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

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

CONTENTS

Foreword by Paolo Vaccari
Author's note

INTRODUCTION
* Regulation and currency unification in the Kingdom of Italy

* Pre-unity postal laws
* Unification and reorganization of the postal service
* Postal rate of 15 centimes in force from 1st January 1863
* Post-free
* New rules for underfranked letters
* Delivery of mail
* Postal frauds
* Registered and insured letters
* Letters to soldiers in service
* Mail to foreign countries
* Postal sea routes
* Goods samples
* Circular letters, printed matter and newspapers
* Postal rate of 20 centimes in force from 1st January 1865

References

LARGE VERMEIL - LONDON 2022
19-26 febbraio 2022

LARGE VERMEIL - EXPO 2021 CINISELLO
Cinisello Balsamo 8-10 ottobre 2021

LARGE VERMEIL - ITALIA 2018
23 novembre 2018

VERMEIL - EXPO 2019 c/o PHILTEMA
Cinisello Balsamo 11-13 ottobre 2019

VERMEIL - ISRAEL 2018
27-31 maggio 2018

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

CONTENTS

Foreword by Fiorenzo Longhi
Preface by Emilio Milisenda

PART I
Umberto Nobile and "Norge" transpolar flight narrated by means of photographs, postcards, air letters, telegrams, invitations, menus, magazines

PART II
Postage stamps, cancellations, vignettes, commemorative postcards, medals, calendars, relevant to "Norge" and to personalities of the polar expedition in 1926

Bibliography

FOREWORD by Fiorenzo Longhi

It is clear from the first pages that this book is what is called a "labour of love", an absolutely uncommon work, the result of the dual unbounded passion for aviation and for "aerofilia", and written with skill and balance without any of the two subjects prevailing over the other.

It is difficult to resist the fascination of the events relevant to Umberto Nobile and to the conquest of the North Pole with his airship N.1 named "Norge", that the author narrates accurately both from the historical and chronological point of view and from the aerophilatelic one, without neglecting the interesting, and sometimes unique, complementary documents.

There is, in the first part of the book, an accurate analysis of the cataloguing of the known air letters of that period that goes far beyond, as to precision and critical analysis, the one of my catalogue "Aerofilia Italiana", by which it is inspired.

The author rightly and proudly highlights the world record of 91 transpolar air letters carried aboard "Norge" from Spitzbergen base to the North Pole and to Alaska.

Among the above mentioned letters, on page 67, the reproduction of the only air letter, up to now, known with Ciampino cancellation, the handwritten address and the additional franking: a jewel in Milisenda collection.

The second part of the book includes a detailed list of postage stamps, cancellations, postcards, commemorative air letters of the post-war period, medals, calendars and magazines both of that period and of the modern times, that leaves us astonished for its completeness.
Also Lauro, in the province of Avellino, Umberto Nobile's birthplace, is recalled together with "Umberto Nobile Museum" devoted to the General.

The volume, very well illustrated also with period photographs, maps and documents, while reminding us that exciting part of the history of aviation, describes, gradually, types and characteristics of air mail and of the postmarks and cancellations used. The work is the exact expression of "aerofilia", that is the close link between aeronautic and airmail history, enriched by the study of air letters and of postal issues.

It is a work that honours not only the Author, but also the aerophilatelic research for the decisive contribution that has offered, and still offers, to historical research in general.

An extensive bibliography and a detailed index make further surveys and consultation easier.

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PREFACE by Emilio Milisenda

Philatelic passion, that I had since my early age, has accompanied me over the years to the research and to the deepening of the study of aerophilatelic and complementary documents. During this route, I often chanced upon enthusiastic records of "Norge" airship Polar Expedition.

The material recovered in numerous years of patient research, and that I have catalogued in chronological order, from the preparation of the Polar Expedition, by Umberto Nobile, until the overfly of the North Pole and the landing in Alaska, has impassioned me so much as to make me feel as if I was participating in that epic enterprise.

The conquest of the North Pole, accomplished by the intrepid Umberto Nobile, Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth, on board the airship "N 1", later named "Norge", was possible thanks to the intelligence and to the perseverance of the Italian fearless General of the Aircraft Engineering, designer and creator of semi-rigid airships. Nobile directed "Norge" flight from Rome to the islands of Svalbard, and from the archipelago, across the North Pole, up to Teller, opening the Polar Route.

This work, that retraces its history, is divided into two parts.
The first one deals with the proper Expedition of airship "Norge" in 1926, and summarizes the chronological events of the various phases by means of photos, postcards, air letters, telegrams, invitations, menus, magazines.
The second part includes the summary, as far as possible, of the philatelic and complementary commemorative material of the Polar Expedition, and related to the characters involved, up to the present days; postage stamps, vignettes, cancellations, postcards, medals, calendars, ...

The various publications, books and specialized magazines, such as "Il Polo", "Aida Flash", "Turinpolar" have been important to deepen the historical knowledge about "Norge" Polar Expedition and the environmental one about the Arctic.

The classification of the documentary-philatelic material of that period has been possible thanks to the well-known catalogue by Fiorenzo Longhi printed in 2007 (updated in 2011) "Aerofilia italiana - Catalogo storico descrittivo 1898-1941", that was primary for cataloguing the aerophilatelic production and the complementary documentation. My reference to classify modern air letters has been the "Catalogo generale della posta aerea in Italia 1941-2015", by Paolo Pellegrini. This work of mine shows no valuations, for which reference should be made to the above mentioned catalogues.

The images included in the various pages, partly in reduced reproductions for reasons of space, make the adventurous and fascinating enterprise easier and more noticeable in its entirety: from the encounter between Roald Amundsen and Umberto Nobile, to the preparation of the expedition, to the modifications introduced to airship "N 1", to the route to follow, to the choice of the crew, to the supporting bases for the airship, to the materials, to food, to clothing, to fuel... up the realisation of a journey intriguing and rich in hidden dangers.

VERMEIL - ITALIA 2018
23 novembre 2018

VERMEIL - FINLANDIA 2017
24-28 maggio 2017

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2017
26-28 ottobre 2017

CONTENTS

* Preface by Maurizio Pagliano
* I - Too many allegories and not so clear
* II - Splendour and decline of patriotic symbols
* Homeland colours
* Homeland forms
* The allegoric figure of the Mother Country
* Libyan war. An outburst of symbols
* Joyful symbols of interventionism
* The Great War
* Origins and growth of fascist symbols
* Patriotic symbols of the Republic
* Essential bibliography

LARGE SILVER - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

DIPLOMA - ALPENADRIA EPPAN 2013 (ALPEADRIA) - Eppan/Appiano (BZ)
21-23 giugno 2013

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".

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".

GOLD POSTHORN - SINDELFINGEN 2008
Sindelfingen, Germany
24-26 ottobre 2008

LARGE GOLD + SPECIAL PRIZE - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

LARGE GOLD + SPECIAL PRIZE - PATRAPHILEX 2010 (Pan-Hellenic Philatelic Exhibition)
Patras (Greece)
6-14 novembre 2010

LARGE GOLD + SPECIAL PRIZE - HUNFILA 2009
1000 ÉVES VISEGRÁD
Visegrád, 5-7 giugno 2009

LARGE GOLD - NEW ZEALAND PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
27 giugno 2009
Palmerston North, New Zealand

GOLD + RESERVE GRAND - APS STAMPSHOW 2008
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
14-17 agosto 2008

GOLD + SPECIAL PRIZE - EFIRO 2008
Bucharest, Romania
20-28 giugno 2008

GOLD - JOBURG 2010
Johannesburg, South Africa
27-31 ottobre 2010

GOLD - PORTUGAL 2010
Lisbona, 1-10 ottobre 2010

GOLD - LONDON 2010 - Festival of Stamps
Londra, 8-15 maggio 2010

GOLD - CHINA 2009
Luoyang City, Henan Province, P.R. China
10-16 aprile 2009

GOLD - MONTENEGROFILA 2008
Montenegro
2-5 ottobre 2008

GOLD - PRAGA 2008
Praga
12-14 settembre 2008

VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2008
21-23 novembre 2008
(Arlington Heights, IL, USA)

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.

LARGE GOLD - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

GOLD - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

LARGE VERMEIL - HUNFILA 2009 - 1000 ÉVES VISEGRÁD
Visegrád, 5-7 giugno 2009

LARGE VERMEIL - MONTENEGROFILA 2008
Montenegro
2-5 ottobre 2008

VERMEIL - NEW ZEALAND 11TH NATIONAL PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
27 giugno 2009
Palmerston North, New Zealand

VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2007
16-18 novembre 2007
(Arlington Heights, IL, USA)

VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

LARGE SILVER - ITALIA 2009
Roma, Palazzo dei Congressi
21-25 ottobre 2009

LARGE SILVER - IBRA 2009
Essen, Germany
6-10 maggio 2009

LARGE SILVER - CHINA 2009
Luoyang City, Henan Province, P.R. China
10-16 aprile 2009

LARGE SILVER - PRAGA 2008
Praga
12-14 settembre 2008

LARGE SILVER - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

LARGE SILVER - EFIRO 2008
Bucharest, Romania
20-28 giugno 2008

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2007
Sindelfingen, Germany
26-28 ottobre 2007

NOT COMPETING - NAPEX 2009
National Philatelic Exhibition
Washington, D.C.
5-7 giugno 2009

Fabio Bonacina, a journalist, mainly works in public communication, but he also writes about stamps and the post. The newspapers and magazines that have published his articles include "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia", and "Italia oggi". He is President of the Italian Philatelic Press Union since 2014, and editor of the daily web magazine of philately and postal information "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) since 2003.
He has been awarded the prize by Usfi (Italian Philatelic Press Union) in 2010, he has obtained the award for journalism by the Town of Riccione in 2006, and the oscar for philately by Circolo filatelico numismatico reggiano in 2002.
For this publisher he has written the books "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra"; "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", published in two editions; "Giovanni Paolo II - Viaggi di speranza - I francobolli del mondo testimoniano le visite di Papa Wojtyla", translated into English and German (English edition "John Paul II - Visits of hope - World stamps witness the travels of Pope Wojtyla"); "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006"; "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010"; "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani"; "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014".

VERMEIL - PATRAPHILEX 2010
Patras (Greece)
6-14 novembre 2010

VERMEIL - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

LARGE SILVER - STAMPSHOW 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
23-25 ottobre 2008

SILVER - ALPE ADRIA 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy
1-3 giugno 2007

SILVER BRONZE - JOBURG 2010
Johannesburg, South Africa
27-31 ottobre 2010

BRONZE - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

NOT COMPETING - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

CONTENTS

* PIER PAOLO FRANCINI, News before art
* DIETMAR FIEDLER, Preface
* DANILO BOGONI, "Don't be afraid!" cry the stamps too
* Publisher's choices
* User's guide

STAMPS FOR THE POPE FROM THE EAST
* The Pilgrim Pope
* Drawings and photographs
* One icon for a variety of occasions
* With the philatelist in mind
* The Pope has come to visit us
* Miniature manifesto
* Focus on local circumstances
* Without forgetting the enthusiasts
* Two thousand years of Christianity
* 25th anniversary celebrations
* Birthday stamps
* The immediate elaboration of the mourning
* The mourning continues
* The tradition of the "Vacant See"
* The Italian case
* Italy as seen by the Vatican
* Notes

TRIPS ABROAD
* The first trip: overseas - 1 The Dominican Republic I, Mexico I and the Bahamas
* The first glance towards East - 2 Poland I
* "Pilgrimage for Peace" - 3 Ireland, the United Nations I and the United States of America I
* The meeting with Dimitrios I… repeated - 4 Turkey
* In Africa, "where hunger is lethal" - 5 Zaire I, the Congo Republic, Kenya I, Ghana, Haute-Volta (Burkina Faso I) and the Ivory Coast I
* Shadows and lights on the Church - 6 France I
* Catholics, immigration, and poverty - 7 Brazil I
* The double homage to Saint Albertus Magnus - 8 Germany I
* Many different worlds - 9 Pakistan, the Philippines I, the United States of America II and Japan
* Love, respect, esteem. And more - 10 Nigeria I, Benin I, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
* In Fatima, a year after the attempt on his life - 11 Portugal I
* The Falklands-Malvinas war breaks out - 12 The United Kingdom
* Buenos Aires makes stamps warfare too - 13 Brazil II and Argentina I
* A homage to work - 14 Switzerland I
* All were there listening to him - 15 San Marino
* From the past Inquisition, from the future Europe - 16 Spain I
* From Nicaragua a …military set - 17 Portugal II, Costa Rica, Nicaragua I, Panama, El Salvador I, Guatemala I, Honduras, Belize and Haiti
* Jaruzelski and the appeal for peace - 18 Poland II
* From Lourdes an embrace to those suffering persecution - 19 France II
* The Ottomans and Europe - 20 Austria I
* The vitality of the Church wishing to renew itself - 21 The United States of America III, South Korea I, Papua New Guinea I, the Salomon Islands and Thailand
* The quest for unity at international level - 22 Switzerland II
* In the steps of Jacques Cartier - 23 Canada I
* The adventure of Christopher Columbus - 24 Spain II, the Dominican Republic II and Puerto Rico
* Solidarity and dialogue - 25 Venezuela I, Ecuador, Peru I, Trinidad and Tobago
* There's "a great need for unity" - 26 The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium I
* Flourishing churches, solidarity and dignity - 27 Togo, the Ivory Coast II, Cameroon I, the Central African Republic, Zaire II, Kenya II and Morocco
* An important stop for collectors - 28 Switzerland III and Liechtenstein
* Why this trip? - 29 India I
* Guerrilla warfare and drugs - 30 Colombia and Saint Lucia
* At least for one day, let arms be laid down - 31 France III
* Seek the truth, even among differences - 32 Bangladesh, Singapore, the Fiji islands, New Zealand, Australia I and the Seychelles
* Behind the scenes of the diplomatic controversy - 33 Uruguay I, Chile and Argentina II
* Do not forget the past - 34 Germany II
* The shadow of the president - 35 Poland III
* "May God bless America" - 36 The United States of America IV and Canada II
* The initial outcome - 37 Uruguay II, Bolivia, Peru II and Paraguay
* Speech in Mauthausen - 38 Austria II
* The condemnation of Apartheid, despite the unexpected event - 39 Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique
* From Strasbourg to Europe - 40 France IV
* Focus on marital loyalty - 41 Madagascar, Réunion Island, Zambia and Malawi
* In the land of Luther - 42 Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden
* With youths at the millennium end - 43 Spain III
* USSR, North Korea, China, Timor - 44 South Korea II, Indonesia and Mauritius
* A challenge for solidarity from Sahel - 45 Cape Verde, Bissau Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso II and Chad
* Freedom rediscovered - 46 Czechoslovakia I
* The ice has melted - 47 Mexico II and the Dutch Antilles
* Peace talks - 48 Malta I
* The ills of Africa, progress defeated - 49 Malta II, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and the Ivory Coast III
* Back to Fatima, with a different perspective - 50 Portugal III
* Concern for the future - 51 Poland IV
* The Pope and youth - 52 Poland IV and Hungary I
* Democracy, the favelas and children - 53 Brazil III
* Thirteen million slaves - 54 Senegal, Gambia and Guinea
* Half a millennium of Evangelisation - 55 Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe
* Following the tracks of Christopher Columbus - 56 The Dominican Republic III
* The most difficult leg of the journey - 57 Benin II, Uganda and Sudan
* The Country of the eagles and of escape - 58 Albania
* As in 1982, more than in 1982 - 59 Spain IV
* The youth of the US - 60 Jamaica, Mexico III and the United States of America V
* A kind of home-coming - 61 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
* In Zagabria, thinking of Sarajevo - 62 Croatia I
* The youth and devout from the East - 63 The Philippines II, Papua New Guinea II, Australia II and Sri Lanka
* "I beg for the forgiveness of Non Catholics" - 64 The Czech Republic II and Poland V
* Stop wars! - 65 Belgium II
* Condemnation of nationalism - 66 Slovakia II
* South African apartheid is behind us - 67 Cameroon II, South Africa and Kenya III
* The UN fifty years on - 68 The United Nations II and the United States of America VI
* Peace, war and the road to democracy - 69 Guatemala II, Nicaragua II, El Salvador II and Venezuela II
* The door to Islam - 70 Tunisia
* In the independent Country - 71 Slovenia I
* To Germany, reunited - 72 Germany III
* Celebrations for the millenarian monastery - 73 Hungary II
* A purely Pastoral visit - 74 France V
* Finally in Sarajevo - 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina I
* The relevance of Saint Adalbert today - 76 The Czech Republic III
* No to external interference - 77 Lebanon
* Ten busy days - 78 Poland VI
* The young, and the Huguenots too - 79 France VI
* The family and the suffering as protagonists - 80 Brazil IV
* Together with 2,700 foreign journalists - 81 Cuba
* The Trappist Monk and human rights - 82 Nigeria II
* Giving a Christian face back to Europe - 83 Austria III
* The controversy concerning the Beatification of Stepinac - 84 Croatia II
* Resisting the culture of death - 85 Mexico IV and the United States of America VII
* In Bucharest with the Orthodox - 86 Rumania
* From Danzig to Czestochowa. Then 2000 - 87 Poland VII
* Return to independent Slovenia - 88 Slovenia II
* The difficulties of the Asiatic journey - 89 India II and Georgia
* In the footsteps of Abraham - 90 Egypt
* In the Holy Land at last! - 91 Jordan, the Independent Palestinian Areas and Israel
* Fatima and the "Third Secret" - 92 Portugal IV
* Saint Paul's route - 93 Greece, Syria and Malta III
* A much awaited visit - 94 Ukraine
* After 11th September a choice between good and evil - 95 Kazakhstan and Armenia
* Between present and past - 96 Azerbaijan and Bulgaria
* Symbols and risks - 97 Canada III, Guatemala III and Mexico V
* Different assessments - 98 Poland VIII
* "Let peace be with you, Spain!" - 99 Spain V
* The various sides - 100 Croatia III
* Ivan Merz and the war - 101 Bosnia and Herzegovina II
* A tired Pope - 102 Slovakia III
* "I too was twenty once" - 103 Switzerland IV
* Sick among the sick - 104 France VII

* Travelling with... covers

* Bibliography
* The author
* Alphabetical list of the Countries

N.B.: the roman numerals indicate, according to the official list, the number of times the Pontiff returned to the Country specified

THE MAIN CHARACTERS: THE JOURNEYS
This work considers the 104 journeys that the Vicar of Christ undertook outside Italy throughout his Papacy, following the criteria put in place by the Holy See.
A chapter is dedicated to each journey in chronological order, presenting details of the postal issues distributed for the occasion, and ideally retracing the itinerary followed by the Pontiff. Both the issues produced by the countries that hosted the Pope over time and, at the end of each chapter, those issued by the Vatican in connection with the same itinerary are reproduced and described.
For the countries that received him, the research has involved the periods immediately before and after the visit up to approximately one year after the event: in fact, various realities, rather than announcing the experience, prefer to comment on it afterwards. In some cases, therefore, both focuses are highlighted.
The Vatican, on the other hand, has always upheld its own tradition: it waits a certain length of time - usually one or two years - and then it issues a commemorative series, generally dedicating a stamp to each itinerary. For example, the five projects completed in 1999 (Mexico and the United States together, Romania, Poland, Slovenia, India and Georgia) are celebrated with the same number of copies, which came out on the 1st September 2000. Sometimes more general subjects are added, as happened on the 3rd December 1981: alongside the places visited the previous year we have the papal coat of arms (50 lire) or His Holiness giving a blessing (900 lire).
To define the historical moment and provide further details in order to take both the journey and the circumstances in which it took place into consideration, a brief account of the visit is also given through the writings of journalists at the time or, subsequently, of the experts.

NOT JUST A PASTORAL VIEWPOINT
The creation of this collection aims to go further. Various visits were distinguished by one or more prominent themes, commemorated by special stamps issued around the time of the Pontiff's visit.
These include historical anniversaries, events, religious ceremonies that are worth noting: they are not strictly linked with the Pope's visit - although the Pope himself is involved - but they can help us fully understand its context.
His first stay in Argentina, from the 10th to the 13th June 1982, had one main motivation: to attempt mediation between Buenos Aires and London, divided by the bloody Falkland-Malvinas conflict. Of course, the South-American country highlights the presence of the Bishop of Rome on the 12th June, but the issues also help us understand the climate at the time, such as those from the 22nd April where the islands are shown as being Argentinean.
Another example: from the 6th to the 16th October 1989 the Pilgrim visited, in order, South Korea, Indonesia and Mauritius. Seoul did not issue any special stamps, but on the 4th October an 80 Won commemorates the 44th International Eucharistic Congress, organised in the Asian capital and attended by the Pontiff.

REFERENCES FOR COLLECTORS
This book considers all of the official stamps and souvenir sheets issued by a certain reality.
In order to facilitate research for collectors, with their kind permission, the corresponding numbering in the (in alphabetical order) Michel, Scott, Unificato and Yvert & Tellier catalogues has been included for each stamp presented.
Note that there are no valuations of the items described and/or reproduced in the book. You can refer to the aforementioned catalogues for this.

Fabio Bonacina, a journalist, mainly works in public communication, but he also writes about stamps and the post. The newspapers and magazines that have published his articles include "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia", and "Italia oggi". He is President of the Italian Philatelic Press Union since 2014, and editor of the daily web magazine of philately and postal information "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) since 2003.
He has been awarded the prize by Usfi (Italian Philatelic Press Union) in 2010, he has obtained the award for journalism by the Town of Riccione in 2006, and the oscar for philately by Circolo filatelico numismatico reggiano in 2002.
For this publisher he has written the books "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra"; "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", published in two editions; "Giovanni Paolo II - Viaggi di speranza - I francobolli del mondo testimoniano le visite di Papa Wojtyla", translated into English and German (English edition "John Paul II - Visits of hope - World stamps witness the travels of Pope Wojtyla"); "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006"; "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010"; "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani"; "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014".

VERMEIL - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

VERMEIL - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

SILVER - STAMPSHOW 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
23-25 ottobre 2008

SILVER - MONTENEGROFILA 2008
Montenegro
2-5 ottobre 2008

SILVER - EFIRO 2008
Bucharest, Romania
20-28 giugno 2008

SILVER - HUNFILA 2007 - International Stamp Exhibition
26-30 settembre 2007
Budapest

SILVER - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

SILVER - ST. PETERSBURG 2007
General World Stamp Exhibition
St. Petersburg, 19-25 giugno 2007

SILVER - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy

SILVER - CHICAGOPEX 2006
17-19 novembre 2006
(Chicago, USA)

SILVER-BRONZE - CHINA 2009
Luoyang City, Henan Province, P.R. China
10-16 aprile 2009

SILVER-BRONZE - NEW ZEALAND 10TH NATION. PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
30 giugno 2007
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

BRONZE- SILVER - IBRA 2009
Essen, Germany
6-10 maggio 2009

BRONZE- SILVER - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

BRONZE- SILVER - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006

PHILATELIC SHOPS

- Philatelic Bibliopole, Leonard Hartmann (USA)
- Vera Trinder, London (UK)

- "Gabriel" Associations

ITALY
- Abafil (Milano)
- Ercole Gloria (Milano)
- Marini (Genova)
- Ungaro (Trentino - Veneto - Friuli)
- Riva Reno (Bologna)
- Sintoni (Forlì)
- Geoprogram (Roma)
- Interfinum (Roma)
- Philcap (Roma)


LIBRARIES DISTRIBUTION

- Casalini Libri
- Demea (Roma, Lazio, Abruzzo)
- LS (Italia)

CONTENTS

* PIER PAOLO FRANCINI, News before art
* DIETMAR FIEDLER, Preface
* DANILO BOGONI, "Don't be afraid!" cry the stamps too
* Publisher's choices
* User's guide

STAMPS FOR THE POPE FROM THE EAST
* The Pilgrim Pope
* Drawings and photographs
* One icon for a variety of occasions
* With the philatelist in mind
* The Pope has come to visit us
* Miniature manifesto
* Focus on local circumstances
* Without forgetting the enthusiasts
* Two thousand years of Christianity
* 25th anniversary celebrations
* Birthday stamps
* The immediate elaboration of the mourning
* The mourning continues
* The tradition of the "Vacant See"
* The Italian case
* Italy as seen by the Vatican
* Notes

TRIPS ABROAD
* The first trip: overseas - 1 The Dominican Republic I, Mexico I and the Bahamas
* The first glance towards East - 2 Poland I
* "Pilgrimage for Peace" - 3 Ireland, the United Nations I and the United States of America I
* The meeting with Dimitrios I… repeated - 4 Turkey
* In Africa, "where hunger is lethal" - 5 Zaire I, the Congo Republic, Kenya I, Ghana, Haute-Volta (Burkina Faso I) and the Ivory Coast I
* Shadows and lights on the Church - 6 France I
* Catholics, immigration, and poverty - 7 Brazil I
* The double homage to Saint Albertus Magnus - 8 Germany I
* Many different worlds - 9 Pakistan, the Philippines I, the United States of America II and Japan
* Love, respect, esteem. And more - 10 Nigeria I, Benin I, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
* In Fatima, a year after the attempt on his life - 11 Portugal I
* The Falklands-Malvinas war breaks out - 12 The United Kingdom
* Buenos Aires makes stamps warfare too - 13 Brazil II and Argentina I
* A homage to work - 14 Switzerland I
* All were there listening to him - 15 San Marino
* From the past Inquisition, from the future Europe - 16 Spain I
* From Nicaragua a …military set - 17 Portugal II, Costa Rica, Nicaragua I, Panama, El Salvador I, Guatemala I, Honduras, Belize and Haiti
* Jaruzelski and the appeal for peace - 18 Poland II
* From Lourdes an embrace to those suffering persecution - 19 France II
* The Ottomans and Europe - 20 Austria I
* The vitality of the Church wishing to renew itself - 21 The United States of America III, South Korea I, Papua New Guinea I, the Salomon Islands and Thailand
* The quest for unity at international level - 22 Switzerland II
* In the steps of Jacques Cartier - 23 Canada I
* The adventure of Christopher Columbus - 24 Spain II, the Dominican Republic II and Puerto Rico
* Solidarity and dialogue - 25 Venezuela I, Ecuador, Peru I, Trinidad and Tobago
* There's "a great need for unity" - 26 The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium I
* Flourishing churches, solidarity and dignity - 27 Togo, the Ivory Coast II, Cameroon I, the Central African Republic, Zaire II, Kenya II and Morocco
* An important stop for collectors - 28 Switzerland III and Liechtenstein
* Why this trip? - 29 India I
* Guerrilla warfare and drugs - 30 Colombia and Saint Lucia
* At least for one day, let arms be laid down - 31 France III
* Seek the truth, even among differences - 32 Bangladesh, Singapore, the Fiji islands, New Zealand, Australia I and the Seychelles
* Behind the scenes of the diplomatic controversy - 33 Uruguay I, Chile and Argentina II
* Do not forget the past - 34 Germany II
* The shadow of the president - 35 Poland III
* "May God bless America" - 36 The United States of America IV and Canada II
* The initial outcome - 37 Uruguay II, Bolivia, Peru II and Paraguay
* Speech in Mauthausen - 38 Austria II
* The condemnation of Apartheid, despite the unexpected event - 39 Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique
* From Strasbourg to Europe - 40 France IV
* Focus on marital loyalty - 41 Madagascar, Réunion Island, Zambia and Malawi
* In the land of Luther - 42 Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden
* With youths at the millennium end - 43 Spain III
* USSR, North Korea, China, Timor - 44 South Korea II, Indonesia and Mauritius
* A challenge for solidarity from Sahel - 45 Cape Verde, Bissau Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso II and Chad
* Freedom rediscovered - 46 Czechoslovakia I
* The ice has melted - 47 Mexico II and the Dutch Antilles
* Peace talks - 48 Malta I
* The ills of Africa, progress defeated - 49 Malta II, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and the Ivory Coast III
* Back to Fatima, with a different perspective - 50 Portugal III
* Concern for the future - 51 Poland IV
* The Pope and youth - 52 Poland IV and Hungary I
* Democracy, the favelas and children - 53 Brazil III
* Thirteen million slaves - 54 Senegal, Gambia and Guinea
* Half a millennium of Evangelisation - 55 Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe
* Following the tracks of Christopher Columbus - 56 The Dominican Republic III
* The most difficult leg of the journey - 57 Benin II, Uganda and Sudan
* The Country of the eagles and of escape - 58 Albania
* As in 1982, more than in 1982 - 59 Spain IV
* The youth of the US - 60 Jamaica, Mexico III and the United States of America V
* A kind of home-coming - 61 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
* In Zagabria, thinking of Sarajevo - 62 Croatia I
* The youth and devout from the East - 63 The Philippines II, Papua New Guinea II, Australia II and Sri Lanka
* "I beg for the forgiveness of Non Catholics" - 64 The Czech Republic II and Poland V
* Stop wars! - 65 Belgium II
* Condemnation of nationalism - 66 Slovakia II
* South African apartheid is behind us - 67 Cameroon II, South Africa and Kenya III
* The UN fifty years on - 68 The United Nations II and the United States of America VI
* Peace, war and the road to democracy - 69 Guatemala II, Nicaragua II, El Salvador II and Venezuela II
* The door to Islam - 70 Tunisia
* In the independent Country - 71 Slovenia I
* To Germany, reunited - 72 Germany III
* Celebrations for the millenarian monastery - 73 Hungary II
* A purely Pastoral visit - 74 France V
* Finally in Sarajevo - 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina I
* The relevance of Saint Adalbert today - 76 The Czech Republic III
* No to external interference - 77 Lebanon
* Ten busy days - 78 Poland VI
* The young, and the Huguenots too - 79 France VI
* The family and the suffering as protagonists - 80 Brazil IV
* Together with 2,700 foreign journalists - 81 Cuba
* The Trappist Monk and human rights - 82 Nigeria II
* Giving a Christian face back to Europe - 83 Austria III
* The controversy concerning the Beatification of Stepinac - 84 Croatia II
* Resisting the culture of death - 85 Mexico IV and the United States of America VII
* In Bucharest with the Orthodox - 86 Rumania
* From Danzig to Czestochowa. Then 2000 - 87 Poland VII
* Return to independent Slovenia - 88 Slovenia II
* The difficulties of the Asiatic journey - 89 India II and Georgia
* In the footsteps of Abraham - 90 Egypt
* In the Holy Land at last! - 91 Jordan, the Independent Palestinian Areas and Israel
* Fatima and the "Third Secret" - 92 Portugal IV
* Saint Paul's route - 93 Greece, Syria and Malta III
* A much awaited visit - 94 Ukraine
* After 11th September a choice between good and evil - 95 Kazakhstan and Armenia
* Between present and past - 96 Azerbaijan and Bulgaria
* Symbols and risks - 97 Canada III, Guatemala III and Mexico V
* Different assessments - 98 Poland VIII
* "Let peace be with you, Spain!" - 99 Spain V
* The various sides - 100 Croatia III
* Ivan Merz and the war - 101 Bosnia and Herzegovina II
* A tired Pope - 102 Slovakia III
* "I too was twenty once" - 103 Switzerland IV
* Sick among the sick - 104 France VII

* Travelling with... covers

* Bibliography
* The author
* Alphabetical list of the Countries

N.B.: the roman numerals indicate, according to the official list, the number of times the Pontiff returned to the Country specified

THE MAIN CHARACTERS: THE JOURNEYS
This work considers the 104 journeys that the Vicar of Christ undertook outside Italy throughout his Papacy, following the criteria put in place by the Holy See.
A chapter is dedicated to each journey in chronological order, presenting details of the postal issues distributed for the occasion, and ideally retracing the itinerary followed by the Pontiff. Both the issues produced by the countries that hosted the Pope over time and, at the end of each chapter, those issued by the Vatican in connection with the same itinerary are reproduced and described.
For the countries that received him, the research has involved the periods immediately before and after the visit up to approximately one year after the event: in fact, various realities, rather than announcing the experience, prefer to comment on it afterwards. In some cases, therefore, both focuses are highlighted.
The Vatican, on the other hand, has always upheld its own tradition: it waits a certain length of time - usually one or two years - and then it issues a commemorative series, generally dedicating a stamp to each itinerary. For example, the five projects completed in 1999 (Mexico and the United States together, Romania, Poland, Slovenia, India and Georgia) are celebrated with the same number of copies, which came out on the 1st September 2000. Sometimes more general subjects are added, as happened on the 3rd December 1981: alongside the places visited the previous year we have the papal coat of arms (50 lire) or His Holiness giving a blessing (900 lire).
To define the historical moment and provide further details in order to take both the journey and the circumstances in which it took place into consideration, a brief account of the visit is also given through the writings of journalists at the time or, subsequently, of the experts.

NOT JUST A PASTORAL VIEWPOINT
The creation of this collection aims to go further. Various visits were distinguished by one or more prominent themes, commemorated by special stamps issued around the time of the Pontiff's visit.
These include historical anniversaries, events, religious ceremonies that are worth noting: they are not strictly linked with the Pope's visit - although the Pope himself is involved - but they can help us fully understand its context.
His first stay in Argentina, from the 10th to the 13th June 1982, had one main motivation: to attempt mediation between Buenos Aires and London, divided by the bloody Falkland-Malvinas conflict. Of course, the South-American country highlights the presence of the Bishop of Rome on the 12th June, but the issues also help us understand the climate at the time, such as those from the 22nd April where the islands are shown as being Argentinean.
Another example: from the 6th to the 16th October 1989 the Pilgrim visited, in order, South Korea, Indonesia and Mauritius. Seoul did not issue any special stamps, but on the 4th October an 80 Won commemorates the 44th International Eucharistic Congress, organised in the Asian capital and attended by the Pontiff.

REFERENCES FOR COLLECTORS
This book considers all of the official stamps and souvenir sheets issued by a certain reality.
In order to facilitate research for collectors, with their kind permission, the corresponding numbering in the (in alphabetical order) Michel, Scott, Unificato and Yvert & Tellier catalogues has been included for each stamp presented.
Note that there are no valuations of the items described and/or reproduced in the book. You can refer to the aforementioned catalogues for this.

Fabio Bonacina, a journalist, mainly works in public communication, but he also writes about stamps and the post. The newspapers and magazines that have published his articles include "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia", and "Italia oggi". He is President of the Italian Philatelic Press Union since 2014, and editor of the daily web magazine of philately and postal information "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) since 2003.
He has been awarded the prize by Usfi (Italian Philatelic Press Union) in 2010, he has obtained the award for journalism by the Town of Riccione in 2006, and the oscar for philately by Circolo filatelico numismatico reggiano in 2002.
For this publisher he has written the books "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra"; "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", published in two editions; "Giovanni Paolo II - Viaggi di speranza - I francobolli del mondo testimoniano le visite di Papa Wojtyla", translated into English and German (English edition "John Paul II - Visits of hope - World stamps witness the travels of Pope Wojtyla"); "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006"; "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010"; "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani"; "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014".

VERMEIL - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

VERMEIL - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

SILVER - STAMPSHOW 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
23-25 ottobre 2008

SILVER - MONTENEGROFILA 2008
Montenegro
2-5 ottobre 2008

SILVER - EFIRO 2008
Bucharest, Romania
20-28 giugno 2008

SILVER - HUNFILA 2007 - International Stamp Exhibition
26-30 settembre 2007
Budapest

SILVER - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

SILVER - ST. PETERSBURG 2007
General World Stamp Exhibition
St. Petersburg, 19-25 giugno 2007

SILVER - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy

SILVER - CHICAGOPEX 2006
17-19 novembre 2006
(Chicago, USA)

SILVER-BRONZE - CHINA 2009
Luoyang City, Henan Province, P.R. China
10-16 aprile 2009

SILVER-BRONZE - NEW ZEALAND 10TH NATION. PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
30 giugno 2007
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

BRONZE- SILVER - IBRA 2009
Essen, Germany
6-10 maggio 2009

BRONZE- SILVER - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

BRONZE- SILVER - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006

PHILATELIC SHOPS

- Philatelic Bibliopole, Leonard Hartmann (USA)
- Vera Trinder, London (UK)

ITALY
- Abafil (Milano)
- Ercole Gloria (Milano)
- Marini (Genova)
- Ungaro (Trentino - Veneto - Friuli)
- Riva Reno (Bologna)
- Sintoni (Forlì)
- Geoprogram (Roma)
- Interfinum (Roma)
- Philcap (Roma)


LIBRARIES DISTRIBUTION

- Casalini Libri
- Demea (Roma, Lazio, Abruzzo)
- LS (Italia)

INHALTSVERZEICHNIS

* PIER PAOLO FRANCINI, Zuerst die Chronik, dann die Kunst
* DIETMAR FIEDLER, Vorwort
* DANILO BOGONI, Auch von den Briefmarken, "Fürchtet euch nicht!"
* Entscheidungen des Verlegers
* Leitfaden zum Gebrauch

BRIEFMARKEN ZU EHREN DES PAPSTES AUS OSTEUROPA
* Der Pilgerpapst
* Zwischen Zeichnungen und Fotos
* Eine Ikone für viele Anlässe
* Auch an die Philatelisten wurde gedacht
* Der Papst ist hier zu uns gekommen
* Plakat in Miniatur
* Berücksichtigung der lokalen Umstände
* Ohne die Liebhaber und Sammler aus den Augen zu verlieren
* Zweitausend Jahre Christentum
* Die Feier des 25-jährigen Jubiläums
* Briefmarken zum Geburtstag
* Die unmittelbare Verarbeitung der Trauer
* Die Trauer nimmt keine Ende
* Die Tradition der "Sedisvakanz"
* Der Fall Italien
* Das schöne Land Italien aus dem Blickwinkel des Vatikans
* Anmerkungen

DIE AUSLANDSREISEN
* Die erste Überseereise - 1 Dominikanische Republik I, Mexiko I und Bahamas
* Der erste Blick in Richtung Osten - 2 Polen I
*"Friedenspilgerfahrt" - 3 Irland, Vereinte Nationen I und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika I
* Die nachgemachte Begegnung mit Dimitrios I. - 4 Türkei
* In Afrika, "wo Hunger tödlich ist" - 5 Zaire I, Kongo, Kenia I, Ghana, Obervolta (Burkina Faso I) und Elfenbeinküste I
* Schatten und Lichter auf der Kirche - 6 Frankreich I
* Die Katholiken, Immigration und Armut - 7 Brasilien I
* Doppelte Ehrerbietung des Hl. Albertus Magnus - 8 Deutschland I
* Viele verschiedene Welten - 9 Pakistan, Philippinen I, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika II und Japan
* Liebe, Respekt, Achtung. Und nicht nur das - 10 Nigeria I, Benin I, Gabun und Äquatorialguinea
* In Fatima, ein Jahr nach dem Attentat - 11 Portugal I
* Ausbruck des Falkland-Malvinen-Kriegs - 12 Vereinigtes Königreich
* Auch gezähnt die Offensive von Buenos Aires - 13 Brasilien II und Argentinien I
* Ehrung der Arbeit - 14 Schweiz I
* Alle hören ihm zu - 15 San Marino
* Aus der Vergangenheit die Inquisition, aus der Zukunft Europa - 16 Spanien I
* Aus Nicaragua ein... militanter Satz - 17 Portugal II, Costa Rica, Nicaragua I, Panama, El Salvador I, Guatemala I, Honduras, Belize und Haiti
* Jaruzelski und die Einforderung des Friedens - 18 Polen II
* Umarmung der Verfolgten aus Lourdes - 19 Frankreich II
* Die Osmanen und Europa - 20 Österreich I
* Die Tatkraft einer Kirche, die zur Erneuerung strebt - 21 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika III, Südkorea I, Papua-Neuguinea I, Salomon-Inseln und Thailand
* Die Suche nach universeller Einheit - 22 Schweiz II
* Auf den Spuren Jacques Cartiers - 23 Kanada I
* Das Abenteuer des Christoph Kolumbus - 24 Spanien II, Dominikanische Republik II und Puerto Rico
* Solidarität und Dialog - 25 Venezuela I, Ecuador, Peru I, Trinidad und Tobago
* Es besteht ein "großes Bedürfnis nach Einheit" - 26 Niederlande, Luxemburg und Belgien I
* Blühende Kirchen, aber auch Solidarität und Würde - 27 Togo, Elfenbeinküste II, Kamerun I, Zentralafrikanische Republik, Zaire II, Kenia II und Marokko
* Eine wichtige Station für Sammler - 28 Schweiz III und Liechtenstein
* Warum diese Reise? - 29 Indien I
* Guerrilla und Drogen - 30 Kolumbien und Saint Lucia
* Wenigstens für einen Tag sollen die Waffen ruhen - 31 Frankreich III
* Die Wahrheit suchen, dennoch unterscheiden - 32 Bangladesch, Singapur, Fidschi, Neuseeland, Australien I und Seychellen
* Hinter dem diplomatischen Streit - 33 Uruguay I, Chile und Argentinien II
* Die Vergangenheit nicht vergessen - 34 Deutschland II
* Der Schatten des Präsidenten - 35 Polen III
*"Gott segne Amerika" - 36 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika IV und Kanada II
* Die erste Bilanz - 37 Uruguay II, Bolivien, Peru II und Paraguay
* Rede in Mauthausen - 38 Österreich II
* Verurteilung der Apartheid, trotz unvorhergesehener Umstände - 39 Simbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swasiland und Mosambik
* Von Straßburg nach Europa - 40 Frankreich IV
* Der Akzent auf der ehelichen Treue - 41 Madagaskar, Réunion, Sambia und Malawi
* In lutheranischen Landen - 42 Norwegen, Island, Finnland, Dänemark und Schweden
* Mit der Jugend ins neue Jahrtausend - 43 Spanien III
* UdSSR, Nordkorea, Volksrepublik China, Timor - 44 Südkorea II, Indonesien und Mauritius
* Aus Sahel eine Herausforderung an die Solidarität - 45 Kap Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso II und Tschad
* Die wieder gewonnene Freiheit - 46 Tschechoslowakei I
* Das Eis ist gebrochen - 47 Mexiko II und die Niederländische Antillen
* Treffen für den Frieden - 48 Malta I
* Die Leiden in Afrika und die Niederlage der Entwicklungsbemühungen - 49 Malta II, Tansania, Burundi, Ruanda und Elfenbeinküste III
* Rückkehr nach Fatima, mit anderer Absicht - 50 Portugal III
* Die Sorge um die Zukunft - 51 Polen IV
* Der Papst und die Jugend - 52 Polen IV und Ungarn I
* Demokratie, die Favelas und die Kinder - 53 Brasilien III
* 13 Millionen Sklaven - 54 Senegal, Gambia und Guinea
* Fünfhundert Jahre Evangelisierung - 55 Angola, St. Tome und Principe
* Auf den Spuren des Seefahrers - 56 Dominikanische Republik III
* Die schwierigste Etappe - 57 Benin II, Uganda und Sudan
* Das Land der Adler und der Flüchtlinge - 58 Albanien
* Wie im Jahr 1982, noch mehr als 1982 - 59 Spanien IV
* Die Jugend in den USA - 60 Jamaika, Mexiko III und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika V
* Fast wie eine Rückkehr nach Hause - 61 Litauen, Lettland und Estland
* In Zagreb in Gedanken an Sarajevo - 62 Kroatien I
* Die Jugendlichen und die Gläubigen des Orients - 63 Philippinen II, Papua-Neuguinea II, Australien II und Sri Lanka
*"Ich bitte die Nichtkatholiken um Vergebung" - 64 Tschechische Republik II und Polen V
* Schluss mit den Kriegen! - 65 Belgien II
* Verurteilung des Nationalismus - 66 Slowakei II
* Die Apartheid in Südafrika gehört nunmehr der Vergangenheit an - 67 Kamerun II, Südafrika und Kenia III
* 50 Jahre nach Gründung der UNO - 68 Vereinte Nationen II und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika VI
* Frieden, Krieg und die Straße der Demokratie - 69 Guatemala II, Nicaragua II, El Salvador II und Venezuela II
* Das Tor zum Islam - 70 Tunesien
* Im unabhängigen Land - 71 Slowenien I
* Im wieder eins gewordenen Deutschland - 72 Deutschland III
* Das Fest zum tausendjährigen Bestehen des Klosters - 73 Ungarn II
* Nur ein Pastoralbesuch - 74 Frankreich V
* Endlich in Sarajevo - 75 Bosnien und Herzegowina I
* Die Aktualität des Hl. Adalbert - 76 Tschechische Republik III
* Nein zu Einmischungen von außen - 77 Libanon
* Zehn anstrengende Tage - 78 Polen VI
* Die Jugend, aber auch die Hugenotten - 79 Frankreich VI
* Protagonisten: die Familie und die Leidenden - 80 Brasilien IV
* Zusammen mit 2.700 ausländischen Journalisten - 81 Kuba
* Der Trappistenmönch und die Menschenrechte - 82 Nigeria II
* Europa sein christliches Antlitz zurückgeben - 83 Österreich III
* Polemiken bezüglich der Seligsprechung von Stepinac - 84 Kroatien II
* Der Todeskultur widerstehen - 85 Mexiko IV und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika VII
* In Bukarest mit orthodoxen Christen - 86 Rumänien
* Von Danzig nach Tschenstochau. Und dann das Jahr 2000 - 87 Polen VII
* Rückkehr in das unabhängige Slowenien - 88 Slowenien II
* Schwierigkeiten auf der Asienreise - 89 Indien II und Georgien
* Auf den Spuren Abrahams - 90 Ägypten
* Endlich, das Heilige Land! - 91 Jordanien, Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete und Israel
* Fatima und das "Dritte Geheimnis" - 92 Portugal IV
* Auf den Spuren des Hl. Paulus - 93 Griechenland, Syrien und Malta III
* Ein lang erwarteter Besuch - 94 Ukraine
* Nach dem 11. September eine Wahl zwischen Gut und Böse - 95 Kasachstan und Armenien
* Zwischen Gegenwart und Vergangenheit - 96 Aserbaidschan und Bulgarien
* Symbolen und Wagnissen - 97 Kanada III, Guatemala III und Mexiko V
* Unterschiedliche Bewertungen - 98 Polen VIII
*"Friede sei mir dir, Spanien!" - 99 Spanien V
* Unterschiedliche Facetten - 100 Kroatien III
* Ivan Merz und der Krieg - 101 Bosnien und Herzegowina II
* Der Papst ist müde - 102 Slowakei III
*"Auch ich war einmal 20 Jahre alt" - 103 Schweiz IV
* Krank unter Kranken - 104 Frankreich VII

* Auf Reisen mit… Briefumschlägen

* Bibliographie
* Der Autor
* Alphabetisches Länderverzeichnis

Anmerkung: Die römischen Ziffern geben gemäß der offiziellen Liste an, wie oft der Papst in das spezifische Land zurückgekehrt ist.

PROTAGONISTEN, DIE REISEN
Dieses Werk befasst sich mit den 104 Auslandsreisen, die der Stellvertreter Christi während seines langen Pontifikats gemäß den Kriterien des Heiligen Stuhls auf sich genommen hat.
Jeder Reise ist in chronologischer Reihenfolge ein Kapitel gewidmet, das die anlässlich dieses Ereignisses erschienen Briefmarken detailliert und, wenn möglich, der Reiseroute des Papstes folgend vorstellt. Es werden sowohl die Ausgaben wiedergegeben und beschrieben, die von den Gastländern herausgegeben wurden, als auch am Ende des jeweiligen Kapitels die des Vatikans, die anlässlich der gleichen Reise erschienen sind.
Die Untersuchung bezüglich der in den Gastländern erschienen Briefmarken betrifft den Zeitraum unmittelbar vor und nach dem Besuch bis etwa ein Jahr nach dem Ereignis: Verschiedene Länder bevorzugen es eher, den Besuch im Nachhinein zu würdigen, als diesen im Vorhinein anzukündigen. In einigen Fällen wird der Besuch sowohl vor als auch nach dem Besuch geehrt.
Der Vatikan verfolgt jedoch eine andere Tradition, die sich im Übrigen stets bewährt hat: er wartet eine gewisse Zeit - im Allgemeinen ein bis zwei Jahre - und bringt dann einen Gedenksatz heraus, in dem jeder Reise normalerweise eine Briefmarke gewidmet ist. Die 1999 unternommenen fünf Reisen (Mexiko, Vereinigte Staaten, Rumänien, Polen, Slowenien, Indien und Georgien) wurden z.B. am 1. September 200 mit Stücken gleicher Zahl zelebriert. In einigen Fällen werden, wie am 3. Dezember 1981, allgemeinere Themen hinzugefügt: neben den im Vorjahr unternommenen Stationen ist das päpstliche Wappen (50-Lire-Briefmarke) oder Seine Heiligkeit bei der Erteilung des Segens (900-Lire-Briefmarke) abgebildet.
Zum Zwecke der Einrahmung des historisch bedeutenden Moments und der Angabe einiger weiterführender Details zur Bewertung der Reise und der Umstände, unter denen diese stattfand, wird ferner ein zusammenfassender Besuchsbericht entsprechend den Äußerungen von Journalisten, bzw. nachfolgend von Experten, wiedergegeben.

NICHT NUR PASTORALASPEKTE
Der Wunsch bei der Erstellung dieser Sammlung war der, einen Schritt weiter zu gehen. Verschiedene Aufenthalte waren durch ein Thema, bzw. mehrere Themen von herausragender Bedeutung gekennzeichnet, deren mittels der Herausgabe von Briefmarken um den Zeitraum des Papstbesuches gedacht wurde.
Historische Jahrestage, Ereignisse und religiöse Feierlichkeiten scheinen gerne hervorgehoben zu werden: Sie stehen nicht in unmittelbarem Zusammenhang mit dem Papstbesuch - auch wenn sie den Papst selber betreffen - können aber zum besseren Verständnis des Kontextes beitragen.
Der ersten Etappe in Argentinien vom 10. bis zum 13. Juni 1982 liegt ein Hauptgedanke zu Grunde: der Vermittlungsversuch zwischen Buenos Aires und London, die durch den blutigen Falkland-Malwinen-Konflikt geteilt waren. Der südamerikanische Staat unterstreicht selbstverständlicherweise den Besuch der Bischofs von Rom am 12. Juni. Zum besseren Verständnis dienen jedoch auch die Ausgaben, wie die vom 22. April, auf denen die Inseln als argentinisch angegeben sind.
Ein weiteres Beispiel: Zwischen dem 6. und dem 16. Oktober besucht der Pilger in genannter Reihenfolge Südkorea, Indonesien und Mauritius. Seoul gedenkt dieses Besuches nicht mit spezifischen Briefmarken. Doch genau am 4. Oktober gedenkt Korea des 44. Internationalen Eucharistischen Kongress, der von der asiatischen Hauptstadt organisiert wurde und an der der Papst teilnahm, mit einer 80-Won-Briefmarke.

BEZÜGE FÜR SAMMLER
Der Band trägt allen von den jeweiligen Ländern herausgegebenen amtlichen Briefmarken und Blöcken Rechnung.
Zum Zwecke der Vereinfachung der Briefmarkensuche seitens der Sammler, ist für jede Briefmarke in alphabetischer Reihenfolge die entsprechende Nummerierung der Michel-, Scott-, Unificato- und Yvert & Tellier-Kataloge, die uns freundlicherweise dazu ermächtigt haben, angegeben.
Ferner sie an dieser Stelle gesagt, dass keine Wertschätzungen der beschriebenen und/oder abgedruckten Stücke angegeben ist; hier ist Bezug auf genannte Kataloge zu nehmen.

Der Autor

Der Journalist Fabio Bonacina beschäftigt sich in erster Linie mit öffentlicher Kommunikation, schreibt jedoch auch über Briefmarken und Post.
Seine Artikel wurden unter anderem von den Zeitschriften "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia" und "Italia oggi" veröffentlicht.
Er ist President der Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana seit 2014, und Chefredakteur der Philatelie- und Postinformationsseite "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) seit 2003.
Für diesen Verlag hat er die Bücher "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra", "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", "Johannes Paul II. Reisen der Hoffnung. Briefmarken aus aller Welt bezeugen die Reisen von Papst Wojtyla", "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006", "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010", "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani", "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014" verfasst.

VERMEIL - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

VERMEIL - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

SILVER - STAMPSHOW 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
23-25 ottobre 2008

SILVER - MONTENEGROFILA 2008
Montenegro
2-5 ottobre 2008

SILVER - EFIRO 2008
Bucharest, Romania
20-28 giugno 2008

SILVER - HUNFILA 2007 - International Stamp Exhibition
26-30 settembre 2007
Budapest

SILVER - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

SILVER - ST. PETERSBURG 2007
General World Stamp Exhibition
St. Petersburg, 19-25 giugno 2007

SILVER - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy

SILVER - CHICAGOPEX 2006
17-19 novembre 2006
(Chicago, USA)

SILVER-BRONZE - CHINA 2009
Luoyang City, Henan Province, P.R. China
10-16 aprile 2009

SILVER-BRONZE - NEW ZEALAND 10TH NATION. PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
30 giugno 2007
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

BRONZE- SILVER - IBRA 2009
Essen, Germany
6-10 maggio 2009

BRONZE- SILVER - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

BRONZE- SILVER - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006

PHILATELIC SHOPS

- Philatelic Bibliopole, Leonard Hartmann (USA)
- Vera Trinder, London (UK)

ITALY
- Abafil (Milano)
- Ercole Gloria (Milano)
- Marini (Genova)
- Ungaro (Trentino - Veneto - Friuli)
- Riva Reno (Bologna)
- Sintoni (Forlì)
- Geoprogram (Roma)
- Interfinum (Roma)
- Philcap (Roma)


LIBRARIES DISTRIBUTION

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- LS (Italia)

CONTENTS

* Foreword by Maria Gabriella of Savoy
* Introduction by Paolo Vaccari
* The "King of May" by Emilio Simonazzi
* Biographical notes
* Historical events

PRECURSORY EVENTS
* The Allied landing in Sicily, 10 July 1943
* The armistice with the Allies and the move to Brindisi, 8 September 1943
* The Fascist Government in the North, 15-23 September 1943
* The Italian Social Republic, 23 September 1943 - 25 April 1945
* The Allies in Rome, 4 June 1944
* The Regency, 5 June 1944
* Territorial Authorities
* Military Post
* Cyclist Post, COR.AL.IT. service
* The Liberation and the fall of Fascism, 25 April 1945
* The Post between two Kings

KINGDOM OF UMBERTO II, 9 MAY - 13 JUNE 1946
* Issues
* Postal calendar

MAIL, DOCUMENTS, IMAGES
* Mail
* Propaganda
* Austerity
* Food gift parcels
* Contentious territorial jurisdiction
* The wedding
* Exile in Cascais
* Prize for philately to Maria Gabriella of Savoy

Bibliography
The authors

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.

GOLD - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli

SILVER - NEW ZEALAND 10TH NATION. PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
30 giugno 2007
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

SILVER - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006

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

SILVER - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)

SILVER-BRONZE - CHICAGOPEX 2006
17-19 novembre 2006
(Chicago, USA)

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006

NOT COMPETING - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy

CONTENTS

HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS 1936-1941. THE YEARS OF THE EXILE
* The exile and the return (1936-1941)
* The Italian civilian post offices in "Africa Orientale Italiana" 1936-1941
* The resistance to the Italian Occupation (1936-1941)
* The liberation of Ethiopia by the Allied troops (1940-1942)
* The postal arrangements in the period January 1941 - 31 January 1942 during the Liberation of Italian East Africa (A.O.I.)

THE RESTORATION AND THE RECONSTRUCTION (1942-1951)
* Historical backgrounds 1942-1951
* The year 1942
* The year 1943
* The years 1944, 1945 and 1946
* The years 1947 and 1948
* The years 1949 and 1950
* The year 1951
* Historical backgrounds 1952-1961
* The years 1952, 1953 and 1954
* The year 1955
* The years 1956 and 1957
* The years 1958 and 1959
* The year 1960
* The year 1961
* Historical backgrounds 1962-1974
* The years 1962-1965
* The years 1966-1969
* The years 1970-1974

APPENDIX
* The Ethiopian post offices 1942-1974
* The cancellors
* The postal rates
* Airmail covers: O.A.T. and A.V. 2 postal markings
* Postal stationary and postal cards
* The registration labels
* Airlines operations to and from Ethiopia during 1940-1947
* Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) postal rates
* Equivalence between catalogues
* The Imperial family after the death of Emperor Hailé Selassié I

Bibliography

1929-2006. Born in Milan, after the war he took the Ph.D. in Industrial Chemistry and worked with Nobel laureate prof. G. Natta.
Afterwards, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry and for some years he was professor of organic chemistry at the University of Milan.
After retirement, he worked with many international companies in Europe and USA and with UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) contributing to the development of some less developed countries.
Since his youth, he was interested in stamps collecting, his main interests being stamps and postal history of Ethiopia, Romania and Bulgaria.
He obtained gold medals for his postal history pre UPU (1867-1908) collection of Ethiopia at London 2000, Madrid 2000, Bruxelles 2001 and Japan 2001 world exhibitions.
His postal history collection of the UPU period (1909-1936) was awarded with large gold and special prize, and with large gold and special prize for the most beautiful collection of the postal history section at the Italian National exhibitions of S. Colombano (2002) and Sestri Levante (2003).
His Bulgaria collections were awarded the large vermeil at Ravenna (2004) and gold medal at Villa Manin (2005).
Other interests include modern graphics, classic and jazz music and sailing, making cruises in the Mediterranean sea.

LARGE GOLD - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli

GOLD - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

LARGE VERMEIL - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005

LARGE VERMEIL - SINGAPORE 2004 (Singapore)
WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
28 agosto - 1 settembre 2004

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

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

VERMEIL - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)

VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2004
19-21 novembre 2004
(Chicago, USA)

VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004

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

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

CONTENTS

NEW CHAPTERS
* The pre-philately of Ethiopia (1750-1894)
* The Egyptian offices (1867-1885)
* The Italian offices (1880-1890)
* The introduction of postal cards. The so-called postage dues of 1896. The Ankober cancellor (1896-1898)
* The Italian invasion of Ethiopia and the battle of Adwa (1895-1896)
* The beginning of the Ethiopian mail by non-French means (1896-1907)
* The independent Imperial Post (November 1908)
* Equivalence between the different catalogues
* The "List of Ethiopian Mail 1895-1908" with floppy disk

REVISED OR REWRITTEN CHAPTERS with many new additions
* The Napier Expediton (1867-1868)
* The postal concession. The preparation of the Ethiopian stamps (1893-1894)
* The beginning of the Ethiopian Post at the Harar Capuchin Catholic Mission. The cancellor of Harar
* The beginning of the Ethiopian Post at the Addis Ababa French legation. The cancellor of Entotto (1895-1898)
* The beginning of the Ethiopian Post. The opening of post offices in Addis Ababa and Harar. The first year of their activity (1899-1900)
* The harar French Post after the opening of the Ethiopian Post office in Harar in August 1899
* The overprinted issues: the "Ethiopie" control overprint; the "Bosta" control overprint; the "Melikt" control overprint
* The Ethiopian Post under Michel's direction. The changes of postal rates. The introduction of the Registration tax (1904-1905)
* The opening of a new French post office in Dire Daua (1906)
* The end of the postal concession. The postal activity of the Addis Ababa French Legation during the second half of 1907
* The organisation of the Ethiopian Post by a French staff

1929-2006. Born in Milan, after the war he took the Ph.D. in Industrial Chemistry and worked with Nobel laureate prof. G. Natta.
Afterwards, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry and for some years he was professor of organic chemistry at the University of Milan.
After retirement, he worked with many international companies in Europe and USA and with UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) contributing to the development of some less developed countries.
Since his youth, he was interested in stamps collecting, his main interests being stamps and postal history of Ethiopia, Romania and Bulgaria.
He obtained gold medals for his postal history pre UPU (1867-1908) collection of Ethiopia at London 2000, Madrid 2000, Bruxelles 2001 and Japan 2001 world exhibitions.
His postal history collection of the UPU period (1909-1936) was awarded with large gold and special prize, and with large gold and special prize for the most beautiful collection of the postal history section at the Italian National exhibitions of S. Colombano (2002) and Sestri Levante (2003).
His Bulgaria collections were awarded the large vermeil at Ravenna (2004) and gold medal at Villa Manin (2005).
Other interests include modern graphics, classic and jazz music and sailing, making cruises in the Mediterranean sea.

GOLD - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

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

LARGE VERMEIL - BANGKOK 2003 (Bangkok)
4-13 ottobre 2003

LARGE VERMEIL - TICINO 2003 (Locarno)
18-22 giugno 2003

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

VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004

VERMEIL - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004

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.

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

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)