origine della Regia Correrìa di Sicilia e lo sviluppo del Regio Officio di Corriere Maggiore (2a parte)
* Salvatore Pennisi, Il vero significato del toponimo Aquilia (2a parte)
* Nino Principato, L'architettura degli edifici postali a Messina tra passato e presente
* Luigi Strazzeri, Lettere assicurate di Sicilia (2a parte)
* Cateno Nisi, SICILIA - I fautori della Rivoluzione del 1848 - I crociati di Sicilia - La Restaurazione - I servizi postali - I bolli di Trinacria
* Francesco Lombardo, SICILIA 1859-1860: Corsa da Palermo a Licata (3a parte)
* Andrea Corsini, Salvati 11 ufficiali postali "diseconomici" della provincia di Palermo
* Giulio Santoro, AMGOT 1943-44: annullamenti insoliti o infrequenti
* Manifestazioni
* Notiziario dei circoli
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XIII - n.25 - giugno 2012
Anno XIII - n.25 - giugno 2012
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2012
Italian text
Year XIII - n.25 - June 2012
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
Including Supplement "Sintesi storica della filatelia siciliana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi" Sixth part - 1997-2000 edited by Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort.
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Salvatore Pennisi, Il vero significato del toponimo Aquilia (1a parte)
* Antimo Puca e Alberto Stracuzzi, Ritrovate due prime date, finora non catalogate, di bolli di provenienza usati a Palermo
* Tonino Perrera, Posta e Sanità a Trapani (secc. XVI-XIX)
* Francesco Lombardo, SICILIA 1859-1860: Corsa da Palermo a Licata (2a parte)
* Giulio Santoro, AMGOT 1943-44 - Usi fiscali dei francobolli durante il periodo di occupazione alleata della Sicilia
* Andrea Corsini, Una lettera racconta...
* Luigi Strazzeri, Lettere assicurate di Sicilia (1a parte)
* Sophie Launay, Scalo reale a Palermo
* Notiziario dei circoli
* Giulio Santoro, La posta e il suo passato
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Ricordo di Francesco Orlando e Michele Picardi
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XII - n.24 - dicembre 2011
Anno XII - n.24 - dicembre 2011
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2011
Italian text
Year XII - n.24 - December 2011
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
Including Supplement "Sintesi storica della filatelia siciliana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi" Fifth part - 1992-1997 edited by Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort.
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, La vera origine della Regia Corriera di Sicilia
* Giulio Santoro, Testimonianze del Risorgimento a Messina (2a parte)
* Francesco Lombardo, Sicilia 1859-1860: Corsa da Palermo a Licata
* Andrea Corsini, L'impresa garibaldina in Sicilia e l'Unità d'Italia
* Franco Tomasino, La "Mormino" del Banco di Sicilia
* Tonino Perrera, La posta per via di mare a Trapani (2a parte)
* Francesco Scalia, Il ripristino delle comunicazioni interprovinciali da Catania verso Palermo
* Tonino Perrera, Posta e sanità a Trapani
* Notiziario dei circoli
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XII - n.23 - giugno 2011
Anno XII - n.23 - giugno 2011
48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2011
Italian text
Year XII - n.23 - June 2011
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
Including Supplement "Sintesi storica della filatelia siciliana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi" Fourth part - 1986-1992 edited by Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort.
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Giulio Santoro, Testimonianze del Risorgimento a Messina
* Francesco Lombardo, Sicilia 1859-1860 - Casteltermini 2 gennaio 1859
* Giuseppe Ardizzone Gullo, Milazzo: traffici via mare nella prima metà del '700
* Francesco Scalia, La notificazione degli atti giudiziari
* Giulio Perricone, Bolli precursori e bolli atipici delle Collettorie Siciliane
* Andrea Corsini, Ritrovata finalmente l'impronta dell'Hotel Villa Igiea di Palermo
* Tonino Perrera, La posta per via di mare a Trapani
* Quesiti e segnalazioni
* Marcofilia Siciliana, a cura di Andrea Amoroso
* Le manifestazioni
* Notiziario dei circoli
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XI - n.22 - dicembre 2010
Anno XI - n.22 - dicembre 2010
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2010
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
Year XI - n.22 - December 2010
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
Including Supplement "Sintesi storica della filatelia siciliana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi" Third part - 1975-1986 edited by Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort.
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Nino Principato, La "Lapide di Costanza" a Messina
* Francesco Orlando, Le alte affrancature del periodo sardo-italiano in Sicilia
* Giulio Santoro, AMGOT 1943-44: i servizi accessori della corrispondenza civile nel periodo di occupazione alleata della Sicilia
* Andrea Amoroso, Il bollo tondo "Numerale-frazionario" della Provincia di Palermo
* Cateno Nisi, Federico di Svevia e la sua Sicilia - il patriarca del Medioevo
* Marcofilia siciliana, a cura di Andrea Amoroso
* Recensioni, di Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort
* Le manifestazioni
* Notiziario dei circoli
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XI - n.21 - giugno 2010
Anno XI - n.21 - giugno 2010
48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2010
Italian text
Year XI - n.21 - June 2010
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
Including Supplement "Sintesi storica della filatelia siciliana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi" Second part - 1962-1975 edited by Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort.
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Nino Aquila, Un saggio di Sicilia tardivamente ritrovato
* Giuseppe Digrandi, L'Officina di Posta del comune di Avola. Dal '700 al 1859
* Francesco Lombardo, SICILIA 1859-1860. Corsa da Palermo a Noto: Cammino traverso. L'Officina Postale di Avola
* Francesco Lombardo, SICILIA 1859-1860. Corsa da Palermo a Messina per la via delle marine. Le Officine Postali di Termini e Cefalù
* Franco Napoli, Prigionieri e Internati austro-ungarici in Sicilia durante la prima guerra mondiale
* Giulio Santoro, AMGOT 1943-44: la tassazione della corrispondenza in Sicilia durante il periodo di occupazione alleata
* Andrea Amoroso, Domenico Agusta: un siciliano con la passione del volo
* Quesiti e segnalazioni
* Note della redazione
* Le manifestazioni
* Notiziario dei circoli
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno X - n.20 - dicembre 2009
Anno X - n.20 - dicembre 2009
80 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - softbound - printed 2009
Italian text
Year X - n.20 - December 2009
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
10th Anniversary 2000-2009
Including the first part, from 1945 to 1961, of the supplement "Sintesi storica della filatelia siciliana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi 1945-2010".
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Antimo Puca, Nuova scoperta sui bolli messinesi 1820-21
* Michela D'Angelo, Una lettera racconta
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Il trasporto - via terra - della posta dai messaggeri alle diligenze
* Giulio Santoro, AMGOT 1943-44. La corrispondenza postale con l'estero in Sicilia durante il periodo di occupazione alleata
* Andrea Corsini, Agenzie e Recapiti postali. Gli annulli "alberghieri" siciliani
* Pietro Amorelli, Il collettore di giornali. Bollettino internazionale illustrato
* Andrea Corsini, Una precisazione sull'Ufficio di Santa Venerina
* Marcofilia siciliana, a cura di Andrea Amoroso
* Recensioni
* Quesiti e segnalazioni
* Note della redazione
* Le manifestazioni
* Notiziario dei circoli
* Indice del decennio 2000-2009
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno IX - n.17 - giugno 2008
Anno IX - n.17 - giugno 2008
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2008
Italian text
Year IX - n.17 - June 2008
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Francesco Lombardo, Sicilia 1859-1860. Corsa da Palermo a Messina per la via delle Marine
* Giulio Santoro, 1943-44: l'occupazione militare alleata e la ripresa della corrispondenza fra la Sicilia e i territori dell'Italia liberata
* Giuseppe Marchese, La spedizione dei Mille e la Marina italiana (2a parte)
* Cateno Nisi, La "Comarca" dalla Spagna alla Sicilia
* Andrea Amoroso, Collettorie siciliane poco conosciute
* Quesiti e segnalazioni
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, La filatelia pittorica e il messaggio mediale di Maurizio De Simone
* Le manifestazioni
* Notiziario dei circoli siciliani
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno VIII - n.16 - dicembre 2007
Anno VIII - n.16 - dicembre 2007
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2007
Italian text
Year VIII - n.16 - December 2007
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Editoriale
* Emanuele M. Gabbini, Sicilia durante l'occupazione alleata: relazioni postali con l'estero
* Giulio Santoro, Corrispondenza da Roma alla Sicilia nell'estate del '44
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Il fascino delle antiche missive...
* Giulio Santoro, 28 dicembre 1908: quel terremoto di 100 anni fa
* Giuseppe Marchese, La spedizione dei Mille e la Marina italiana
* Vito Mancini, Frodi postali e... dintorni
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Un aggiornamento su alcune bollature siciliane
* Quesiti e segnalazioni
* Recensioni
* Cronaca sociale
* Le manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno VIII - n.15 - giugno 2007
Anno VIII - n.15 - giugno 2007
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2007
Italian text
Year VIII - n.15 - June 2007
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Lettere al Direttore
* Giulio Santoro, 1943-44: l'occupazione militare alleata e la ripresa della corrispondenza fra la Sicilia e i territori al di fuori dell'isola
* Pietro Amorelli, Roma-Agrigento: 4 luglio 1944
* Cateno Nisi, Brevi cenni sulla storia postale mediterranea: le prefilateliche dei Borbone nella provincia di Catania
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Acireale in transito? Un rebus (storico-postale) risolto
* Vito Mancini, La rivoluzione siciliana del 1820-21 e i riflessi sul servizio postale
* Giuseppe Marchese, Le brigate di fanteria (3a parte) - Brigata Aosta
* Sergio Leali, Un francobollo per Ferrante Gonzaga duca di Ariano e principe di Molfetta, Viceré di Sicilia
* Le manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno VII - n.13/14 - giugno-dicembre 2006
Anno VII - n.13/14 - giugno-dicembre 2006
64 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2006
Italian text
Year VII - n.13/14 - June-December 2006
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Lettere al Direttore
* Giulio Santoro, 1943-44: l'occupazione militare alleata e la ripresa della corrispondenza fra la Sicilia e i territori al di fuori dell'isola
* Antimo Puca, Duecentoventi anni fa a Palermo, il primo "bollo di provenienza"
* Francesco Orlando, L'uso in Sicilia dei francobolli d'Italia stampati da Matraire, 2a parte
* Andrea Corsini, Cose d'altri tempi?
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Trasporto della corrispondenza pubblica e franchigia postale nel Regno di Sicilia
* Francesco Orlando, Il timbro "bagni Termominerali di Sclafani" annullatore, su corrispondenza viaggiata nel 1909
* Vito Mancini, Nuove prospettive, nuovi mezzi
* Giuseppe Marchese, Le brigate di fanteria, 2a parte
* Le Manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno VI - n.12 - dicembre 2005
Anno VI - n.12 - dicembre 2005
60 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2005
Italian text
Year VI - n.12 - December 2005
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, La nuova identità di Demenna e gli itinerari normanni del Val Demone
* Due ricordi di Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
* Pietro Aricò, La fine della posta borbonica in Sicilia e le ultime date postali conosciute
* Giuseppe Marchese, La Deputazione di Sanità di Trapani
* Giorgio Chianetta, I bolli della Direzioni di Posta di Girgenti (1820-1858)
* Johan Lane, Chiacchere di città...sul collezionismo
* Giuseppe Marchese, Le brigate di fanteria
* Arsenico, La "Posta Celeste" di Palermo nel 1897
* Esempi di collezioni storico-postali
* Francesco Orlando, L'uso in Sicilia dei francobolli d'Italia stampati da Matraire
* Giulio Santoro, Divagazioni fra cicalecci filatelici e cicalate di storia postale
* Le manifestazioni
* Cronaca Sociale
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno VI - n.11 - giugno 2005
Anno VI - n.11 - giugno 2005
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2005
Italian text
Year VI - n.11 - June 2005
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Francesco Orlando, AMGOT 1943 - La ripresa dei servizi postali in Sicilia
* Vito Mancini, Breve carrellata storico-postale sul Regno delle Due Sicilie
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Segnatasse postali d'emergenza in Sicilia: utilizzi nel 1943-47 a Sciacca
* Francesco Orlando, L'annullo apposto nel Santuario di Santa Rosalia a Palermo
* Aldo Gabellone, La Sicilia...e le sue navi
* Giulio Santoro, I "falsi di Palermo" della Base Atlantica
* Giuseppe Iacolino, Un'asina a bordo del Postale "Santa Marina"
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Spigolature Siciliane
* Andrea Corsini, Il carnevale di Acireale nella marcofilia
* Le manifestazioni
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno V - n.9/10 - giugno-dicembre 2004
Anno V - n.9/10 - giugno-dicembre 2004
72 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2004
Italian text
Year V - n.9/10 - June-December 2004
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Lettere al Direttore
* Giuseppe Ardizzone Gullo, Il Conto generale della Posta di Messina nell'anno indizionale 1805-1806
* Nino Principato, Uno storico edificio: il Palazzo delle Poste di Messina
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Gli uffici di Posta Militare americani (A.P.O.) operanti in Sicilia nel 1943-1944
* Giulio Santoro, AMGOT 1943-1944: la ripresa della corrispondenza in Sicilia nel periodo di occupazione alleata
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Quando il pezzo è unico. Dissertazione su una lettera per Messina e sulle molteplici occasioni di collezionismo
* Andrea Corsini, Il recapito postale del Santuario del Monte Pellegrino di Palermo
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Un "non emesso" per l'Anno Santo di Zaffarìa...passato per posta nel 1989
* "Peloro 2004" Tradizionale appuntamento siciliano
* Le manifestazioni
* Cronaca sociale
* Indice degli anni 2000-2004
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno IV - n.8 - dicembre 2003
Anno IV - n.8 - dicembre 2003
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2003
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)
Year IV - n.8 - December 2003
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Lettere al Direttore
* Franco Napoli, 11 giugno 1943: la resa di Pantelleria
* Sophie Launay, 1 ottobre 1943 a Campofelice (A.P.O. 302): un V...MAIL un po' particolare
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, I servizi marittimi e terrestri in Sicilia sotto amministrazione sabauda
* Edoardo P. Ohnmeiss, Brevi glosse prefilateliche
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Le sedi degli antichi uffici postali di Messina (secc. XVI-XIX)
* Cateno Nisi, Il più antico miliario della Sicilia - L'atto di nascita della provincia di Catania
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, La "Posta delle Carrozze" e la "Posta dei Vastasi"
* Giuseppe Marchese, I moti del 1848-1849 e i bolli "SERVIZIO PUBBLICO"
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Le "Strade delle Poste" nell'antica cartografia siciliana
* "Peloro 2003" una grande kermesse filatelica e storico postale siciliana
* Amelia Ioli Gigante, Il Valdemone, una nota geo-storica
* Cronaca sociale
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno IV - n.6-7 - dicembre 2002 - giugno 2003
Anno IV - n.6-7 - dicembre 2002 - giugno 2003
80 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2003
Italian text
Year IV - n.6-7 - December 2002 - June 2003
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Lettere al Direttore
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, 4 giugno 1860: data di soppressione in Sicilia dei francobolli di Ferdinando II
* Giulio Santoro, Affrancature inconsuete, anomale e tollerate nel periodo di occupazione AMGOT, Prima parte e Seconda parte
* Giuseppe Marchese, Lotta all'ultimo tarì nel Regno di Sicilia
* Gaetano Palmigiano, Le Bolle della Santissima Crociata
* Documenti per la Storia Postale di Sicilia Doc.9: Rogito notarile del 1696
* Giovanni Riggi di Numana, Il tempo e la posta, Seconda parte
* Edoardo P. Ohnmeiss, Brevi glosse prefilateliche
* Assemblea Ordinaria e Straordinaria ASPS
* Le manifestazioni
* Cronaca sociale
* Indice delle annate 2000-2002
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno III - n.1 - giugno 2002
Anno III - n.1 - giugno 2002
56 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2002
Italian text
Year III - n.1 - June 2002
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Messina 25 marzo 1109: la più antica lettera siciliana
* Giulio Santoro, Lettere per via di mare in partenza da Messina nella seconda metà del '600 (2a parte)
* Andrea Corsini, Alcuni servizi postali marittimi in Sicilia fra la fine del XIX e l'inizio del XX secolo
* Giuseppe Marchese, Posta Cavalli (3a parte)
* Andrea Amoroso, La linea Palermo-Corleone-San Carlo - Una pagina di storia postale e dei trasporti ferroviari
* Giovanni Riggi di Numana, Il tempo e la posta (1a parte)
* Pietro Amorelli, Brevi note sulla riforma postale del 1839 nella Valle di Girgenti e a Casteltermini
* Franco Napoli, Stima e valutazione del materiale di storia postale moderna
* Salvatore Di Pietro, Luglio-agosto 1943: corrispondenza civile inoltrata con la posta militare
* Cronaca sociale
* "Siracusa 2002" - Mostra documentaria e storico-postale "Comunicazioni e poste nel Val di Noto"
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno II - n.2 - dicembre 2001
Anno II - n.2 - dicembre 2001
52 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2001
Italian and English text
Year II - n.2 - December 2001
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Giulio Santoro, Lettere per via di mare in partenza da Messina nella seconda metà del '600
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Le prime bollature di Messina (1787 - 1805)
* Giuseppe Marchese, Posta Cavalli
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Bagheria e Santa Flavia nella storia postale
* Documenti per la storia postale di Sicilia
* Cateno Nisi, I bolli "numerali": gemellaggi di Sicilia
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Le bollature postali di Polizzi (1820-1861)
* Luigi Sirotti, I servizi postali in Sicilia dal maggio 1860 al 30 aprile 1861
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, La mostra documentaria di Bagheria e Santa Flavia per il VI festival del Tirreno
edited by Lorenzo Carra
IL SERVIZIO PRATICO POSTALE IN AUSTRIA
518 pp. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - reprint 2000
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
ISBN: 88-85335-41-1
978-88-85335-41-7
PRACTICAL AUSTRIAN POSTAL SERVICE978-88-85335-41-7
Systematical collection of regulations relevant to Posta-lettere and mail coaches, edited by Adalberto Cassinelli on the bases of ordinances in force. First free version from German by Giulio Printz, 1865.
Reprinted from the original with the preface by Lorenzo Carra who, after an accurate and hard research, presents this important technical work rich in references to laws, articles, decrees, regulations and circulars relevant to the Post in Austria and in Lombardy Venetia. The volume is divided into 110 chapters with many appendices and several tables.
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno II - n.1 - giugno 2001
Anno II - n.1 - giugno 2001
52 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2001
Italian and English text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class A)
Year II - n.1 - June 2001
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Nino Aquila, Parallelismi e divergenze fra le due emissioni filateliche specifiche per l'isola di Sicilia
* H. Schloss, I segni di autenticità nei francobolli di Sicilia
* Antonino Pecoraro, Un bollo di censura dell'Occupazione Alleata in Sicilia - Per una catalogazione aggiornata degli annulli tondo riquadrati di Sicilia
* Andrea Corsini, I bolli delle poste di Marsala
* Leonardo Di Bella, Le officine di posta di S.Marco e di Fiumefreddo
* Antonio Di Pasquale, Qualche aggiornamento al "Catalogo specializzato dei bolli e degli annullamenti postali"
* Giuseppe Marchese, Posta cavalli
* Luigi Sirotti, I servizi postali in Sicilia dal maggio 1860 al 30 aprile 1861
SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno I - n.2 - dicembre 2000
Anno I - n.2 - dicembre 2000
48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2001
Italian and English text
Year I - n.2 - December 2000
Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily
CONTENTS
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, trad. di Lucio Marson, British involvements in the Kingdom of Sicily
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, In viaggio verso il ... '48. Quattro passi nel Risorgimento
* Joseph Geraci, Posta del XIX secolo fra Sicilia e Stati Uniti
* Antonino Pecoraro, Per una catalogazione aggiornata degli annulli tondo riquadrati di Sicilia
* Antimo Puca e Alberto Stracuzzi, L'annullo tondo-riquadrato nella provincia di Messina
* Documenti per la storia postale di Sicilia
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Forwarders: primo aggiornamento al catalogo dei bolli siciliani
* Antonino Pecoraro, Un altro bollo di Marsala di cento anni fa
* Cateno Nisi, È di Artemide Aretusea la "Siracusana", una connessione storico-filatelica
* La storia del "Val di Mazara" rievocata con l'esposizione storico-postale "Marsala 2000" - le manifestazioni
edited by Danilo Vignati
LA STORIA POSTALE DI SICILIA
dall'inizio all'introduzione dei francobolli
edizione italiana
dall'inizio all'introduzione dei francobolli
edizione italiana
144 pp. - softbound - 2nd ed. 2011
ITALIAN TRANSLATION only text
Cod. 2201EN
EUR 140,00
Special Price
EUR 98,00
Paolo Vaccari
SICILIA 1859
COMPARATIVE PLATES OF STAMPS
COMPARATIVE PLATES OF STAMPS
in an elegant slip-case the comparative study and the 15 plates
128 pp. - fine art quality paper - format cm 24x31 - hardbound - printed 2009
series "Philatelic studies"
English text
2 edizioni - 2 editions
ITALIANO - ENGLISH
ISBN: 978-88-96381-03-8
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COLOURSPreface by Nino Aquila and Francesco Lombardo.
Included in a slip-case, the present work stands out with respect to previous studies thanks to the detailed study, the updates, and the reproductions in colours.
The volume presents the plates life size and divided into four parts with the indication of the main characteristics for each stamp and the distinctive elements for each position in the sheet.
Collectors can compare the original copies checking position and variations.
Described in details even the retouches, reproduced enlarged.
Separately, gathered in a specific sleeve inside the slip-case, the 15 plates reproduced life size and in colours through the stochastic printing system to obtain better image definition and detail preciseness.
On the back of each plate, "fac-simile" has been printed to avoid any frauds.
CONTENTS
Preface by Nino Aquila
Presentation by Francesco Lombardo
Why the Comparative Plates of Sicilian Postage Stamps
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The Postage Stamps of Sicily - Types
1/2 grano - plate 1
1/2 grano - plate 2
1 grano - plate 1 - I state
1 grano - plate 1 - II state
1 grano - plate 2
1 grano - plate 3
2 grana - plate 1
2 grana - plate 2
2 grana - plate 3
5 grana - plate 1 - Naples
5 grana - plate 1 - Palermo
5 grana - plate 2
10 grana - single plate
20 grana - single plate
50 grana - single plate
Bibliography
The author
Why the Comparative Plates of Sicilian Postage Stamps
Shortly after the General Direction of the Post of the Kingdom of Sardinia started selling, as collectibles, the remaining Bourbon stamps seized in the offices of the Island, the study of these magnificent rectangles of coloured paper began. Since then, they have been considered among the best made in the world.
As a matter of fact, a brief comparison with the other stamps available on the philatelic market at the beginning of the 1860's makes the artistic mastery of these Sicilian stamps immediately evident.
In 1863 the first studies of these stamps were published, and they were more and more specialized until Emilio Diena, the Great Master of the Italian philately, marked a milestone when he gave the fruit of his studies to the press in London in 1904. Since then, very little or almost nothing very innovative has been written about postage stamps. Some works, even recent ones, have only slightly dealt with the study of them, but they have brought to light some interesting findings on postal history and postmarks. Emilio Diena dedicated little time to these latter issues, not because he lacked knowledge, but rather because his research was only dedicated to "The History of Sicilian Postage Stamps".
The original edition, published in English in 1904, is practically untraceable. Both the later versions of the book are also difficult to find, the re-print in English, printed in 1969 by Giulio Bolaffi Editore and the Italian translated edition with notes added by Enzo Diena "Emilio Diena - Una vita per la Filatelia" (A Life Dedicated to Philately). The latter was published by the Post and Telecommunications Administration in 1989 on the occasion of the issuing of a stamp dedicated to the Great Master.
Now, in 2009, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Sicilian stamps, a new work, however following in the footsteps of Emilio Diena. Included in a slip-case are the work in colour with the comparative plates which are in all colour and have been analysed in detail in order to present their distinctive elements, and the complete and full size plates.
As one may notice this work is completely new in the layout and printing method implemented as we have not used the traditional four-colour screen or digital printing. This as a consequence of our belief that these two "archaic systems" would damage the fine detailed print of the plates and their portions, which are necessary to better compare them with the originals. We have chosen to use the stochastic printing system, which is also utilized in the reproduction of illuminated manuscripts and works that must be as close to the original as possible, especially in the fine details.
In our specific case, even the tiniest detail must be made visible in order to give the collector the chance to make a thorough comparison of the original stamp with the 100 on the complete sheet. The plates in the volume have been divided into blocks of 25 in order to identify each individual stamp more easily. The main characteristics of each stamp are noted so that one may pinpoint the placement of it and single out its variations caused by the wearing or different inking of the printing plate.
The retouched stamps have been reproduced in an enlarged and colour version with detailed descriptions so that the plating of the stamps on the sheets may be easily identified.
The images of the plates have come from various sources. Those of the grano first plate, first and second state, are the only complete ones in existence and have kindly been loaned by the Diena family of Rome, to whom our sincere thanks are due. The majority of the remaining images belong to our archive, among which some photographs have been donated by the late Bruno Barbacovi (Lavarone 1906 - Dimaro 1987). In addition to studying B.L.P. stamps of the Kingdom of Italy, Barbacovi also dedicated much of his time to building up the plates of Sicily. Others also come from the original sheets or are the result of the rearrangement of large blocks.
It has been said that philatelic collecting has evolved over the years and now tends to focus primarily on postal history. Philatelic collecting has indeed evolved, yet this has occurred much less radically than others may think. There are two different ways to collect and research stamps, yet both have their own undeniable value. However, in recent years there has been a marked return to the antique. This has involved the studying of stamps, among which those from Sicily prevail for their characteristics as they are so varied.
The main reason to publish this work is certainly not to revolutionize what Emilio Diena wrote more than one hundred years ago, but rather it is to offer collectors a simple and updated instrument to study in more detail the wonderful stamps of Sicily, whose undeniable beauty will live on forever.
Shortly after the General Direction of the Post of the Kingdom of Sardinia started selling, as collectibles, the remaining Bourbon stamps seized in the offices of the Island, the study of these magnificent rectangles of coloured paper began. Since then, they have been considered among the best made in the world.
As a matter of fact, a brief comparison with the other stamps available on the philatelic market at the beginning of the 1860's makes the artistic mastery of these Sicilian stamps immediately evident.
In 1863 the first studies of these stamps were published, and they were more and more specialized until Emilio Diena, the Great Master of the Italian philately, marked a milestone when he gave the fruit of his studies to the press in London in 1904. Since then, very little or almost nothing very innovative has been written about postage stamps. Some works, even recent ones, have only slightly dealt with the study of them, but they have brought to light some interesting findings on postal history and postmarks. Emilio Diena dedicated little time to these latter issues, not because he lacked knowledge, but rather because his research was only dedicated to "The History of Sicilian Postage Stamps".
The original edition, published in English in 1904, is practically untraceable. Both the later versions of the book are also difficult to find, the re-print in English, printed in 1969 by Giulio Bolaffi Editore and the Italian translated edition with notes added by Enzo Diena "Emilio Diena - Una vita per la Filatelia" (A Life Dedicated to Philately). The latter was published by the Post and Telecommunications Administration in 1989 on the occasion of the issuing of a stamp dedicated to the Great Master.
Now, in 2009, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Sicilian stamps, a new work, however following in the footsteps of Emilio Diena. Included in a slip-case are the work in colour with the comparative plates which are in all colour and have been analysed in detail in order to present their distinctive elements, and the complete and full size plates.
As one may notice this work is completely new in the layout and printing method implemented as we have not used the traditional four-colour screen or digital printing. This as a consequence of our belief that these two "archaic systems" would damage the fine detailed print of the plates and their portions, which are necessary to better compare them with the originals. We have chosen to use the stochastic printing system, which is also utilized in the reproduction of illuminated manuscripts and works that must be as close to the original as possible, especially in the fine details.
In our specific case, even the tiniest detail must be made visible in order to give the collector the chance to make a thorough comparison of the original stamp with the 100 on the complete sheet. The plates in the volume have been divided into blocks of 25 in order to identify each individual stamp more easily. The main characteristics of each stamp are noted so that one may pinpoint the placement of it and single out its variations caused by the wearing or different inking of the printing plate.
The retouched stamps have been reproduced in an enlarged and colour version with detailed descriptions so that the plating of the stamps on the sheets may be easily identified.
The images of the plates have come from various sources. Those of the grano first plate, first and second state, are the only complete ones in existence and have kindly been loaned by the Diena family of Rome, to whom our sincere thanks are due. The majority of the remaining images belong to our archive, among which some photographs have been donated by the late Bruno Barbacovi (Lavarone 1906 - Dimaro 1987). In addition to studying B.L.P. stamps of the Kingdom of Italy, Barbacovi also dedicated much of his time to building up the plates of Sicily. Others also come from the original sheets or are the result of the rearrangement of large blocks.
It has been said that philatelic collecting has evolved over the years and now tends to focus primarily on postal history. Philatelic collecting has indeed evolved, yet this has occurred much less radically than others may think. There are two different ways to collect and research stamps, yet both have their own undeniable value. However, in recent years there has been a marked return to the antique. This has involved the studying of stamps, among which those from Sicily prevail for their characteristics as they are so varied.
The main reason to publish this work is certainly not to revolutionize what Emilio Diena wrote more than one hundred years ago, but rather it is to offer collectors a simple and updated instrument to study in more detail the wonderful stamps of Sicily, whose undeniable beauty will live on forever.
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
USFI (Italian Philatelic Press Union) AWARD for philatelic literature "Apollonio" 2010
LARGE GOLD + SPECIAL PRIZE - HUNFILA 2011
8-10 aprile 2011
(Balatonfüred - Ungheria)
LARGE GOLD - ROSSICA 2014
27-29 ottobre 2014
Mosca, Russia
GOLD - PARIS-PHILEX 2016
19-22 maggio 2016
GOLD - VIANNA 2014
5-9 novembre 2014
Viana do Castelo, Portogallo
GOLD - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012
GOLD - APS STAMPSHOW 2011
Columbus, Ohio, USA
11-14 agosto 2011
GOLD - NEW ZEALAND LIT. EXHIB. 2011
19 marzo 2011
(Palmerston North - New Zealand)
GOLD - CHICAGOPEX 2010
19-21 novembre 2010
(Arlington Heights, IL, USA)
GOLD - NAPEX 2010
Washington, 4-6 giugno 2010
LARGE VERMEIL - BRASILIANA 2013
Rio de Janeiro
19-25 novembre 2013
LARGE VERMEIL - INDONESIA 2012
18-24 giugno 2012
(Jakarta, Indonesia)
LARGE VERMEIL - PHILANIPPON 2011
28 luglio - 2 agosto 2011
(Yokohama, Japan)
LARGE VERMEIL - JOBURG 2010
Johannesburg, South Africa
27-31 ottobre 2010
LARGE VERMEIL - PORTUGAL 2010
Lisbona, 1-10 ottobre 2010
LARGE VERMEIL - LONDON 2010 - Festival of Stamps
Londra, 8-15 maggio 2010
VERMEIL - ITALIA 2009
Roma, Palazzo dei Congressi
21-25 ottobre 2009
LARGE GOLD + SPECIAL PRIZE - HUNFILA 2011
8-10 aprile 2011
(Balatonfüred - Ungheria)
LARGE GOLD - ROSSICA 2014
27-29 ottobre 2014
Mosca, Russia
GOLD - PARIS-PHILEX 2016
19-22 maggio 2016
GOLD - VIANNA 2014
5-9 novembre 2014
Viana do Castelo, Portogallo
GOLD - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012
GOLD - APS STAMPSHOW 2011
Columbus, Ohio, USA
11-14 agosto 2011
GOLD - NEW ZEALAND LIT. EXHIB. 2011
19 marzo 2011
(Palmerston North - New Zealand)
GOLD - CHICAGOPEX 2010
19-21 novembre 2010
(Arlington Heights, IL, USA)
GOLD - NAPEX 2010
Washington, 4-6 giugno 2010
LARGE VERMEIL - BRASILIANA 2013
Rio de Janeiro
19-25 novembre 2013
LARGE VERMEIL - INDONESIA 2012
18-24 giugno 2012
(Jakarta, Indonesia)
LARGE VERMEIL - PHILANIPPON 2011
28 luglio - 2 agosto 2011
(Yokohama, Japan)
LARGE VERMEIL - JOBURG 2010
Johannesburg, South Africa
27-31 ottobre 2010
LARGE VERMEIL - PORTUGAL 2010
Lisbona, 1-10 ottobre 2010
LARGE VERMEIL - LONDON 2010 - Festival of Stamps
Londra, 8-15 maggio 2010
VERMEIL - ITALIA 2009
Roma, Palazzo dei Congressi
21-25 ottobre 2009
Paolo Vollmeier
THE POSTAL HISTORY OF SICILY FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE POSTAGE STAMP
700 pp. - 64 colour tables - b/w ill. - hardbound with colour cover - printed 1998
POINT VALUATIONS
In English
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
The study is devoted to the history of the Post under the Bourbons, up until the introduction of postage stamps on 1 January 1859.
This history can be divided into four periods.
1. up to 1535: first regulation for the postal service.
2. from 1535 to May 1786: running of the service contracted out to private persons.
3. from June 1786 to 31 March 1820: in 1786 the postal service was taken back by the state and the first handstamps were introduced in Palermo and Messina.
4. from 1 April 1820 to 31 December 1858: on 1 April 1820 the new postal regulation came into force and 116 post offices were issued with handstamps. Of particular interest are the periods of popular rising against the king in 1820 and 1848/49, which left their mark on the postal service.
Catalogue of cancellations and their valuation in points.
CONTENTS
* The political background
* The letters of the Viceroys in Sicily
* Chronology of the Maestri di Posta
* The regulations
* The postal routes
* The introduction of departure handstamps in the Palermo and Messia offices
* The Postal Office
* The control marks used by the Postal Administration
* Taxation marks (Group 8)
* The 'P' mark (Group 7)
* ROCM (Royal Office of Corriere Maggiore)
* The staffette
* The royal decree of 10 November 1819
* The risings of 1820 in Sicily
* The postal service during the 1820-21 Revolution
* Free-frankking
* Post office countersignatures for free-franking
* Post office countersignatures for free-franking
* The countersign stamps prepared by the post for use by governmental offices
* Countersignatures for freefranking and administration marks
* Real Servizio (Royal Service)
* Franca - postage prepaid
* Insured letters
* Letters wrongly rated - mal tassate
* Misdirected letters
* Letters where addressee had moved house
* Undelivered letters - lettere non distribuite
* Two-route letters - doppia corsa
* The cross routes
* The corriers for the lottery
* Article 14 of the postal regulation of 10 November 1819
* Letterbox - Buca
* The date-stamps of Palermo used on arrival from 1787 to 1819
* The date-stamps of Palermo from 1817 to 1858
* The date-stamps of Messina
* Postage on credit - Lettere a credito
* Communal offices - Cancellerie Comunali
* The Sicilian Revolution of 1848-49
* The postal service during the 1848-1849 Revolution
* The postal handstamps and the trinacria symbols used during the 1848-1849 Revolution
* Sea-Mail - Via di Mare
* The Butera courier
* Health
* The forwarding agent
* The telegraph service
* Handwritten place-names
* British troops in Sicily
* Worn-out or damaged handstamps
* Postal tariffs and rates levied
* The inks used in the offices to stamp letters
* Forged handstamps
* Annex
* Documents
* Catalogue
* Bibliography
Cod. 2201IT
EUR 140,00
Special Price
EUR 98,00
Paolo Vaccari
SICILIA 1859
TAVOLE COMPARATIVE DEI FRANCOBOLLI
TAVOLE COMPARATIVE DEI FRANCOBOLLI
in an elegant slip-case the comparative study and the 15 plates
128 pp. - fine art quality paper - format cm 24x31 - hardbound - printed 2009
series "Philatelic studies"
Italian text
2 edizioni - 2 editions
ITALIANO - ENGLISH
ISBN: 978-88-96381-01-4
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COLOURSPreface by Nino Aquila and Francesco Lombardo.
Included in a slip-case, the present work stands out with respect to previous studies thanks to the detailed study, the updates, and the reproductions in colours.
The volume presents the plates life size and divided into four parts with the indication of the main characteristics for each stamp and the distinctive elements for each position in the sheet.
Collectors can compare the original copies checking position and variations.
Described in details even the retouches, reproduced enlarged.
Separately, gathered in a specific sleeve inside the slip-case, the 15 plates reproduced life size and in colours through the stochastic printing system to obtain better image definition and detail preciseness.
On the back of each plate, "fac-simile" has been printed to avoid any frauds.
CONTENTS
Preface by Nino Aquila
Presentation by Francesco Lombardo
Why the Comparative Plates of Sicilian Postage Stamps
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The Postage Stamps of Sicily - Types
1/2 grano - plate 1
1/2 grano - plate 2
1 grano - plate 1 - I state
1 grano - plate 1 - II state
1 grano - plate 2
1 grano - plate 3
2 grana - plate 1
2 grana - plate 2
2 grana - plate 3
5 grana - plate 1 - Naples
5 grana - plate 1 - Palermo
5 grana - plate 2
10 grana - single plate
20 grana - single plate
50 grana - single plate
Bibliography
The author
Why the Comparative Plates of Sicilian Postage Stamps
Shortly after the General Direction of the Post of the Kingdom of Sardinia started selling, as collectibles, the remaining Bourbon stamps seized in the offices of the Island, the study of these magnificent rectangles of coloured paper began. Since then, they have been considered among the best made in the world.
As a matter of fact, a brief comparison with the other stamps available on the philatelic market at the beginning of the 1860's makes the artistic mastery of these Sicilian stamps immediately evident.
In 1863 the first studies of these stamps were published, and they were more and more specialized until Emilio Diena, the Great Master of the Italian philately, marked a milestone when he gave the fruit of his studies to the press in London in 1904. Since then, very little or almost nothing very innovative has been written about postage stamps. Some works, even recent ones, have only slightly dealt with the study of them, but they have brought to light some interesting findings on postal history and postmarks. Emilio Diena dedicated little time to these latter issues, not because he lacked knowledge, but rather because his research was only dedicated to "The History of Sicilian Postage Stamps".
The original edition, published in English in 1904, is practically untraceable. Both the later versions of the book are also difficult to find, the re-print in English, printed in 1969 by Giulio Bolaffi Editore and the Italian translated edition with notes added by Enzo Diena, "Emilio Diena - Una vita per la Filatelia". The latter was published by the Post and Telecommunications Administration in 1989 on the occasion of the issuing of a stamp dedicated to the Great Master.
Now, in 2009, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Sicilian stamps, a new work, however following in the footsteps of Emilio Diena. Included in a slip-case are the work with the comparative plates which are in all colour and have been analysed in detail in order to present their distinctive elements, and the 15 complete and full size plates in a special holder, in two separate editions in Italian and English.
As one may notice this work is completely new in the layout and printing method implemented as we have not used the traditional four-colour screen or digital printing. This as a consequence of our belief that these two "archaic systems" would damage the fine detailed print of the plates and their portions, which are necessary to better compare them with the originals. We have chosen to use the stochastic printing system, which is also utilized in the reproduction of illuminated manuscripts and works that must be as close to the original as possible, especially in the fine details.
In our specific case, even the tiniest detail must be made visible in order to give the collector the chance to make a thorough comparison of the original stamp with the 100 on the complete sheet. The plates in the volume have been divided into blocks of 25 in order to identify each individual stamp more easily. The main characteristics of each stamp are noted so that one may pinpoint the placement of it and single out its variations caused by the wearing or different inking of the printing plate. The retouched stamps have been reproduced in an enlarged and colour version with detailed descriptions so that their plating on the sheets may be easily identified.
We must be thankful for Giuseppe La Barbera and Francesco Lao for how they were able to execute their work, that I personally believe was brilliant, when taking into consideration the technology they had available to them long ago in 1858-1859. Not even today, despite all the technology we have available to us, would we be able to convey the charm that only these one-of-a-kind Sicilian stamps are able to exude. They reward us with the feeling of relaxation that we all seek to achieve by closing ourselves off from daily life for awhile.
I humbly dedicate my new work to these intrepid printers and to the great engraver of the steel matrix, Tommaso Aloysio Juvara.
The images of the plates have come from various sources. Those of the grano first plate, first and second state, are the only complete ones in existence and have kindly been loaned by the Diena family of Rome, to whom our sincere thanks are due. The majority of the remaining images belong to our archive, among which some photographs have been donated by the late Bruno Barbacovi (Lavarone 1906 - Dimaro 1987). In addition to studying B.L.P. stamps of the Kingdom of Italy, Barbacovi also dedicated much of his time to building up the plates of Sicily. Others also come from the original sheets or are the result of the rearrangement of large blocks, which belong to collectors who decided to remain anonymous but made their material available to me, giving me the chance to make this research as thorough as possible.
It has been said that philatelic collecting has evolved over the years and now tends to focus primarily on postal history. Philatelic collecting has indeed evolved, yet this has occurred much less radically than others may think. There are two different ways to collect and research stamps, yet both have their own undeniable value. However, in recent years there has been a marked return to the antique. This has involved the studying of stamps, among which those from Sicily prevail for their characteristics as they are so varied.
The main reason to publish this work is certainly not to revolutionize what Emilio Diena wrote more than one hundred years ago, but rather it is to offer collectors a simple and updated instrument to study in more detail the wonderful stamps of Sicily, whose undeniable beauty will live on forever.
Shortly after the General Direction of the Post of the Kingdom of Sardinia started selling, as collectibles, the remaining Bourbon stamps seized in the offices of the Island, the study of these magnificent rectangles of coloured paper began. Since then, they have been considered among the best made in the world.
As a matter of fact, a brief comparison with the other stamps available on the philatelic market at the beginning of the 1860's makes the artistic mastery of these Sicilian stamps immediately evident.
In 1863 the first studies of these stamps were published, and they were more and more specialized until Emilio Diena, the Great Master of the Italian philately, marked a milestone when he gave the fruit of his studies to the press in London in 1904. Since then, very little or almost nothing very innovative has been written about postage stamps. Some works, even recent ones, have only slightly dealt with the study of them, but they have brought to light some interesting findings on postal history and postmarks. Emilio Diena dedicated little time to these latter issues, not because he lacked knowledge, but rather because his research was only dedicated to "The History of Sicilian Postage Stamps".
The original edition, published in English in 1904, is practically untraceable. Both the later versions of the book are also difficult to find, the re-print in English, printed in 1969 by Giulio Bolaffi Editore and the Italian translated edition with notes added by Enzo Diena, "Emilio Diena - Una vita per la Filatelia". The latter was published by the Post and Telecommunications Administration in 1989 on the occasion of the issuing of a stamp dedicated to the Great Master.
Now, in 2009, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Sicilian stamps, a new work, however following in the footsteps of Emilio Diena. Included in a slip-case are the work with the comparative plates which are in all colour and have been analysed in detail in order to present their distinctive elements, and the 15 complete and full size plates in a special holder, in two separate editions in Italian and English.
As one may notice this work is completely new in the layout and printing method implemented as we have not used the traditional four-colour screen or digital printing. This as a consequence of our belief that these two "archaic systems" would damage the fine detailed print of the plates and their portions, which are necessary to better compare them with the originals. We have chosen to use the stochastic printing system, which is also utilized in the reproduction of illuminated manuscripts and works that must be as close to the original as possible, especially in the fine details.
In our specific case, even the tiniest detail must be made visible in order to give the collector the chance to make a thorough comparison of the original stamp with the 100 on the complete sheet. The plates in the volume have been divided into blocks of 25 in order to identify each individual stamp more easily. The main characteristics of each stamp are noted so that one may pinpoint the placement of it and single out its variations caused by the wearing or different inking of the printing plate. The retouched stamps have been reproduced in an enlarged and colour version with detailed descriptions so that their plating on the sheets may be easily identified.
We must be thankful for Giuseppe La Barbera and Francesco Lao for how they were able to execute their work, that I personally believe was brilliant, when taking into consideration the technology they had available to them long ago in 1858-1859. Not even today, despite all the technology we have available to us, would we be able to convey the charm that only these one-of-a-kind Sicilian stamps are able to exude. They reward us with the feeling of relaxation that we all seek to achieve by closing ourselves off from daily life for awhile.
I humbly dedicate my new work to these intrepid printers and to the great engraver of the steel matrix, Tommaso Aloysio Juvara.
The images of the plates have come from various sources. Those of the grano first plate, first and second state, are the only complete ones in existence and have kindly been loaned by the Diena family of Rome, to whom our sincere thanks are due. The majority of the remaining images belong to our archive, among which some photographs have been donated by the late Bruno Barbacovi (Lavarone 1906 - Dimaro 1987). In addition to studying B.L.P. stamps of the Kingdom of Italy, Barbacovi also dedicated much of his time to building up the plates of Sicily. Others also come from the original sheets or are the result of the rearrangement of large blocks, which belong to collectors who decided to remain anonymous but made their material available to me, giving me the chance to make this research as thorough as possible.
It has been said that philatelic collecting has evolved over the years and now tends to focus primarily on postal history. Philatelic collecting has indeed evolved, yet this has occurred much less radically than others may think. There are two different ways to collect and research stamps, yet both have their own undeniable value. However, in recent years there has been a marked return to the antique. This has involved the studying of stamps, among which those from Sicily prevail for their characteristics as they are so varied.
The main reason to publish this work is certainly not to revolutionize what Emilio Diena wrote more than one hundred years ago, but rather it is to offer collectors a simple and updated instrument to study in more detail the wonderful stamps of Sicily, whose undeniable beauty will live on forever.
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
USFI (Italian Philatelic Press Union) AWARD for philatelic literature "Apollonio" 2010
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STORIA
DEGLI ANTICHI
STATI ITALIANI
DEGLI ANTICHI
STATI ITALIANI
XII+378 pp. - softbound - 1st ed. 2013
Italian text
ISBN: 978 88581 08772
HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN STATESFrom the establishment of "Regional States" in the XV century - Milan, Venice, Florence - and from the strengthening of Italian States - Piedmont, Papal State, Kingdoms of Naples, Sicily and Sardinia - until Napoleon's conquest, a systematic reconstruction of the modern era of Italian History that includes the various regional realities into a wider viewpoint.
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STORIA POSTALE DEL REGNO DI SICILIA
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dalle origini all'introduzione del francobollo
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POSTE ESTENSI
Trattato Storico e Storico-Postale
1453-1852
Trattato Storico e Storico-Postale
1453-1852
AS A GIFT THE BEAUTIFUL MAP OF ESTE TERRITORIES, reproduction of the original watercolour map, dated XV century, orientation to South (presented on cover).
4 volumes - 368/432/432/312 pp. - more than 3000 colour and b/w ill. - format cm 21x29,7 - cloth with colour cover and case - printed 2001
series "History through documents"
Italian text
ISBN: 88-85335-39-X
978-88-85335-39-4
THE POST IN THE ESTE TERRITORIES978-88-85335-39-4
AND IN THE DUCHY OF MODENA
HISTORY AND POSTAL HISTORY 1453-1852
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DELIBERAZIONI DELLA GIUNTA TOSCANA
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DELIBERAZIONI DELLA GIUNTA TOSCANA
n.79 settembre e novembre 1808 - n.128 gennaio 1809
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N.79 September and November 1808 - N.128 January 1809
N.79 Resolutions of the Council of Tuscany of 14 September and 14 November 1808 relevant to the new organization of the Post for Tuscany letters.
N.128 Resolutions of the Council of Tuscany of 7 January 1809 relevant to the horse Post.
Faithful transcriptions of original documents appeared in the collection of the "Bollettino delle leggi, decreti imperiali e deliberazioni della Giunta Toscana pubblicati nei dipartimenti dell'Arno, dell'Ombrone e del Mediterraneo" starting from the so-called "Dauchy" period up to the occupation by Naples troops under G. Murat's command.
Ferruccio Lucini
STUDIO TECNICO SULLA STAMPA
DEI PRIMI FRANCOBOLLI DEL REGNO DI SARDEGNA
nel 150° anniversario dell'emissione
DEI PRIMI FRANCOBOLLI DEL REGNO DI SARDEGNA
nel 150° anniversario dell'emissione
80 pp. - 16 colour plates - b/w ill. - format cm 17x24 - hardbound - printed 2001
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Italian text
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978-88-85335-64-6
TECHNICAL STUDY ON THE PRINTING OF THE FIRST KINGDOM OF SARDINIA POSTAGE STAMPS978-88-85335-64-6
150th anniversary of issue
Ferruccio Lucini combines, in this volume, his love for philately and his experience as an art printer in his family activity.
A real mine rich in information about the printing methods used for the first postage stamps of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the whole production from the litho stone to the printing press, with several explanatory images.
Decrees relevant to issues and rates are included.
CONTENTS
* Biography of Victor Emmanuel II
* The five ministerial decrees signed by the Prime Minister Massimo d'Azeglio
* Francesco Matraire: The litho stone; Litho execution techniques; Litho transfer onto stone technique
* The preparation of main stones: The first main stone; The second main stone; Secret marks; The main stone of the "matrix"; Transfers; Print steeping of gummed paper; The inking; The "Star Press"
* Technical notes on the printing of the first Kingdom of Sardinia postage stamps: The sheets and the large blocks of the three values; Colour tables
* Group gutters: Some group gutters of the cent.5; Some group gutters of the cent.20; Gutter of the cent.40; The error in the cent.5 postage stamp
* Examples of high franking and postal expiry date
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LA POSTA AUSTRIACA A ROMA
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978-88-85335-76-9
THE AUSTRIAN POST IN ROME978-88-85335-76-9
The story of a post office in Rome, first Veneto, then Milanese and at the end Austrian depending on the different events from the Medieval times to the first decades of the XIX century, is really fascinating thanks to its diplomatic and historical-political implications. Many scholars have studied the subject from different points of view: legal, diplomatic, historical-political, postal; also the postmarks used in the short period from 1802 to 1809 have been analysed.
In this work the author has collected all the material known, with the addition of some documents which are really difficult to find and some from the State Archives in Milan.
VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli
Emilio Diena
I FRANCOBOLLI DELLE ROMAGNE
36 pp. - b/w ill. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - 2nd ed. 2005
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ISBN: 88-85335-54-3
978-88-85335-54-7
ROMAGNA POSTAGE STAMPS978-88-85335-54-7
Translation from the French original version published by G.B.Moens in Brussels in 1898.
Introduction by Enzo Diena.
Some years have passed since its first publication; however, it still maintains its great philatelic and scientific value.
The author has succeeded in finding the right historical perspective and wiping out every doubt on the existence of 6 baj. postage stamps, which were really used.
Emilio Diena - Leopoldo Rivolta - Alfredo E. Fiecchi
REGNO LOMBARDO-VENETO
La prima e la seconda emissione
La prima e la seconda emissione
64 pp. - b/w ill. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - reprinted 2013 (2nd ed. 2005 - 1st ed. 1990)
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ISBN: 88-85335-79-9
978-88-85335-79-0
LOMBARDY VENETIA KINGDOM 978-88-85335-79-0
The first and the second issue
The notes on the postage stamps of the first and second issue are taken from the known magazine "Il Corriere Filatelico" in which they appeared serialized, written by some of the most famous authors on philately.
The volume is rich in reproductions, in enlargements which facilitate its consultation, in tables and in precise and detailed information.
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FROM LIRA TO EURO150 YEARS OF HISTORY
Two postage stamps which are witnesses of 150 years of currency "revolutions" collected in an elegant folder to collect, to exhibit or to give as a present.
The sole 1 lire postage stamp in the period of the Italian States, the one of the Duchy of Modena of 1852.
The first 1 Euro postage stamp issued by the Italian Post on 2 January 2002.
The 1 Lira of Modena is unused with original gum without hinge and with the guarantee signature Paolo Vaccari.
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edited by Paolo Vaccari
La collezione
EMIL CAPELLARO
REGNO LOMBARDO VENETO
EMIL CAPELLARO
REGNO LOMBARDO VENETO
• Die Sammlung • The collection
EMIL CAPELLARO
KÖNIGREICH LOMBARDO-VENETIEN
KINGDOM OF LOMBARDY VENETIA
EMIL CAPELLARO
KÖNIGREICH LOMBARDO-VENETIEN
KINGDOM OF LOMBARDY VENETIA
260 pp. - more than 600 colour illustrations - format cm 21x29.7 - hardbound - high quality glossy paper - printed 2007
series "History through documents"
Italian, German and English text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
ISBN: 978-88-85335-88-2
The volume presents the important Lombardy Venetia collection of Emil Capellaro, one of the world greatest collectors of the subject, collection which has obtained several prestigious awards and maximum appreciation.The 1850 issue with different types and papers, cancellations, franking, even mixed ones, forgeries, fiscal use of postage stamps and postal use of revenue stamps, newspapers postage stamps and tax fiscal.
To respect and show Mr Capellaro's choices, the original organisation of the collection has been maintained as much as possible, as to the sequence of tables and the arrangement of the more than 600 items reproduced in colour, natural size; only some tables, due to space, have been divided into more pages.
Moreover, further sheets have been included; they belong to the collection but have never been exhibited.
Cancellations are not in alphabetical order; therefore, a specific index has been created in order to make their finding easier.
The descriptions carried out by Paolo Vaccari make reference to those of the original collection.
Due to the importance of the collection Emil Capellaro, descriptions are also in German (the collector's mother tongue) and English.
CONTENTS
* Preface
* Emil Capellaro - My life as a collector
* Map of Lombardy Venetia Kingdom
* List of post offices and collecting offices of the ancient provinces
* Lombardy Venetia Kingdom - Postal historical background
* Lombardy Venetia Kingdom - The collection
* 1850 centesimi issue - types
- handmade paper
- machine-made paper
* First day of use - 1 June 1850, first day of issue
* 5 centesimi
* 10 centesimi
* 15 centesimi
- ribbed paper
- laid paper
- machine-made paper
* 30 centesimi
* 45 centesimi
* Paper folds
* Upper and lower printer's space
* Sheet corner
* Cancellations
- black ink
- azure ink
- red ink
- mute cancels with town cancel
* Franking
* Austrian postage stamps used in the Lombardy Venetia Kingdom
* Lombardy Venetia stamps used in Austrian territory
* Mixed franking
- centesimi and kreuzer postage stamps
- Lombardy Venetia first and second issue
- postage and revenue stamps - fiscal use
- postage and revenue stamps - postal use
- Lombardy Venetia and Papal State postage stamps
* Postal forgeries used for postage
- Verona forgeries
- Milan forgeries
* Postage stamps - fiscal use
* Revenue stamps - postal use
* Newspaper stamps
* Newspaper tax fiscal
Bibliography
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.
He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
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Mario Mentaschi - Thomas Mathà
LETTER MAIL FROM AND TO
THE OLD ITALIAN STATES
1850-1870
+ CD with full colour illustrations
THE OLD ITALIAN STATES
1850-1870
+ CD with full colour illustrations
320 pp. - 717 b/w ill. - format cm 21x29.7 - hardbound - high quality glossy paper - printed 2008
series "History through documents"
English text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
ISBN: 978-88-85335-89-9
For the first time a book devoted to the international routes and rates of mail from and to the Old Italian States published in Italy. To allow reaching a broader audience, the authors have preferred to write it in English.The aim of this book is to explain the postal rates and routes of mail from and to the Old Italian States from 1850 to the introduction of the Sardinian / Italian rates in 1859-1861. In two cases the analysis was extended to 1866 (for Austrian Venetia), and 1870 (for the Papal States). In fact the conquest of Rome, in September 1870, signalled the end of the last Old Italian State.
The countries are divided by continent, and are presented in alphabetical order. Within each country the following information is presented in chronological order.
- In relation to the direct postal Conventions, their effective dates and salient points are indicated. Whenever a direct Convention existed, the postal rates of the two countries were generally equal, except for the rounding of the different currencies.
- When mail was carried with the mediation of a third country, the rates of outgoing mail were generally different from those of the incoming mail. It was also possible to have the mediation of more countries for the same destination.
- The postal routes are indicated when a given mediation allowed for different routings.
The currency in use is indicated with its parity to the main currencies, as this will allow a better understanding of the accountancy markings. In addition, the different weight units and their conversion into grams are stated in order to explain the respective weight progressions of letters and printed matter.
The set of Analytical Indexes was designed to make this volume as user friendly as possible, with a view to allow a quick reference to any desired subject.
CONTENTS
* Introduction
* Brief Summary of the Old Italian States
* Letter Mail from and to Europe: Austrian Empire - Belgium - Denmark - France - Gibraltar - Greece - Ionian Islands - Malta - Norway - Old German States (Federation of Northern German States) - Ottoman Empire (Moldavia - Turkey - Walachia) - Portugal (Madeira) - Russian Empire - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - The Netherlands - United Kingdom
* Letter Mail from and to North America: Canada, New Brunswick, Novascotia, Newfoundland - United States of America
* Letter Mail from and to Central America: Bahamas (British Central America) - Cuba (Spanish Central America) - Guatemala - Haiti - Mexico - Puerto Rico (Spanish Central America) - St. Thomas (Danish Central America) - Trinidad (British Central America)
* Letter Mail from and to South America (Atlantic Coast): Argentina - Brazil - New Granada / Colombia - Uruguay - Venezuela
* Letter Mail from and to South America (Pacific Coast): Chile - Ecuador - Peru
* Letter Mail from and to Africa: Accra - Algeria (France) - Canary Islands (Spain) - Egypt (Ottoman Empire) - Lagos - Mauritius - Morocco - Seychelles - Tunisia (Ottoman Empire)
* Letter Mail from and to Asia: Ceylon - China - Hong Kong - India - Singapore - Syria (Ottoman Empire)
* Letter Mail from and to Australia: New Zealand - Victoria, New South Wales
* Rate Tables
* Abbreviations
* References to Reproductions of Covers
* Bibliography
* Analytical Index of Countries of Origin / Destination and of Routings
* Analytical Index of Origins and Destinations
* Analytical Index of Postal Markings
The authors
Mario Mentaschi and Thomas Mathà, for the presentation of their collection, which is the base for the present work, have been awarded the Tilleard medal by the Royal Philatelic Society of London.
Dr. Ing. Mario Mentaschi, FRPSL, born in 1942, is a retired manager and lives in Vicenza, Italy. He started studying postal history of the Old Italian States about thirty years ago and is today one of the leading experts of the Italian Postal History 1850-1870. He wrote numerous articles in Italian postal history magazines; his studies resulted so far in his book Lire, soldi, crazie, grana & bajocchi (2003) which has obtained gold medals in the FIP international exhibitions "Singapore world stamp championship 2004", with felicitations of the Jury, and "Pacific Explorer 2005" held in Sydney. In 2004 the book was also awarded the Fulvio Apollonio prize of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana". He exhibited in various international stamp exhibitions and obtained several gold medals. Mr. Mentaschi is a FIP judge for postal history, he is a fellow of the "Royal Philatelic Society London", a member of the "Accademia Italiana di filatelia e storia postale" and a fellow of the "International Postal History Fellowship".
Dr. Thomas Mathà, FRPSL, born in 1972, is a city manager and lives in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. Since a very early age he developed a keen interest in postal history and published his first book about Postal History of the Allied Occupations of Trieste 1947-1954 in 1992. In the last 10 years he specialized in Postal History of Old Italian States, with a special emphasis on Roman States, publishing articles in Italian and international magazines. With his collection he obtained large gold medals at the international stamp exhibitions "Amphilex 2002", "España 2004", "Sydney 2005" and "Washington 2006". In 2005 he was awarded the Gran Prix of the National Italian Stamp Exhibition "Villa Manin Fil 2005". He serves as a national judge for postal history and youth class. Mr. Mathà is a fellow of the "Royal Philatelic Society London", a member of the "Deutscher Altbriefsammler-Verein", the "International Association of Philatelic Experts" (AIEP), the "Italy & Colonies Study Circle" and a fellow of the "International Postal History Fellowship".
Dr. Ing. Mario Mentaschi, FRPSL, born in 1942, is a retired manager and lives in Vicenza, Italy. He started studying postal history of the Old Italian States about thirty years ago and is today one of the leading experts of the Italian Postal History 1850-1870. He wrote numerous articles in Italian postal history magazines; his studies resulted so far in his book Lire, soldi, crazie, grana & bajocchi (2003) which has obtained gold medals in the FIP international exhibitions "Singapore world stamp championship 2004", with felicitations of the Jury, and "Pacific Explorer 2005" held in Sydney. In 2004 the book was also awarded the Fulvio Apollonio prize of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana". He exhibited in various international stamp exhibitions and obtained several gold medals. Mr. Mentaschi is a FIP judge for postal history, he is a fellow of the "Royal Philatelic Society London", a member of the "Accademia Italiana di filatelia e storia postale" and a fellow of the "International Postal History Fellowship".
Dr. Thomas Mathà, FRPSL, born in 1972, is a city manager and lives in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. Since a very early age he developed a keen interest in postal history and published his first book about Postal History of the Allied Occupations of Trieste 1947-1954 in 1992. In the last 10 years he specialized in Postal History of Old Italian States, with a special emphasis on Roman States, publishing articles in Italian and international magazines. With his collection he obtained large gold medals at the international stamp exhibitions "Amphilex 2002", "España 2004", "Sydney 2005" and "Washington 2006". In 2005 he was awarded the Gran Prix of the National Italian Stamp Exhibition "Villa Manin Fil 2005". He serves as a national judge for postal history and youth class. Mr. Mathà is a fellow of the "Royal Philatelic Society London", a member of the "Deutscher Altbriefsammler-Verein", the "International Association of Philatelic Experts" (AIEP), the "Italy & Colonies Study Circle" and a fellow of the "International Postal History Fellowship".
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Emilio Diena
I FRANCOBOLLI DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI
E I DUE PROVVISORI DA MEZZO TORNESE
DEL 1860
E I DUE PROVVISORI DA MEZZO TORNESE
DEL 1860
312 pp. - 325 b/w ill. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - reprinted 1992 - 2nd ed. 2008
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text
ISBN: 978-88-85335-93-6
POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLESAND TWO TEMPORARY HALF TORNESE STAMPS OF 1860
In 1858 the first postage stamps of Naples, and on the occasion of the 150th anniversary the study by Emilio Diena about the postage stamps of the Kingdom of Naples.
The well-known monograph, first published in a series of articles in the magazine "Il Corriere Filatelico" between 1929 and 1931, and later in the edition of 1932, is properly considered as Emilio Diena's masterpiece.
The work is the result of several years of research and study in a subject which is really difficult to deal with, due to technical and graphic problems (plates, double prints, papers, shades of colour) and historical and postal-historical aspects.
Emilio Diena was able to solve many issues and to organise the material found in a perfect way so that his work is still a reference point for specialists.
Such a result was obtained even thanks to a team effort: his son Alberto spent several months in Naples to look for the official documentation; Emilio Diena had the opportunity to consult the most important collectors of the time; to plate the "crocetta", he was given the photographs of the 87 copies of that rare 1/2 tornese kept in the Tapling collection by Sir Edward Demy Bacon.
The present new edition, included in the series "the Recoveries", is like the anastatic reprint of 1992, with preface by Enzo Diena, except for its layout.
The three tables on their own with the reproductions of the varieties of the 1/2 tornese Croce di Savoia postage stamp have been included in the volume.
Several illustrations of all the stamps.
CONTENTS
Preface
Note to the plates
Introduction
* I - Essays of postage stamps prepared in 1849
* II - Proposals, decrees and regulations for the introduction of the postal reform
* III - From the choice of the subject to be reproduced on the postage stamps to the issue of 1 January 1858
* IV - Description of the postage stamps following the different plates
* V - Typographic essays of 1858
* VI - Provisional issue of 1/2 tornese postage stamps
* VII - Gradual substitution of the Bourbon set and of the two 1/2 tornese stamps of 1860 with the issue of 1861
* VIII - Frauds in the use of postage stamps
* IX - The Papal territories of Benevento and Pontecorvo annexed to Naples Provinces. Use of the Bourbon postage stamps in the territory of Benevento
* X - Reprints of the set of 1858
* XI - Postmarks
* XII - Railway postal services
* XIII - Army postal service during the annexation period
* XIV - Fakes of original postage stamps and imitations for collectors
Bibliography
Siegfried Deider
DIE SAMMLUNG
CAPELLARO
ÖSTERREICH 1850/54
CAPELLARO
ÖSTERREICH 1850/54
205 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2008
German text
AUSTRIA 1850/1854
The volume presents the part relevant to Austria of the important collection of Emil Capellaro, one of the world greatest collectors of the subject, collection which has obtained several prestigious awards and maximum appreciation.
Reproductions of postage stamps, cancels, covers divided by subject: issue 1850 (hand-made paper) and 1854 (machine-made paper) unused; first dates of use 1-30 June 1850; examples of franking in kreuzer from 1 to 207; registration, cancels and covers; Austrian cancellations; flag cancels; dumb cancellations; Austrian office in Belgrade; the Post in Liechtenstein; Lake Garda and Mediterranean Sea Post; Field Post; ornamental covers; mixed franking, issues 1850/54 and 1858; mixed franking, postage stamps and revenue stamps; revenue stamps, postal use.
Gaetano Gatto - Giuseppe Antonio Natoli
1859-1860
STORIA POSTALE DEI FRANCOBOLLI DI SICILIA
STORIA POSTALE DEI FRANCOBOLLI DI SICILIA
XIV+338 pp. - colour ill. - cloth-bound with gold inscriptions and colour cover - printed 2008
Italian text
POSTAL HISTORY OF SICILY POSTAGE STAMPS
Thanks to the census of more than 7000 letters, the present work analyses the postal history of Sicilian postage stamps: rates, franking, destinations known, postmarks, retouches on cover, letters sent during the insurrectionary period and in the following "Garibaldi" period, last dates of use of the postage stamps for every post office.
Last part of the book is devoted to a detailed historical analysis of the period April-July 1860, with the effects that historical events had on postal communication in the island.
Hundreds of reproductions in colours, with most of the rarest letters franked with Sicilian postage stamps.
CONTENTS
Preface by Giuseppe Antonio Natoli
Introduction by Nino Aquila
Introduction by Francesco Lombardo
CHAP.1 - SICILY POSTAGE STAMPS - Postage stamps - Delivery of postage stamps by the printer - 1/2 grano I plate - 1/2 grano II plate - 1 grano I plate - 1 grano II plate - 1 grano III plate - 2 grana I plate - 2 grana II plate - 2 grana III plate - 5 grana I plate - 5 grana I plate - 5 grana II plate - 10 grana - 20 grana - 50 grana
CHAP.2 - COMMUNICATIONS IN THE ISLAND - Routes - Land communications - Maritime communications - Calendar for the year 1859 - Calendar for the year 1860
CHAP.3 - SICILIAN POST OFFICES - Post offices - Tables for every post office, from Alcamo to Vizzini
CHAP.4 - REGULATIONS AND RATES - Inland rates - Half sheet rate - Rates to the Italian States - Rates to foreign countries - Census of letters to foreign countries - Franking with Sicilian postage stamps
CHAP.5 - INSURRECTION AND OCCUPATION - The insurrection of Gancia and Garibaldian occupation - Chronicle of the uprising in Sicily from April 1860 to the capitulation of the city of Messina (4 April 1860 - 28 July 1860) - Historical notes: the insurrection of Gancia - Historical notes: the landing in Marsala - Historical notes: the fighting in Calatafimi - Historical notes: the battle in Palermo - Historical notes: the battle in Milazzo - Communications in the island from the insurrection of Gancia to the arrival of the "Thousand" - Communications in the island after the landing of the "Thousand" - The postage stamps used during Garibaldian period - The espionage of the Kingdom of Sardinia consulates - Garibaldian postal regulations - Letters confiscated by Garibaldi's soldiers - Garibaldian mail - The post office in Messina and the so-called siege
CHAP.6 - BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Unione Filatelica Siciliana
SICILIA DUEMILANOVE
U.F.S. 1859-2009
Palermo, 18-21 giugno 2009
U.F.S. 1859-2009
Palermo, 18-21 giugno 2009
176 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - softbound - printed 2009
Italian text
U.F.S. 1859-2009
Palermo, 18-21 June 2009
Philatelic Exhibitions
Catalogue of the exhibition held on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Sicilian postage stamps and of the 200 years since the birth of Tommaso Aloysio Juvara, their engraver.
National exhibition upon invitation and XXIX Sicilian philatelic congress.
Palermo, 18-21 June 2009
Ex "Deposito di locomotive di S. Erasmo"
CONTENTS
- Quel sabato di capodanno del 1859, di Nino Aquila
- Le sedi della Posta a Palermo
- La stazione di Sant'Erasmo, di a.a.
- Riutilizzo del bollo "franca" in Sicilia, di Giovanni Tripodo
- La riforma postale in Sicilia del 1819, di Andrea Corsini
- I timbri borbonici "assicurata" usati in Sicilia su francobolli sardi, di Gianfranco Jannuzzo
- Timbri di emergenza del XIX secolo, di Francesco Orlando
- Il "lascito Aloysio Juvara" nel museo regionale di Messina, di Gioacchino Barbera e Giovanni Molonia
- Tommaso Aloysio Juvara a Palermo, di Giovanni Molonia
- Francesco Lao: il tipografo dei "testoni", di Franco Tomasino
SICILIADUEMILANOVE - CATALOGO DELLE COLLEZIONI ESPOSTE
- Chi c'era a "Sicilia '59", di Nino Aquila
- I miei ricordi di "Sicilia '59", di Alberto Bolaffi
- Ricordo di "Sicilia '59", di Francesco Lombardo
- Sicilia 1823: inedito nominale manoscritto di Centorbi, di Leonardo Di Bella
- Casteltermini nei suoi primi vent'anni di storia postale, di Pietro Amorelli
- Sicilia 1861-63. Storia postale del periodo "sardo italiano", di Francesco Orlando
- La targa Florio per idrovolanti, di Andrea Amoroso
IL 29° CONVEGNO FILATELICO SICILIANO
- Ubaldo Tedesco, un presidente che fece grande l'U.F.S., di Nino Aquila
- Le strade palermitane che rievocano le vicende risorgimentali, di Mario Di Liberto
- Ricordo di Pier Luigi Alliata di Pietratagliata, di Nino Aquila
Massimiliano Ferroni - Mario Serone
10 CENTES.
PRIMA EMISSIONE DEL LOMBARDO VENETO
PRIMA EMISSIONE DEL LOMBARDO VENETO
152 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - softbound - printed 2009
Italian and English text with abstract in German
FIRST ISSUE OF LOMBARDY VENETIA
Preface by Fabio Sottoriva
Study centred on the 10 centimes of the first issue of Lombardy Venetia in all its aspects analysed in details: design, typographical project and realization, printing (different quantity with respect to important scholars of the past such as Müller, De Frank, Provera and Huber, that is for hand-made paper a higher number, and for machine-made paper a lower number, more than 300.000 copies), paper, watermark, types and subtypes, list of places where the machine-made paper stamp was used, typographical characteristics, first printing, cliché wearing, printer's spaces, distance between the stamps, pin points, print on margins, types of set-off, coat of arms, sheet margins, St Andrew's crosses, colours (10 shades for the hand-made paper copies and 4 for the machine-made paper ones), use in the towns and districts, special rates and uses, items bearing peculiar franking, frauds, "forwarded", the rarest machine-made paper items, mixed franking, last dates of use, reprints. Then, the many recurrent defects of cliché: besides a rich iconography of the most visible and known defects, for some of them the different steps of deterioration in time are shown.
CONTENTS
Preface
CHAP.1 - The 10 centesimi of first issue of Lombardy-Venetian Kingdom
CHAP.2 - Postal usage
CHAP.3 - The clichés defects
Bibliography
Preface
CHAP.1 - The 10 centesimi of first issue of Lombardy-Venetian Kingdom
CHAP.2 - Postal usage
CHAP.3 - The clichés defects
Bibliography
edited by Nino Aquila
LE COLLEZIONI
DELLA FONDAZIONE "IGNAZIO MORMINO"
DEL BANCO DI SICILIA
I FRANCOBOLLI
DELLA FONDAZIONE "IGNAZIO MORMINO"
DEL BANCO DI SICILIA
I FRANCOBOLLI
224 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound with colour cover - printed 2009
Italian text
OF FONDAZIONE BANCO DI SICILIA
POSTAGE STAMPS
Fondazione Ignazio Mormino of Banco di Sicilia keeps, among historical and antiquarian property, a prestigious philatelic collection, presented in this volume, which is the first of a series devoted to the Foundation's possessions.
The collection includes 1482 items in 900 really rare postal documents relevant to the first issues of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which were used in 1858 in the Kingdom of Naples and from 1 January 1859 in the Kingdom of Sicily. The latter are known as the most beautiful stamps issued by the Old Italian States: the portrait of Ferdinando II was engraved by Tommaso Aloysio Juvara (1809-1875) from Messina, one of the best engravers in the middle of the XIX century.
To complete the work, the editor, Nino Aquila, has added material coming from private prestigious collections.
In the chapters before the presentation of the stamps, the volume follows the history of the issues in their historical background, the route and postal situation in Sicily in the XIX century, and the formation of the collection.
ASPOT
Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana
ASPOT - CATALOGO DEI BOLLI PREFILATELICI TOSCANI
220 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - hardbound with colour cover - printed 2010
WITH VALUATIONS
Italian text
New edition revised and updated, with a short historical introduction.
The catalogue is divided into three parts.
In the first section, there is the traditional catalogue of postmarks in order by place where they were used, that is by post office.
In the second one, the postmarks are grouped according to the function they had: international relations, sea routes, sanitary, military, railway, handwritten marks used abroad for mail coming from Tuscany.
In the third part, there are the postmarks used in Lucca and its territory, before this area became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Valter Astolfi
IL TELEGRAFO IN ITALIA 1847-1946
352 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2011
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
With catalogue of the different forms and some examples of combination between Telegraph and Post.
The study deals with the telegraph service from the collectors' point of view, for the first time in Italy. It tells its story from the advent of the electric telegraph, with information about regulations and rates, the reproduction of forms used for the public: types of telegram, receipt and envelope.
CONTENTS
* Introduction
* The optic telegraph
* The electric telegraph
* Lombardy Venetia Kingdom
* Duchy of Modena
* Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Naples
* Duchy of Parma
* Papal State
* Romagne
* Kingdom of Sardinia
* Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Sicily
* Grand Duchy of Tuscany
* Characteristics of the service (period Ancient States)
* Concession companies for Railway (period Ancient States)
* Kingdom of Italy (1861-1899)
* Concession companies for Railway (period Kingdom of Italy)
* Kingdom of Italy (1900-1946)
* Concession companies for wireless telegraph
* Concession companies for submarine cables
* Concession companies for telephone services
* Miscellaneous
* Bibliography
Edoardo P. Ohnmeiss
DAI MOTI CARBONARI A CIRO MENOTTI
1820 - 1831
1820 - 1831
144 pp. - 135 b/w ill. - format cm 20x27 - softbound - printed 1991 - 1st reprint 2011
series "History through documents"
Italian text
ISBN: 978-88-96381-10-6
FROM CARBONARI REVOLTS TO CIRO MENOTTI 1820 - 1831The History of the sacrifice by the Hero of Italian Risorgimento and of Carbonari revolts from 1820 to 1831 presented through documentary material. The research is based on the original documents of the time, all illustrated, sent or spread by the Postal Service or carried by horse-couriers.
After the Republican revolution, Napoleon period, Murat, Italy is again at the mercy of oppressive governments. Thanks to the improvement of the road system and the following development of communication, information and news about what is happening can circulate easily, thus generating groups of people well informed and aware. Since the resulting rebellion cannot be expressed openly, many secret Societies and Confraternities arise.
The book revisits their story, follows the events and brings back to life the act of courage of a great son of Modena, revolt heart, Ciro Menotti.
CONTENTS
* Author's biography
* Acknowledgements
* Preface
* Introduction
* Chronology of revolts 1820-1821 and 1830-1831
CHAPTER I
* Political situation
* Kingdom of Sardinia
* Lombardy Venetia Kingdom
* Papal State
* Duchy of Modena and Reggio
* Grand Duchy of Tuscany
* Duchy of Lucca
* Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
* Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
CHAPTER II
* The first revolts (1816-1817)
* Revolts in Naples and Revolution in Palermo (1820-1821)
* The Post in Sicily and Revolution
* Bourbon Restoration
* Austrian reaction
* Documents (Naples and Carbonari revolts - Austrian reaction)
CHAPTER III
* Revolts in Piedmont (1821)
* Restorations
* Documents (Revolts in Piedmont - Restorations)
CHAPTER IV
* New revolutionary movements (1830)
* Conspiracy in Modena territories
* Enrico Misley and Ciro Menotti
CHAPTER V
* Ciro Menotti's actions (1831)
* Revolt spreads
* Documents (Provisional Government of Modena - Provisional Government of Reggio - Provisional Government of Bologna - Revolution in Romagne - Rebellion in the Marches - Uprising in Umbria)
CHAPTER VI
* Vanguardia
* The first "March on Rome"
* Documents (Military Headquarters, Vanguardia and Army in the United Provinces)
CHAPTER VII
* Austrian countermanoeuvre
* Documents
CHAPTER VIII
* The fateful 9 March 1831
* Documents
CHAPTER IX
* Towards the end
* Documents (The Act of surrender)
CHAPTER X
* The end of a brave patriot
* Documents
* Appendix
* Bibliography
Fernando Caboni - Giancarlo Caddeo - Giuseppe Di Bella - Giovanni Licata
STORIA DELLE COMUNICAZIONI POSTALI
NELL'ISOLA DI SARDEGNA
Catalogo e valutazione delle impronte e degli annullamenti 1792-1920
NELL'ISOLA DI SARDEGNA
Catalogo e valutazione delle impronte e degli annullamenti 1792-1920
152 pp. - b/w ill. - softbound - printed 2011
POINT VALUATIONS WITH RANGE IN EURO
Italian text
Catalogue and valuation of postmarks and cancellations 1792-1920
By Cagliari Association for Philately and Numismatics
History of postal service in Sardinia and catalogue of all the marks used in the island from the prehadesive period to the 20's of the Twentieth century, the result of many years of research and study of thousands of documents.
The authors follow the development of postal communication in the island through the different historical steps and the political-institutional background, and place the marks in their historical-political context, of which they are unmistakable evidence.
The present work provides many updates to what known before. It includes cancellations relevant to sea and railway services, but not those of military mail and of the Kingdom of Sardinia fleet (1848-1861) as they were not used in the island.
Salvatore Amoroso
OGGI SI VOLA!
150 anni di aeronautica
in Sicilia
1861-2011
150 anni di aeronautica
in Sicilia
1861-2011
240 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 2011
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
150 years of Aviation in Sicily
1861-2011
With the cooperation of Regione Sicilia.
A historical excursus relevant to aviation in Sicily, from ascents by balloon to the events connected to "the heaviest in the air", with some reference to the relation between planes and aerophilately.
Richly illustrated with photographs, documents, drawings and postcards.
CONTENTS
* Introduction
* The myth of flight in Sicily
* Aviation and balloons
* The first successes of "the heaviest in the air"
* "Give wings to Italy"
* 1917: the air mail experiment Naples-Palermo-Naples
* Post war. Aviation starts again with difficulty
* Sicily enters in national and international air lines
* Conclusion
* Name index
* Bibliography
LUX IN ARCANA
L'ARCHIVIO SEGRETO VATICANO SI RIVELA
Catalogo della mostra presso i Musei Capitolini di Roma
dal 29 febbraio al 9 settembre 2012
L'ARCHIVIO SEGRETO VATICANO SI RIVELA
Catalogo della mostra presso i Musei Capitolini di Roma
dal 29 febbraio al 9 settembre 2012
216 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 2012
Italian text
THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVE REVEALS ITSELF
Catalogue of the exhibition held by the Capitoline Museums in Rome from 29 February to 9 September 2012
100 original documents, selected among the treasures preserved and cherished by the Vatican Secret Archives for centuries, conclaves, heresies, popes and emperors, crusades, excommunications, ciphered letters, manuscripts, codices, and ancient parchments. Really ancient and priceless papal documents leave the Vatican for the first and possibly only time in history.
Giannarosa Righetti Mazza
L'ESTETICA NELLA CORRISPONDENZA
DEL XIX SECOLO
storie di carta
Appunti e documenti Storico-Postali
DEL XIX SECOLO
storie di carta
Appunti e documenti Storico-Postali
196 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2012
Italian text
Stories of paper
Historical and Postal Notes and Documents
A showcase of covers, letter seals, greeting cards, headed letters, postage stamps, cancellations and franking, illustrated postcards, all of them reproduced in colours underlying their aesthetic value and analyzing their content and communication intent also from a social point of view.
LUX IN ARCANA
THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES REVEALS ITSELF
Catalogue of the exhibition held by the Capitoline Museums in Rome from 29 February to 9 September 2012
THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES REVEALS ITSELF
Catalogue of the exhibition held by the Capitoline Museums in Rome from 29 February to 9 September 2012
216 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 2012
English text
THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVE REVEALS ITSELF
100 original documents, selected among the treasures preserved and cherished by the Vatican Secret Archives for centuries, conclaves, heresies, popes and emperors, crusades, excommunications, ciphered letters, manuscripts, codices, and ancient parchments. Really ancient and priceless papal documents leave the Vatican for the first and possibly only time in history.
Antonello Cerruti
ANTICHI STATI ITALIANI
ORIGINALI E FALSI
I falsi di Jean De Sperati
ORIGINALI E FALSI
I falsi di Jean De Sperati
12 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2018
Italian text
ORIGINALS AND FORGERIES
The forgeries by Jean De Sperati
12 pages with the colour and enlarged reproductions of the originals and of the corresponding forgeries created by Jean De Sperati and the description of the features to distinguish them.
It deals with the forgeries of Regency of Naples, Duchy of Parma, Papal State, Kingdom of Sardinia, Sicily, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Antonello Cerruti
I FALSI PER POSTA
USATI IN ITALIA FINO AL 1863
Lombardo Veneto - Regno di Napoli - Province napoletane - Pontificio - Regno d'Italia
USATI IN ITALIA FINO AL 1863
Lombardo Veneto - Regno di Napoli - Province napoletane - Pontificio - Regno d'Italia
36 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2018
Italian text
USED IN ITALY UP TO 1863
Lombardy Venetia - Kingdom of Naples and Provinces - Papal State - Kingdom of Italy
36 pages with the colour and enlarged reproductions of the forgeries for post used in the Italian States and in Italy up to 1863.
Antonello Cerruti
I FRANCOBOLLI DA 2 GRANA
DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI
DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI
24 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2019
Italian text
24 pages printed in colour illustrate, by means of tens of enlargements and details, the main features of the 2 grana postage stamps of the Kingdom of Naples, including the numerous interesting engraving varieties of these stamps created by the mastery of Giuseppe Masini and Gennaro De Masa.
The complete reconstructions of the I and of the II plate are printed in colour for the first time.
Rocco Cassandri - Giuseppe Di Bella - Antonio Ferrario
1860
LETTERE DALLA GUERRA D'ITALIA
SULLE TRACCE DEI GARIBALDINI
LETTERE DALLA GUERRA D'ITALIA
SULLE TRACCE DEI GARIBALDINI
402 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2015
italian text
LETTERS FROM THE WAR OF ITALY
ON THE TRAIL OF GARIBALDI'S SOLDIERS
The Authors use postal materials as historical source, relating the historical events to postal history, and vice versa, also thanks to the fortunate recovery of two letters of that period that are systematically analyzed.
The scenery is the enterprise of Garibaldi's Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of Two Sicilies: in this context, the system of postal communications that played a strategic role in it is examined. This central event of Italian Risorgimento is narrated from a different and unreleased viewpoint, highlighting also a slice of the daily life of some participants to Garibaldi's enterprise, exploring for the first time the contents of the letters that often narrate events in a different way.
The book develops in parallel a rigorous postal-historical study of the rates and of the ways of sending mail from and to the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, highlighting the fast changes in postal communication, determined by Garibaldi's advance and by the other events connected to the development of the Kingdom of Italy.
Dealing with a period of war and revolution, the Authors have found some difficulties in finding the norms that determined the changes in the correspondence rates.
Antonello Cerruti
I FRANCOBOLLI DA 2 GRANA
DEL REGNO DI SICILIA
DEL REGNO DI SICILIA
36 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2018
Italian text
The three plates prepared for the print of 2 grana postage stamps of the Kingdom of Sicily are reproduced in over thirty plates in colour and b/w.
All the retouches and also the single plates (whole, divided into two and four parts) are examined in detail with minute enlargements, so to make the consultation of every single postage stamp easy even to less expert people.
Lucette Blanc-Girardet
JEAN DE SPERATI
L'HOMME QUI COPIAIT LES TIMBRES
BIOGRAPHIE
L'HOMME QUI COPIAIT LES TIMBRES
BIOGRAPHIE
128 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - horizontal format - printed 2003
French text
THE MAN WHO COPIED POSTAGE STAMPS
A BIOGRAPHY
Result of the fruitful meeting between the author and Sperati's daughter, Yvonne, who made available to the journalist thousands of unreleased family documents, the book is the compendium of a long research of archive that combines private aspects and public events of the famous faker of international reputation.
Numerous are the images that enrich the book, by means of documents, letters, postage stamps and photos.
A work useful both to expert collectors and philatelists, both to those who are simply attracted or intrigued by the eccentric personality of Jean de Sperati, that helps to understand better the reasons and the results of his peculiar work.
CONTENTS
* Genealogical tree
* Dates of trials
* The family of Jean de Sperati
* Italy
* Paris
* Lyon and the castle of Carre of Isère
* Aix-les-Bains
* The affair and the trials in France
* The history of Treskilling and its consequences
* The character of Jean de Sperati
* The complete technique of Philately of Art
* Epilogue
Antonello & Maria Isabella Cerruti
ORIGINALI E FALSI
Appunti sparsi
Appunti sparsi
62 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2018
Italian text
Scattered notes
This is the third volume of the series "Originals and Forgeries". It takes into consideration different examples, in addition to those represented in the previous volumes, of: Lombardy Venetia, Kingdom of Italy, World War I, Trentino-Alto Adige, Constantinople, Italian East Africa, Italian Occupations of World War II, Local issues in the R.S.I. period, Committees of National Liberation, Italian Republic, Trieste A, San Marino, Vatican State and China.
CONTENTS
* Lombardo Veneto: l'annullo a tre cerchi di Peschiera
* Italia Regno: I francobolli definitivi delle emissioni De La Rue/Torino; I francobolli con appendice pubblicitaria
* I guerra mondiale: Occupazione Austriaca, Francobolli per espressi
* Trentino Alto Adige
* Costantinopoli: il francobollo da 1 piastra della prima emissione
* Africa Orientale Italiana: i non emessi della serie Fratellanza d'armi
* Occupazioni della II Guerra Mondiale: Cefalonia e Itaca
* Emissioni locali in periodo di R.S.I.: Teramo
* Comitati di Liberazione Nazionale: Aosta
* Italia Repubblica: Il 500 lire degli "Stati Generali; Il foglietto "Italia '85"; I falsi di Acquaviva dei francobolli di ITALIA '90; francobolli moderni; il "G7" non emesso
* Trieste A: le soprastampe differenti realizzate nel 1954
* San Marino: Cinquantenario del Palazzo del Governo; il 1000 lire di posta aerea del 1972
* Vaticano: la serie soprastampata chiamata "Provvisoria"; "Basiliche soprastampato" del 1952
* Cina: la serie dei Panda; la serie dei Pesci
Cod. 1332EA
EUR 25,00
the CATALOGUE OF POSTMARKS 2016 is FREE togheter with the purchase of the complete work
Giuseppe Buffagni
POSTE ESTENSI
Trattato Storico e Storico-Postale 1453-1852
CATALOGO DEI BOLLI
2016
Trattato Storico e Storico-Postale 1453-1852
CATALOGO DEI BOLLI
2016
64 pp. - over 200 b/w ill. - format cm 21x29,7 - softbound - printed 2016
series «History through documents»
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text
ISBN: 978-88-96381-22-9
THE POST IN THE ESTE TERRITORIESAND IN THE DUCHY OF MODENA
HISTORY AND POSTAL HISTORY 1453-1852
CATALOGUE OF POSTMARKS 2016
Following several new findings, the new edition of the catalogue of marks relevant to the Este Duchy from the fourth volume of "The Post in the Este territories and in the Duchy of Modena. History and postal history 1453-1852".
New postmarks, several handwritten marks of the different offices and complementary postmarks.
Main variations refer to colours of ink used, to periods of use, but above all to "first date known" or "last date known".
CONTENTS
Premessa
CHIAVE DEL CATALOGO
* Punteggi
* Criteri usati per la valutazione
* Colori
* Elenco dei colori e abbreviazioni
IL CATALOGO
Modena
Aulla
Brescello
Carpi
Carpineti
Carrara
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana
Castelnovo ne' Monti
Concordia
Correggio
Finale
Fivizzano
Fosdinovo
Guastalla
Massa
Minozzo
Mirandola
Montecchio
Montefiorino
Novi
Pavullo
Pievepelago
Reggio
Sassuolo
San Felice
Savignano
Scandiano
Villafranca
VERMEIL - EXPO 2019 c/o PHILTEMA
Cinisello Balsamo 11-13 ottobre 2019
VERMEIL - ITALIA 2018
23 novembre 2018
Cinisello Balsamo 11-13 ottobre 2019
VERMEIL - ITALIA 2018
23 novembre 2018
Alfredo Alabiso
UFFICI POSTALI ITINERANTI IN SICILIA
Catalogo dei timbri usati dagli uffici ambulanti e dai messaggeri
dal 1862 al 1973
Catalogo dei timbri usati dagli uffici ambulanti e dai messaggeri
dal 1862 al 1973
194 pp. - b/w ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2016
RARITY SCALE VALUATIONS
Italian text
Catalogue of the postmarks used by travelling offices and by couriers
from 1862 to 1973
The subject dealt with is related to the non occasional use in Sicily of travelling post offices, both overland and by sea route, that have been working in a period that can be defined "classical" for the Italian postal history, that is the one included in the first century of adjustment of the administrative activity after the Unification of Italy.
An amazing number of postmarks has come out, attesting the fervour with which the development of communications was welcome and encouraged also in Sicily. The largest possible number of the postmarks described has been reproduced in the book.
Enzo De Angelis - Mauro Pecchi
IL FRANCOBOLLO DA 1/2 TORNESE DEL 1860
"CROCE DI SAVOIA"
Studio tecnico-descrittivo con ricostruzione della tavola
Seconda edizione
"CROCE DI SAVOIA"
Studio tecnico-descrittivo con ricostruzione della tavola
Seconda edizione
246 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - 2nd ed. 2017
Italian text
"SAVOY CROSS"
Technical-descriptive study with the reconstruction of the table
Second Edition
Introduction by Raffaele Diena
Thanks to the process the authors have used for the plating of each of the one hundred "varieties", through computer comparisons and thousands of photographs available, the identification, with mathematical accuracy, of every position of the "cross" is now possible.
For the present second edition the whole volume has been revised, corrected and enriched in the light of new archive acquisitions and of photographic documentation. In most cases, pictures have been replaced with higher definition ones.
Compared to the first edition, photos are now more complete with all the hundred 'varieties' also of the Trinacria.
Three unreleased sections have been added: the chapter about forgeries, deepened and enriched with an extended treatment of the forgeries by De Sperati, in order to allow for sure their recognizing; an appendix about Trinacria (postal use, cancellations, forgeries); and, in the end, an appendix with the first attempt of reconstruction of the second plate of 1/2 grano of the Kingdom of Naples.
From the preface by Raffaele Diena.
"The present grand work about a sole postal value used only for some months in the period just before the unification of Italy represents, for sure, a display of courage and resolution by the authors. It is not so easy to obtain so many documents and information, even though they had an important reference point in the work by Emilio Diena about the postage stamps of the Kingdom of Naples. [...]besides the postal-historical research, with rates and use of the time, the different steps in the realization and technical characteristics in details, it is quite relevant the fact that the present volume has as its main aim the identification, with mathematical accuracy, of every position of the 'cross'. The authors have concentrated their efforts in this, thanks to the process they have used for the plating of each of the one hundred 'varieties', through computer comparisons and thousands of photographs available."
CONTENTS
Introduction and prefaces
CHAP.I - History
* Historical notes about the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
* Dictatorship
* Regency
CHAP.II - The issue of 1858
CHAP.III - The issue of the half tornese postage stamps
CHAP.IV - Graphical elements of the Cross
CHAP.V - Technical characteristics
* Chalcographic technique
* The "battute di rulletta"
* The die and the second table of 1/2 grano
* The modification of the table for the print of the two "half tornese"
* Paper and gum
* Watermark
* Ink and colours
CHAP.VI - Reconstruction of the table
CHAP. VII - One hundred varieties
CHAP.VIII - Postal use
CHAP.IX - Cancellations
CHAP.X - Rarities
CHAP.XI - Forgeries
* Completely fake postage stamps
* Repared original postage stamps - Forgery of postal documents
* The forgeries by Jean De Sperati
CHAP. XII More information
* Non official watermarks
* Tapling Collection
* Gravina Palace
* The Museum of Communications in Rome
* The places of "Crocetta"
Appendix I - Trinacria
Appendix II - The reconstruction of the second table of 1/2 grano
Bibliography
Francesco Dal Negro
LA POSTA NELLA PROVINCIA DI BERGAMO
dall'amministrazione Lombardo-Veneta a quella Sardo-Italiana
1850-1866
dall'amministrazione Lombardo-Veneta a quella Sardo-Italiana
1850-1866
208 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2017
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text
from the Lombardy - Venetia administration to the Sardinian - Italian one
1850-1866
Completely colour illustrated with the reproduction of letters and postmarks, the work is composed of two parts.
In the first one a description is given of the geographic, political and economic situation of the province of Bergamo in the years over 1859, the year of the annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia; in this context the postal services on the territory, both in the Lombardy - Venetia period and in the Sardinian - Italian one, are examined too.
In the second part, that constitutes the catalogue with relevant valuations, all the 76 post offices that have operated in the province are listed alphabetically (except Bergamo, country seat, put at the beginning) and classified on the basis of the canceller postmarks used in the period examined.
The pertaining historical administrative period is taken into consideration In the introduction of the different postmarks, for the so called "pre-existing" offices, i.e. instituted in the Lombardy - Venetia period.
For the offices of new institution, created progressively from January 1860, the belonging to the Sardinian - Italian period is implied, therefore the relevant valuation is not conditioned by the peculiar historical period.
The canceller postmark, when unique, or the different and subsequent ones, when more than one, are described for every single office.
Some postmarks, in the period of their use, were impressed with inks in colour different from black, in shades that go from light blue to green.
The first and the last date known are reported for every postmark of every office.
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Foreword
PART ONE
1 - The Province of Bergamo in the middle of the 19th Century
2 - The postal services of the Province of Bergamo in the period of Lombardy - Venetia Kingdom until 7 June 1859
* Postage stamps and postal rates
* The agreement with the Kingdom of Sardinia
* Canceller postmarks
* The change of currency/The new postage stamps
* Post offices
* The post office in the town of Bergamo
* The postal relationships between Lombardy and Piedmont during the war period
3 - The postal services of the Province of Bergamo in the period of Provisional Government (8 June-10 November 1859)
* The annexation (provisional) of Lombardy to the Kingdom of Sardinia
* The tolerated use of Austrian postage stamps
* The introduction of Sardinian postage stamps
* The services of military on the territory of the province of Bergamo
* The French postage stamps cancelled in the civil post offices
* The postal relationships between Lombardy, Venetia and Austria, before and after the reinstatement of direct postal communications (15 September 1859)
4 - The postal services of the Province of Bergamo in the period of the Sardinian - Italian Kingdom (from 11 November 1859)
* Post offices
* The service of country mail
* The use of Sardinian postage stamps
* The supplying of Sardinian rubber-stamps
* The new weight of letters
* The new classification of post offices
PART TWO
1 - Postal - historical catalogue
* The criteria of classification
* The colour of postmarks
* Dates
* Scales of valuation of canceller postmarks for complete letters
* Registration postmarks
* Other accessory postmarks in use in the Austrian period
2 - The post offices in the province of Bergamo classified according to the canceller postmarks used (1850-1866)
Notes
Source of images
Bibliography
Alberto Barcella - Pietro Amorelli
LE CARTE SPARSE
Corrispondenze garibaldine di Ippolito Nievo
Approfondimenti di storia postale siciliana
1859-1861
Corrispondenze garibaldine di Ippolito Nievo
Approfondimenti di storia postale siciliana
1859-1861
112 pp. - colour illustrations - format cm 21x29,7 - high quality glossy paper - softbound - printed 2018
series "History through documents"
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)
ISBN: 978-88-96381-26-7
SCATTERED PAPERSGaribaldine correspondences by and to Ippolito Nievo
Insights into Sicilian postal history
1859-1861
The Sicily of 1859-1861 told through postal history and Ippolito Nievo letters. Some insights into an extraordinary period, with gattopardesche atmospheres, which preceded the Unity of Italy on the island, analysing the effects of revolution on the postal system and the correspondence of a brilliant and idealist young man who spent last months of his life in Sicily following Garibaldi's troops.
From the preface by Giulio Perricone, President of the Sicilian Philatelic Union
"The two collectors authors of this work [...] if on the one hand have added a piece to the history of the patriot who was wrecked on the journey between Palermo and Naples in 1861 [...] on the other have enriched, with a learned publication, the great chapter of Italian postal history, of Sicily, of the Garibaldian period, of the emergency mail systems connected to an insurrectional situation."
From the introduction by Francesca Tamburlini, Head of the Manuscripts and Rare Items Section of "Vincenzo Joppi" Civic Library of Udine
"The text [...] turns the attention on some almost unexplored aspects of these writings, that is on the "conventional" elements and marks found on the envelopes [...] without neglecting the texts of the letters that are resumed and cited to make the meaning of those external signs better understood. [...] The essay of the two authors comes to the rescue and opens up a new world, guiding us from the place of departure of the letter to its final destination [offering] of these Ippolito's documents an additional reading."
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Giulio Perricone
A FURTHER VALUE
Last letters by (and to) Ippolito Nievo, unwitting testimony for postal history
Francesca Tamburlini
SICILIAN INSURRECTIONAL COMMITTEES
The postal system in May 1860
Alberto Barcella
SCATTERED PAPERS
Ippolito Nievo correspondence from 5 May 1860 until his death
Alberto Barcella - Pietro Amorelli
THE POST AND SICILIAN REVOLUTION OF 1860
With some notes on the political use of postal iconography
Pietro Amorelli
BIBLIOGRAPHY
LARGE VERMEIL - EXPO 2019 c/o PHILTEMA
Cinisello Balsamo 11-13 ottobre 2019
LARGE VERMEIL - ITALIA 2018
23 novembre 2018
LARGE SILVER - NOTOS 2021
19-22 novembre 2021
Cinisello Balsamo 11-13 ottobre 2019
LARGE VERMEIL - ITALIA 2018
23 novembre 2018
LARGE SILVER - NOTOS 2021
19-22 novembre 2021
Luca De Battisti - Luca Savini
SPUNTI DI STORIA MILANESE DAL XIV AL XIX SECOLO
LA POSTA DI MILANO 1849-1859
CATALOGO ANNULLAMENTI E BOLLI DELL'UFFICIO POSTALE DI MILANO
LA POSTA DI MILANO 1849-1859
CATALOGO ANNULLAMENTI E BOLLI DELL'UFFICIO POSTALE DI MILANO
480 pp. - more than 900 colour ill. - format cm 21x29,7 - high quality glossy paper - hardbound - printed 2018
series "History through documents"
POINT RARITY SCALE
Italian text
ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)
ISBN: 978-88-96381-27-4
SOME HINTS OF MILANESE HISTORY FROM THE XIV TO THE XIX CENTURYTHE POST IN MILAN 1849-1859
CATALOGUE OF CANCELLATIONS AND POSTMARKS IN MILAN POST OFFICE
with the cooperation of Gabriele Cafulli, Francesco Luraschi, Massimiliano Ferroni, Giuseppe Antonio Natoli
Description and cataloguing of the Lombardy Venetia postmarks in the Post Office of Milan, from which all correspondence transited, in the period from the introduction of postage stamps to the liberation of 1859. A great variety of uses, shapes, colours, a continuous experimentation of new technologies for the production of handstamps, inks, stamps, papers.
For each handstamp, the characteristics of the impression (size and type of characters); any changes made over time and, when significant for classification, the evolution of the impression in the period of use with different degrees of wearing; the intended use specifying if and when the handstamp was used; the total period of use and the period observed for each intended use; the degree of rarity for each type of use (stamp or cancellation).
Maximum space for "typological" cancellations and postmarks, i.e. those regularly used for a certain period of time or even occasionally in very specific situations. Only a nod is given for the errors in the dates (missing, inverted, etc.) Exhaustive and complete the classification of squared and small circle stamps based on different types in perfect chronological sequence.
Some sections complete the catalogue: examples of the various cases of error in the date composition, registered letters, more details.
Thanks also to the cooperation of enthusiasts and scholars of the most diverse disciplines, the work presents, in addition, Milan postal history from its origins to the end of Austrian domination, the postal reform, postal rates and services, the first and second issue postage stamps, insights, a historical overview.
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgements
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
* Lombardy Venetia Kingdom
* The city in the XIX century
* Political events
* Bibliography
HINTS OF POSTAL HISTORY IN MILAN BETWEEN XIV AND XIX CENTURIES
* Merchants towards new models
* Diplomacy and the beginnings of postal services
* The Post in Milan at the time of Simone Tasso
* The post by horse technique and state service
* From postal marks to cancels
* A short postmark chronicle
* Mail boxes in Milan
* The seat of the Post Office in Milan
* Crossed check for letters leaving from Milan Post Office
* Documents
* Bibliography
POSTAGE STAMPS
* The postal reform
* The first issue
* Forgeries in Milan
* The second issue
* Postage stamps for newspapers
* Postage-due labels
* Bibliography
RATES AND POSTAL SERVICES
* Postal rates
* Postal services in Milan
* 1859 in Milan
* Bibliography
CATALOGUE OF CANCELLATIONS AND POSTMARKS IN MILAN POST OFFICE FROM 1849 TO 1859
* Introduction
* Table of cancellations and postmarks
* Line cancellations on three lines (Roman capitals and small circle)
* Roman capitals on two lines
* Squared with year
* Dumb cancellations
* C4 - 4 circles with hours
* C1 - 1 circle simple
* CO - 1 circle with decoration
* CO59 - 1 circle with decoration and year
* Occasional nominal postmarks and cancellations
* Handwritten marks
* Accessory postmarks
* Postmarks and cancellations I.R. Spedizione Gazzette
* Bibliography
* APPENDIX - Summary tables of rarity scales
LARGE GOLD - EXPO 2021 CINISELLO
Cinisello Balsamo 8-10 ottobre 2021
LARGE GOLD - EXPO 2019 c/o PHILTEMA
Cinisello Balsamo 11-13 ottobre 2019
LARGE GOLD - ALPE ADRIA PORTOGALLO 2019
1-6 ottobre 2019
LARGE GOLD - ITALIA 2018
23 novembre 2018
LARGE VERMEIL - HELVETIA 2022
18-22 maggio 2022
LARGE VERMEIL - HUNFILEX 2022
31 marzo - 3 aprile 2022
LARGE VERMEIL - LONDON 2022
19-26 febbraio 2022
LARGE VERMEIL - NOTOS 2021
19-22 novembre 2021
BRONZE - SINDELFINGEN 2019
24-26 ottobre 2019
Sindelfingen, Germany
Cinisello Balsamo 8-10 ottobre 2021
LARGE GOLD - EXPO 2019 c/o PHILTEMA
Cinisello Balsamo 11-13 ottobre 2019
LARGE GOLD - ALPE ADRIA PORTOGALLO 2019
1-6 ottobre 2019
LARGE GOLD - ITALIA 2018
23 novembre 2018
LARGE VERMEIL - HELVETIA 2022
18-22 maggio 2022
LARGE VERMEIL - HUNFILEX 2022
31 marzo - 3 aprile 2022
LARGE VERMEIL - LONDON 2022
19-26 febbraio 2022
LARGE VERMEIL - NOTOS 2021
19-22 novembre 2021
BRONZE - SINDELFINGEN 2019
24-26 ottobre 2019
Sindelfingen, Germany
Luigi Guido
IL "MARZOCCO"
E I DIFETTI COSTANTI
NEI FRANCOBOLLI DEL GRANDUCATO DI TOSCANA
E I DIFETTI COSTANTI
NEI FRANCOBOLLI DEL GRANDUCATO DI TOSCANA
THE "MARZOCCO" AND CONSTANT DEFECTS IN GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY STAMPS
288 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2019 - reprinted 2020
Limited numbered edition of 200 copies
Italian and English text
The main purpose is to make Grand Duchy of Tuscany stamps available to collectors and, as a valid guide, detailed as much as possible, to guarantee the opportunity for them to learn about and correctly classify constant defects.
CONTENTS
Presentation
PART I
* The paper - Manufacturing
* Raw materials and techniques
* The watermark
* The Cini Paper Mill of S.Marcello Pistoiese
* The print - Duplicates and stereotypes
* The press
* The ink
PART II
* The constant defects - Introduction
* Investigation and classification
* Sectoral schemes
PART III
* Catalogue of constant defects
A: frame and ornate lower left corner
B: "Francobollo" panel
C: frame and ornate upper left corner
D: "Postale" panel
E: frame and ornate upper right corner
F: "Toscano" panel
G: frame and ornate lower right corner
H: CENTRAL DESIGN - pedestal, lion and shield
Who they are
Sources & bibliography
Thanks
Giuseppe Buffagni
STUDIO DEI SAGGI, DELLE PROVE E DEI FRANCOBOLLI
DEL DUCATO ESTENSE
DEL DUCATO ESTENSE
524 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound with case - printed 2020 - numbered edition of 100 copies signed by the author
Italian text
With a preface by Thomas Mathà and His Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduke, Duke of Modena, Reggio, Guastalla, Galicia and Lodomeria, Martino of Austria-Este
The Author has devoted almost all his collecting life to the study of the postage stamps of Modena, that means of the Este Duchy.
The work, accompanied by several hundreds of images, is the result of his researches and deepening concerning the whole genesis of the Este postage stamps, including also the essays and the proofs necessary to create the first examples of the postage stamps of Modena.
The reader finds, therefore, a rich and exhaustive compendium of official news, facts and historical and technical events about Modena philately, rebuilding this way an important frame of it.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
* Introduction
* Study sketches for preparing the Este postage stamps
* Die proofs and essays
* Proofs with plates for 260 clichés
CHAPTER 2
* First proof with plates for 240 clichés
CHAPTER 3
* Further proofs with plates for 240 clichés unadopted
CHAPTER 4
* Cent.5 - cent.10 - cent.15 - lira 1 definitive proofs and postage stamps issued
CHAPTER 5
* Cent.25 - cent.40 definitive proofs and postage stamps issued
CHAPTER 6
* Cent.10 - cent.40 definitive proofs and postage stamps issued
CHAPTER 7
* Definitive proofs, postage stamps issued and postage-due label for newspapers - cent.5 green - cent.5 olive green - cent.9 postage-due labels for newspapers
CHAPTER 8
* B.G. cen. 9 "big"
* B.G. cen. 9 "small"
* Cent.10, postage-due label for gazettes
CHAPTER 9
* Cent.25 - cent.15 definitive proofs and postage stamps issued - printing of 1855
Bibliography
Francesco Dal Negro
LE ALPI E LE VIE DELLA POSTA
DIE ALPEN UND DIE WEGE DER POST
232 pp. - colour and b/n ill. - hardbound - printed 2020
Italian and German text
This book was born from the encounter of two cultural interests of the author, the study of human settlements and of the routes across the Alps and his collecting passion for postal history.
The work describes the history of the post through the Alps crossings from the Roman period to the XIX century. It aims at giving an overall picture of a phenomenon that has affected many and different regions over the centuries, by emphasizing not only the postal history perspective but also human stories, the road network, means of transportation and hospitality places. It is a "story" based on texts, news and information collected through the years, addressed also to the reader curious in Alpine crossings.
The passages that have been connecting northern Italy with border countries for centuries are described geographically, while under a historical point of view, the postal history through the Alps ends with the beginning of the big transalpine railways, at the end of the XIX century, which "deleted" an alpine land made of routes and post stations, by carrying bags of correspondence from a plain city to another.
The first part concerns the European postal system evolution from Cursus Publicus to the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in the XIX century, and also the alternate events relevant to the transalpine road network, the means of transportation of the post across the Alps over the centuries and the hospitality history along the roads travelled by the post.
In the second part there is the history of that alpine passes that have been mandatory passages for the international postal services, for nearly two thousand years, recalling the evolution of the services and rediscovering, where possible, proofs of ancient routes and historic hospitality places where mail, goods and travellers could find a shelter during a very often adventurous trip.
The Alps have never been a barrier among people and since the time of emperor Augustus up today, thanks to their structure, the transfer of men, goods and mail has never ceased. The easy passages between one chain and another have made the history of postal relations between Po Valley in the South and central and northern European countries in the North, and the names of these Alpine crossings, often on letter-fronts, still indicate the great doors open in the Continent's heart.
INHALTSVERZEICHNIS (CONTENTS in English below)
Präsentation
Prolog
Einleitung
ERSTER TEIL
DIE POST
* Die Post, von Augustus bis zum Weltpostverein
* Wechselvolle Ereignisse des transalpinen Stra?ennetzes
* Der Postverkehr über die Alpen im Laufe der Jahrhunderte
* Die Postrouten
* Post und Beherbergung entlang der transalpinen Stra?en
ZWEITER TEIL
DIE WEGE DER POST
* Die Pässe der Westalpen, vom Tenda-Pass bis zum Kleinen St. Bernhard
* Die Pässe der Zentralalpen, vom Grossen St. Bernhard zum Reschenpass
* Die Pässe der Ostalpen, vom Brenner bis zur Adria
Anmerkungen
Literaturverzeichnis
Bildnachweis
Orts- und Namensregister
**********************
CONTENTS
Presentation
Prologue
Introduction
FIRST PART
* Mail from Augustus to the Universal Postal Union
* Alternate events about the transalpine road network
* Transport of mail through the Alps over the centuries
* Identification of the postal routes
* Post and hospitality along the transalpine roads
SECOND PART
MAIL ROUTES
* The Western Alps cols, from Colle di Tenda to Piccolo San Bernardo
* The Central Alps crossings, from Gran San Bernardo to Resia crossing
* The Eastern Alps crossings, from Brenner crossing to the Adriatic Sea
Notes
Bibliography
Origin of illustrations
Index of places and names
Giuseppe Buffagni
I FRANCOBOLLI DEL GOVERNO PROVVISORIO DELL'EX DUCATO DI MODENA
Studio e plattaggio dei francobolli, studio delle falsificazioni ed antologia dei più noti falsari
BREVE STORIA POSTALE DI CARPI DAL 1786 AL 1863
Studio e plattaggio dei francobolli, studio delle falsificazioni ed antologia dei più noti falsari
BREVE STORIA POSTALE DI CARPI DAL 1786 AL 1863
168 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2021 - numbered edition of 100 copies signed by the author
Italian text
Study and plating of postage stamps, study of forgeries and anthology of the most famous forgers
BRIEF POSTAL HISTORY OF CARPI FROM 1786 TO 1863
This volume, complete with plates and numerous colour images, deals with the study of the plating of the Duchy of Modena Provisional Government postage stamps and the history of the main forgeries of the Duchy and Provisional Government postage stamps, including forged cancellations used.
The plating and detailed study, besides to reconstruct how the composition plates for the various printing must have been originally, above all serve to identify in a plate which individual stamps are certainly original. Those that do not find a place in the plate can be considered as uncertain and therefore worthy of further examination, before being definitively considered forgeries.
The work is accompanied by a brief history of the main forgers who have operated from 1865 onwards.
In conclusion, a short treatise on Postal History of Carpi Office, with the illustration of many letters, including a new find dated 29 January 1513, addressed to Alberto III Pio, last lord of Carpi.
CONTENTS
* Study and plating of postage stamps
* Study on the forgeries of the Duchy of Modena and Provisional Government postage stamps
* Anthology of the best known forgers
* Brief postal history of Carpi from 1786 to 1863
Mario Mentaschi - Vittorio Morani
1851-1862 LA STORIA POSTALE DELLA TOSCANA
1851-1862 THE POSTAL HISTORY OF TUSCANY
444 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2021
Italian and English text
It was believed that the exhibition illustrated all the chapters of Tuscan postal history in the period 1 April 1851, the date of the Tuscan postage stamps issue, until 31 December 1862.
With effect from 1 January 1863, an Italian postal law unified the postal regulations of all the Italian provinces, putting an end to Tuscan postal history.
It is the first text that comprehensively deals with the postal use of these postage stamps and explains their use to frank Tuscan correspondence inland and abroad. It also explains the rates applied for correspondence arriving in Tuscany, thus offering a complete overview of the historical-postal situation of the period.
The book is organized in three parts:
- rates for the interior of Tuscany;
- rates of correspondence exchanged with the states of the Italian peninsula;
- rates for correspondence exchanged with foreign states beyond the Italian peninsula.
In each chapter, the evolution of postal rates and postal routes in the period 1851-1862 is presented chronologically. In this period mail was often sent without being franked; these documents, important for a complete description of the historical-postal development, are also included.
The parts illustrating the postal relations with foreign Countries present all the recorded origins and destinations.
To complete the volume, 4 analytical indexes: currencies, contract packets, conventions, postal markings.
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