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Cod. 1457E
EUR 22,00


edited by Danilo Vignati
LA STORIA POSTALE DI SICILIA
dall'inizio all'introduzione dei francobolli
edizione italiana

144 pp. - softbound - 2nd ed. 2011
ITALIAN TRANSLATION only text

ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY DANILO VIGNATI of the publication "THE POSTAL HISTORY OF SICILY FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE POSTAGE STAMPS".
Cod. 2536E
EUR 25,00


Italo Robetti & Achille Vanara
LA COMUNICAZIONE EPISTOLARE DA E PER TORINO
VOL.II - VITTORIO AMEDEO II E LE PRIME TARIFFE PER LA POSTA DELLE LETTERE (1684-1730)

263 pp. - almost 500 colour ill. - softbound - printed 2014
Italian text

THE EPISTOLARY COMMUNICATION FROM AND TO TURIN
vol.II VITTORIO AMEDEO II AND THE FIRST RATES FOR LETTER POST (1684-1730)

This second volume is connected to Vittorio Amedeo II, the Duke of Savoy who became first King of Sicily and then King of Sardinia. As a duke he introduced the first postal rates for letters (1698), as King of Sicily he issued the first organic edict about Post (1718) and as King of Sardinia he made approve the definitive edict of 1720 that was in force up to 1772.

The book is enriched with almost 500 images and it is divided into three chapters: the first one covers the ducal period (1684-1713), the second one concerns the period when Vittorio Amedeo II was King of Sicily (1713-1720) and the third one is about the period when he was King of Sardinia (1720-1730).

High significance is given to the postal rates related to the town of Turin, but there are also particularly interesting documents, such as the first postal agreements undersigned by France and Piedmont at the end of XVII century and continued during the following one. Furthermore much attention is given to the interventions of the Health Magistrate in Turin, to explain the consequence of the frequent epidemics and infectious illnesses on the treatment of letters: the simple external perfuming, the de-sealing with internal perfuming and the subsequent re-sealing, the use of fumigation and the exposure to heat.

The volume is completed by the tables of the rates for letters, by the Generalship of Post and the chronology of popes and kings, by the analytic index of the most significant writings, by the bibliographic references, by the works and the institutes consulted, by the funds consulted in the history Archives of Turin.
Cod. 1135E
EUR 170,00
Special Price
EUR 85,00


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 text comes from the notes and studies by Lorenzo Previteri (the first to make a serious study of the postal history of Sicily in the prephilatelic period), and the book is dedicated to him. Paolo Vollmeier reorganised the material, then translated from Italian into English by Roy A. Dehn.
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. 1145E
EUR 130,00
Special Price
EUR 91,00


Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort
STORIA POSTALE DEL REGNO DI SICILIA
dalle origini all'introduzione del francobollo
1130-1858

3 vols. - 1274 pp. - 472 ill. of which 196 in colour - 10 b/w colour plates - 173 postal documents - 1 postal map of Sicily - more than 1000 cancellations - glossary (76 names) - index of names (718 headwords) - index of subjects (215 headwords) - archiv and bibliography (234 headwords) - printed 2000
500 numbered copies
WITH VALUATIONS
Italian text

POSTAL HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF SICILY from the origins to the introduction of postage stamps 1130-1858

WITH THE CATALOGUE OF CANCELLATIONS 1786-1861

1st VOLUME
* Travelling post offices 2nd class from the Normans to the Suevians, Aragonese and Castilians (1130-1516)
* The "Regia Correrìa" from the Habsburg to De Tassis (XVI c.)
* From the administration "Saponara" to the administration "Villafranca" (XVII-XVIII cc.)
* Bourbon postal organization from 1786 to 1858
* Postal routes
* Rates and free franking (1735-1858)
* Sea routes (XIV-XIX cc.)

2nd VOLUME
* Post and Health Service
* Local Chancelleries
* Telegraph
* Military Service
* DOCUMENTS: Edicts, decrees, regulations - Times and rates of mail and letters - Postal agreements - Trade and navigation agreements

3rd VOLUME
* Specialized CATALOGUE of handstamps and cancellations, from 1786 to 1861; second edition, with evaluations
* Handstamps and marks of the capital city
* Handstamps of the "Officine Postali" and of the "Cancellerie Comunali Postali"
* Maritime handstamps
* Free franking marks (civilian, military, sanitary, telegraphic, of the Swiss troops)
* Forwarders

* General index
* Subject index
* Index of most important nouns
* Small postal-historical dictionary

* Appendix: Genealogy of the families Tasso, Zappata de Tassis, Di Giovanni and Alliata
Cod. 1332E
EUR 335,00
Special Price
EUR 100,00

enclosed for FREE the new edition of the CATALOGUE OF POSTMARKS 2016



Giuseppe Buffagni
POSTE ESTENSI
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 TERRITORIES
AND IN THE DUCHY OF MODENA
HISTORY AND POSTAL HISTORY 1453-1852

1 volume - history and postal history from 1453 to 1814
2 volume - history and postal history from 1815 to 1852
3 volume - free franking postmarks and disinfection cancellations from 1796 to 1852
4 volume - postal rates and catalogue of cancellations with point/euro valuations.
LARGE GOLD - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005

LARGE GOLD - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004

LARGE GOLD - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003

LARGE GOLD - VASTOPHIL 2003 (Vasto)
30-31 maggio 2003
Nazionale italiana

LARGE GOLD - CYPRUS EUROPHILEX 2002 (Cipro)
22-29 ottobre 2002

GOLD - GIUBIASCOFIL 2005
29 aprile - 1 maggio 2005
(Giubiasco - Ticino, Svizzera)

GOLD - TICINO 2003 (Locarno)
18-22 giugno 2003

LARGE VERMEIL - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006

LARGE VERMEIL - PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005
21-24 aprile 2005 (Sydney)
Cod. 2124E
EUR 50,00


Giovanni Riggi di Numana
IL SEGRETO EPISTOLARE
nel periodo della civiltà della carta

228 pp. - more than 180 b/w ill. - hardbound - printed 2008
Italian text

SECRECY OF CORRESPONDENCE
in the period of paper culture

Study of the sealing of old letters, from the arrival of paper in Europe to the end of the second millennium, with historical and social notes on the world of the Post, of writing and language connected to letters exchange.

Before the advent of envelops, when letters were folded, many different people have been engaged in the art of closing and sealing letters. They have used their wit, imagination, inventiveness and craftiness to protect the secrecy of their correspondence, and have found solutions which are simple and handy, or complex, artistic, creative, sometimes unique. The present work tells their story, through illustrations, drawings, information and historical and postal notes.

CONTENTS

* Author's note
* Introduction

* CHAPTER I - Short history of the secrecy of correspondence
* CHAPTER II - Regulations in defence of the secrecy of correspondence
* CHAPTER III - Some introductory remarks
* CHAPTER IV - How old letters were sealed
* CHAPTER V - Description of the kind of seals for old letters
* Appendix I - Letters with peculiar, safe, control or different seals and letters sealed more than once
* CHAPTER VI - Developments and effects of the sealing systems for old letters during the philatelic period
* Appendix II - Adhesive labels and systems to stick them on old letters

* Conclusions
* Bibliography
* The author
Cod. 2101ET
EUR 20,00


Mario Mentaschi - Thomas Mathà
CORRISPONDENZE DA E PER
GLI ANTICHI STATI ITALIANI
1850-1870
TRADUZIONE DALL'ORIGINALE

216 pp. - format cm 21x29.7 - softbound - printed 2008
series "History through documents"
Italian translation

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)

ISBN: 978-88-85335-99-8
To accompany the original work in English, translation into Italian of the descriptive text and of the analytical index of postal markings.

The other parts (rate tables, reproductions of covers, bibliography) and the other analytical indexes (origins, destinations, routings) have not been translated as they are quite easy to use even in English.

The reproduction of the images and the CD with the illustrations in colours are enclosed only in the original work.

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

* Abbreviations
* Analytical Index of Postal Markings

The authors
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", "Sidney 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".
Cod. 2292E
EUR 40,00


ASPOT
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

ASPOT CATALOGUE OF TUSCAN PREADHESIVE STAMPS

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.
Cod. 2568E
EUR 160,00


Pietro Giribone - Paolo Vollmeier
LE ARMATE FRANCESI IN ITALIA (1792-1814)
STORIA POSTALE E CATALOGAZIONE
2 voll.

400/384 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - hardbound with cover - printed 2015
Italian text

THE FRENCH ARMIES IN ITALY (1792-1814)
POSTAL HISTORY AND CATALOGUING
2 VOLUMES

The two authors have joint their competences in this tremendous work, rich of information and of reproductions of documents, maps, photographs, postal documents,..., divided into different chapters: historical placement according to the chronological criterion; the postal service of the Armée d'Italie; the Armée des Alpes in Piedmont and the relevant cataloguing of postal prints; the Armée de Reserve and the relevant cataloguing of postal prints; the cataloguing of the postal prints of the Armée d'Italie and of other French Armies in the period 1792-1814.

In the second volume, the catalogue lists the letters found according to origin, dating, kind of postmark and colour. No valuations are present.
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

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 TERRITORIES
AND 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
Cod. 1131EA
EUR 16,00


Federico Borromeo - Clemente Fedele
STORIA POSTALE DELL'ITALIA NAPOLEONICA - tomo III
I LUOGHI DELLA POSTA
Sedi ed uffici dalla Cisalpina al Regno d'Italia - 1796-1815 - Catalogo delle timbrature - PRIMO AGGIORNAMENTO

136 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 2018
Italian text

POSTAL HISTORY OF THE NAPOLEONIC ITALY - tome III
THE PLACES OF THE POST
Seats and offices from the Cisalpine Republic to the Kingdom of Italy - 1796-1815 - Catalogue of cancellations - FIRST UPDATE

Over twenty years have passed from the publication of two volumes about the Napoleonic postal history in Italy. In the meantime, various documents related to the postal service and more than few news concerning postmarks have emerged, some of which unreleased, with updating on the periods of use and much more. In this respect, about 130 cards on the total of over 500 are updated here. Almost all news comes from press articles or from the description of lots put on sale by auction houses.
To cite the rarities of some documents, giving information on the number of the items known and the extreme dates of use, evidences verified by the Authors are published.

As far as valuations are concerned, they have preferred not to quote them, this time. Many findings refer to postmarks few common, rare or, in different cases, even unique at the moment. The explanations in the text are anyhow sufficient to value the index of rarity. In some cases, an easier availability following recoveries in archives, has led to reduced valuations.
Cod. 2715E
EUR 30,00


Adriano Cattani
LE COMUNICAZIONI POSTALI
NELLA REPUBBLICA DI VENEZIA
In appendice il catalogo dei bolli

226 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2018
VALUATIONS WITH RANGE IN EURO
Italian text

POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS
IN THE REPUBLIC OF VENICE
In appendix, the catalogue of postmarks

The catalogue, published in a simplified form for an easy reading of the complexity of postmarks, is introduced by an examination about the history of Post in the Republic of Venice, with the purpose of clarifying the complex Venetian postal structure, so much original and important in the European postal development, being Venice one of the most important junctions for the postal connections of Europe.

The work runs through the following path:
From the " cursus publicus" to Medieval couriers, the Venetian trade activity and the transport of messages, transit ways in the Middle Ages, the decree of 6 January 1305, mounted couriers in the Republic of Venice, The Venetian Courier Company, the external postal jus, the Rome travel, the Otranto way, the connection with the island of Malta, the long journey to France, the Milan travel, the courier of Zurich, the agreement with the Fischers of Bern, courier mail in Ferrara, Bologna, Modena and Florence, foreign Post in Venice, mail in Vienna and mail in Poland, mail from Flanders to Brussels, the internal postal jus, the "polizze d'incanto" (policies on contract) of 1747-58, mounted couriers of the Republic of Venice and the rooms of Riva de l'Ogio in Rialto, the general tender of 1761, Girolamo Corticelli, Venetian coins, overseas mail, the fee of 1 soldo per letter and of 3 soldi per ounce, the introduction of postmarks, Post at the fall of the Republic of Venice, catalogue.
Cod. 2717E
EUR 25,00


Marco Panza
TARIFFE, FRANCHIGIE, LEGGI E DECRETI POSTALI
NEL REGNO D'ITALIA NAPOLEONICO
1805-1814

124 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2018
Italian text

POSTAL RATES, FREE POSTAGES, POSTAL LAWS AND DECREES
DURING THE NAPOLEON'S KINGDOM OF ITALY
1805-1814

The book represents a valid instrument for collectors to know better some difficult aspects of the postal history of this period. The French occupation changed many systematic elements within the context of the Italian States, standardising and reforming the administration of post.

The author illustrates the different tariff periods 1805 to 1814 and explains every single part of the letter in a precise and detailed way.
Also the elaborate and interesting subject of free postages, often underestimated in postal history, finds its right relevance.
Finally, an appendix of decrees and postal laws completes the work.
Cod. 2784E
EUR 90,00


Fritz Heimbüchler
BRASILIEN 1843-1870
Die Ochsen-, Ziegen- und Katzenaugen
Königliche Post ab 1727 - Vorphilatelie ab 1798

152 pp. - about 400 colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2019
In German
Limited edition of 100 copies

BRAZIL 1843-1870
The eyes of ox, goat and cat
Royal Mail since 1727 - Pre-philately since 1798

Probably the most important collection of ancient Brazil that a German philatelist has ever put together, a unique set of material, with an introduction to the collection on the historical development and postal history of the country, from its beginnings, but mostly focusing on the 18th and 19th centuries.

The author shows numerous documents from the prefilatelic period and the stamps starting from the legendary bull's eyes, the first stamps, letters with single and multiple frankings, cancellations with the rarest stamps (always on single stamps or letters, on judicial documents with large frankings, ...). And then the prints, the different plates, the plating ...

INHALTSVERZEICHNIS (CONTENTS in English below)

* Vorwort zum Sammelgebiet Brasilien
* Der Vertrag von Tordesillas 1494
* Postgeschichtliche Entwicklung
* Über die Briefe und Marken
* Königliche Post ab 1727
* Vorphilatelie
* 1. Ausgabe
* Verwendung der Ochsen- und Ziegenaugen auf Gerichtsdokumenten
* 2. Ausgabe
* 3. Ausgabe
* Quellenverzeichnis
* Brasilienkarte
* Die Druckplatten der Ochsenaugen von 1843

CONTENTS

* Foreword to the collection of Brazil
* The Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
* Postal history development
* About letters and postage stamps
* Royal Mail from 1727
* Pre-philately
* 1st issue
* Use of ox and goat eyes on court documents
* 2nd issue
* 3rd issue
* List of sources
* Brazil map
* The ox-eye printing plates of 1843
Cod. 2819E
EUR 80,00


Federico Borromeo
1770-1850 TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
CATALOGO DELLE TIMBRATURE

206 pp. - colour and b/w illustrations - hardbound - printed 2022
Italian text

1770-1850 TRENTO REGION AND SOUTH TYROL
POSTMARKS CATALOGUE

This catalogue of the postmarks of the Trento and South Tyrol regions is aimed at illustrating, in a concise form, the political and postal histories of the said regions whose territories are nowadays included in the autonomous region by the same name with special statute.

Besides the Catalogue itself with a detailed listing of the postmarks found on mail processed by 52 post offices, this volume proposes the masterful study on postal history of the late August Zoppelli, an excursus on the Menz family and its formidable archive from which a lot of letters showing postmarks, many of them rare or very rare, come.
Another appealing chapter is the one delving into the mail from the Napoleonic military campaigns that afflicted the area from 1796 to 1813. Indeed a turbulent period with a very complex postal history.

There is much more, for example a very informative chapter on postal history, rates and postmarks, postal routes, the various phases of history, the detailed listing of handwritten place of provenance information on the address side of the outgoing mail, the free-frank handstamps accompanied by a detailed and informative listing in alphabetical order, registered mail and its auxiliary postmarks used during the various administrations also with a listing in alphabetical order, and also an exhaustive listing of the various postmarks utilizing a rarity scale from very rare to very common.

A very useful bibliography concludes the impressive volume.
Cod. 2827E
EUR 80,00


Eric Scherer
THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINANCE ON THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
History and Postal History
1494-1819
LA LUTTE DES POUVOIRS COLONIAUX EN INDE
Histoire et histoire postale
1494-1819

Published on the occasion of Monacophil 2022
272 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - cloth-bound with gold inscriptions and colour cover - printed 2022
English and French text

A new book for the first time sheds light on the history and postal history of the Indian subcontinent in the years of conquest and struggle for dominance among European powers up to the establishment of British rule.
It focuses on the pre-philatelic history of India while comprising a comprehensive view on historical developments of all the European nations and the interacion among them. It closely ties history with postal history.

Starting with the battle of Plassey in 1757 and settling with the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the subsequent peace negotiations until around 1819, India transitioned from a multipower country to one British Rule.
The British very early realized that putting up a reliable postal system was a significant means of consolidating power; they were successful in establishing post offices and postal services even in the settlements of other European nations.
The year 1819 marks the end of this period of struggle and sees Britain as the leading power in India as well as the sole provider of domestic postal services even on the territory of the remaining European powers, which were left with no political or economic importance.

Many significant philatelic objects were gathered from collectors all around the world. Among them there are several items from archives which have never been shown before. A strong focus was given to describe them correctly and in their historical context.

CONTENTS

Introduction and acknowledgements
Some thoughts on researching the early Indian postal history
Note on Geographical indications and place names

* The Route to India
* Early postal systems in India and Dawk Runners in India
* Development of European Settlements
- The Portuguese State in India 1505-1961
- The Dutch East India Company and its presence on the Indian Subcontinent 1605-1825
- The British in India 1612-1947
- Tranquebar and the Danish settlements in India 1620-1845
- The French in India 1668-1954
- The Belgians and Austrians in India 1722-1731 and 1775-1785
* European war and peace and their effect on India in the 18th Century
* Establishment of regular postal services by the British 1766-1819

* Epilogue
* Appendix
- Timeline
- Bibliography
- Contributors and sources
- Additional Acknowledgements
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