XXII+186 pp. - colour ill. - claret cloth-bound with gold inscriptions - large format - with leather-case - printed 2009 - Poste Italiane, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori, Roma
Italian, French and English text
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THE ITALIAN STATE POSTAGE STAMPS
Volume VIII - Seventh Update 1999-2001
With the introduction by Giovanni Ialongo (President of Poste Italiane) and by Marisa Giannini (Director of the Philately Division of Poste Italiane).
The present volume, with its impressive historical research and its elegant graphics, is the seventh update of the volume by Luigi Piloni, of the series about the Italian state postage stamps which covers the period 1862-2006.
This one includes a cataloguing of stamped postal papers issued from 1999 to 2001, featuring the face value in both Italian lire and euro.
The historical, artistic and bibliographical profiles for each issue, the subject indexes and the collection of legislative measures form an added value for this work.
CONTENTS
* Introduction by the President of Poste Italiane
* Introduction by the Director of the Philately Division of Poste Italiane
* Note
I.
* Image, description and catalogue of Italian stamps
* Stamps for regular mail
II.
* Legislation on Italian stamps
* List of legislative and ministerial measures regarding Italian stamps
INDEXES
* 1. illustrators and graphic artists
* 2. printers
* 3. people commemorated or depicted
* 4. places, works of art, famous buildings depicted
* 5. anniversaries of specific events or recurring occasions celebrated
* 6. coats of arms, institutes, other notable symbols featured or depicted
* 7. thematic series for regular stamps