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Cod. 2850E
EUR 20,00


IL MONITORE DELLA TOSCANA
Anno XIX - n.37 maggio 2023
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana

52 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2023
Italian text

IL MONITORE DELLA TOSCANA
Year XIX- n.37 May 2023
Magazine of the Association for the Study of Tuscan Postal History

CONTENTS

* Alberto Càroli, Piombino, il titolo di Città, lo stemma e i bolli «d'entrata» francesi del 1806
* Alessandro Pratesi, 1790 – Giovanni Lamperi, da Parigi: cronaca di un anniversario
* Sergio Leali, L'epistolario di Giuseppe Poggi da Montanara
* Elisa Gardinazzi, Alberto Càroli, Toscane le ultime lettere disinfettate
* Carlo Innocenti, L'ufficio di Pescia nel periodo napoleonico. Le tribolazioni di un servizio postale a inizio ‘800
* Francesco Bernocchi, Dall'incisione manuale al timbro postale. Enrico Michelassi e le due successive generazioni

* Piego di libri
* cronache sociali
* Fabrizio Finetti, Un primato inosservato. La lettera toscana più costosa di sempre?
* Laurent Veglio, La Quarta di copertina
edited by Paolo Vaccari
STATO PONTIFICIO TARIFFE POSTALI GENERALI
AGGIORNATE AL 1858 E 1869

80 pp. - format cm 24x21 - softbound - 2nd ed. 2004 - 1st reprint 2021
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text

ISBN: 88-85335-29-2
978-88-85335-29-5
PAPAL STATE - GENERAL POSTAL RATES UP-DATED TO 1858 AND 1869

It is the reprint from the original text of 1858 of Papal State rates, never printed before, with baiocco currency and then cent, with destinations, routes, ecc. Lombardy Venetia, Tirol, Dukedom of Modena and Parma, Grand Duchy of Tuscany are included.

CONTENTS

Introduzione

Elenco degli uffici postali delle antiche provincie

Tariffa postale disposta in ordine alfabetico per lettere, gazzette, giornali, fascicoli annunzi, stampati litografati, mostre, ecc.
* (A) Regno Lombardo-Veneto, Tirolo e Ducati di Modena e Parma
* (B) Granducato di Toscana

Tariffa generale delle poste pontificie, giugno 1869
* Tariffa per le corrispondenze, per le stampe, pei campioni ecc., pei valori metallici ed in carta, circolanti nell'interno dello Stato
* Tariffa per le corrispondenze da spedirsi all'estero
* Tariffa pei campioni, per le stampe ecc. da spedirsi all'estero o provenienti dall'estero
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.

Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.

He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
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EUR 25,00


Emilio Diena - Paolo Vaccari
DUCATO DI PARMA
E GOVERNO PROVVISORIO
raccolta di studi

104 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - printed 2007
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

ISBN: 978-88-85335-92-9
DUCHY OF PARMA and PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
Collection of studies

The present monograph gathers a group of studies to offer a general, more comprehensive picture of the issues of Parma, starting with the first ones by the master of philately, Emilio Diena, and going on with those published since 1991 as articles in "Vaccari Magazine".

The volume is divided into two parts. In the first one, there is the reprint of the previous edition of 1989: translation from English of the article which was the subject of a lecture presented by Emilio Diena to the Royal Philatelic Society in 1930 on "Scudetto" issue of 1857-1859 of the Duchy of Parma, published in the September issue of the "London Philatelist", official organ of the "Royal"; and reprint from the original published in 1913 on Provisional Government postage stamps. Both studies are completed with the b/w tables illustrating the complete sheets and have preface by Enzo Diena.

In the second one, there are, illustrated in colour, the study presented in 2002 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Este postage stamps, which offers a short historical and philatelic introduction about the stamps of the Duchy of Parma and of the Provisional Government, with reference to all the issues and to postal rates; the article about cent.15 rose, first issue; that about cent.5, second issue; the study relevant to cent.40, third issue, with large and small zero; the one about the war of 1859 and the issue of the Provisional Government with reference to cent.80.
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.

Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.

He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
Cod. 1972E
EUR 18,00

Enclosed some transparent drafting paper plates to be placed on the original flattering cancellations in order to check them.



Alberto Diena
ALBERTO DIENA Un Filatelista - La sua vita, una sua opera inedita
I BOLLI ANNULLATORI "A SVOLAZZO" USATI SUI FRANCOBOLLI DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI E DELLE PROVINCE NAPOLETANE

X+46 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 1994
VALUATIONS IN IT LIRE
Italian text

ALBERTO DIENA A philatelist - His life, one of his works – "FLATTERING" CANCELLATIONS USED ON THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES AND OF NAPLES PROVINCES

The most fanciful postmarks of the world, the extraordinary "flattering" cancellations of the Kingdom of Naples have always been appreciated by Italian and foreign collectors. The present notes aim at resuming and, whenever possible, revising what has been so far published by the many experts, first of all Emilio Diena, the author's father.

This monograph, in addition to an introduction on the author, deals with the subject in the following chapters:
1 - origins of flattering cancellations;
2 - how many of them are known and where they were used;
3 - subdivision into six groups of six types each and their distribution;
4 - period of use;
5 - localities in which they were used;
6 - postage stamps on which they were used - some of the best known rarities - short notes on mixed franking;
7 - colours used for the impressions - attempts at identifying their origin even without the nominal postmark - postal frauds;
8 - in what types and colours the nominal postmarks were combined with the flattering cancellations;
9 - evaluation criteria for letters with postage stamps cancelled with flattering postmarks;
10 - evaluations of flattering cancellations on pieces or loose stamps.
Cod. 1537E
EUR 25,00


Emilio Diena
I FRANCOBOLLI DEL DUCATO DI MODENA
E DELLE PROVINCIE MODENESI
E LE MARCHE DEL DUCATO STESSO PEI GIORNALI ESTERI

256 pp. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - reprint 1984 - 2nd ed. 2002 - reprint 2011
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text

ISBN: 88-85335-67-5
978-88-85335-67-7
POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE DUCHY OF MODENA AND OF MODENA PROVINCES AND FISCAL STAMPS OF THE DUCHY FOR FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS

Reprint from the original "scientific treaty" about the postage stamps of Modena, published in 1894 by the Master of Italian philately, Emilio Diena.

Detailed study, based not only on decrees and postal regulations, but also on the analysis of official correspondence and administrative records, hundreds of letters and newspapers bearing Modena postage and fiscal stamps, the present monograph is still a valid reference work, essential for the ones who know only a little about the Duchy of Modena and an interesting work for the ones who love it.

To enrich the volume, three heliotypy and four zincography tables.

Preface to the new reprint by Enzo Diena.
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EUR 16,00


Vito Salierno
LA CENSURA POSTALE IN LOMBARDIA

64 pp. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - printed 2004
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class A)

ISBN: 88-85335-75-6
978-88-85335-75-2
POSTAL CENSORSHIP IN LOMBARDY

Violation of the secrecy of the mail has always been a very usual practice in any time and everywhere, not only towards state and diplomatic letters, understandable even though unjustifiable, but also towards civil and ecclesiastic mail. Everybody knew that, so people used codes and never wrote names or about important events.

This volume deals with the subject in Austrian Lombardy, then Lombardy-Venetia, in one century or a bit more when the Austrian dominated, including French interlude.

Most information comes from the State Archives in Milan.
Cod. 9E
EUR 16,00


REGNO LOMBARDO VENETO
REGOLAMENTO POSTALE E TARIFFE
per tutte le destinazioni

108 pp. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - 2nd ed. 2002 - reprinted 2005
series "The Recoveries"
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

ISBN: 88-85335-51-9
978-88-85335-51-6
Lombardy-Venetia postal rules and rates, for every destination

Second edition of the reprint from the original text «Utile Giornale di Milano» of 1857 with all postal rates. Easy to consult. Foreword by Lorenzo Carra.
Cod. 3007E
EUR 38,73
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EUR 32,92

HISTORY BOOK



Flavio Russo
SME - LA DIFESA COSTIERA DELLO STATO
DEI REALI PRESIDI DI TOSCANA
DAL XVI AL XIX SECOLO

298 pp. - 188 colour and b/w photos and drawings - hardbound with colour cover - published 2002
Italian text
Published by the Italian Army General Staff, History Archives

THE COAST DEFENCE OF THE STATE OF THE ROYAL PROTECTIONS OF TUSCANY FROM XVI TO XIX CENTURY

The strategic need to protect the routes between the southern possessions, Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily, and the coasts of Genoa and of the North, as much as the harbours to the Kingdom of Sardinia, led Spain to curve out a sort of enclave geographically corresponding to the promontory of Argentario. The military strategy was the one of the so called Presidios, already tested almost half a century before in North Africa, and consisting of the imposition of strongholds and garrisons in the territory to be controlled.
Cod. 1532E
EUR 20,00


Tarcisio Bottani
I TASSO
E LE POSTE PONTIFICIE
SEC. XV-XVI

126 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - hardbound with colour cover - printed 2000
Italian text

TASSO FAMILY
AND PAPAL STATE POST
C. XV-XVI

The present work collects a wide register of the documents relevant to the subject, most of them never published before, and traces an analytical picture of events and people who served popes such as Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, Julius II, Leo X and Clement VII, during a historical period which was really important for the history of the Church and of the whole Europe.
Cod. 1523E
EUR 20,00

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edited by Paolo Vaccari
MODENA 1852-2002
150° ANNIVERSARIO DEI FRANCOBOLLI ESTENSI
Catalogo ufficiale della mostra

400 pp. - more than 1000 colour ill. - format cm 21x29,7 - hardbound - fine art quality paper - printed 2002
series "History through documents"
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

ISBN: 88-85335-49-7
978-88-85335-49-3
MODENA 1852-2002
150th ANNIVERSARY OF ESTE POSTAGE STAMPS
COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION
Postage stamps and covers
the most important rarities of the Duchy of Modena

OFFICIAL CATALOGUE
The present catalogue illustrates fully in colour more than 1000 items exhibited, following the order of the guided route. At the beginning, the volume has been enriched with some introductory essays, and at the end with an exhaustive bibliography.

The exhibition, organized on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Este postage stamps, was anthological and at the same time educational as it showed, with postage stamps, mail and documents, what had been possible to find in private collections.

The volume starts showing how mail was sent before the introduction of postage stamps in the postal system of the Duchy, going on with essays, printers proofs of the types adopted and the franking on mail addressed to the Italian territory and abroad.

On show, also all the impressions and the cancellations used in the 32 postal offices which operated in the Duchy territory; among them some are extremely rare, besides the only known from the postal office in Zocca.

A wide part was devoted to the Risorgimento period (1859 - II War for Independence), showing all the historical and postal-historical events which had taken place in the territory.

A unique presentation was devoted to mail which reached destination in a very short time, quite impossible today even using the present technology such as trains, planes and motorways. In spite of the use of horses, before the slow post experimental trains, thanks to postal agreements between the different states, they could deliver letters sent early in the morning from Modena by the same day in Milan, Florence or Venice, by two days in Turin and by three days in Rome!

CONTENTS

* Introduction
* Francesco V Duchy of Modena, by Lidia Righi Guerzoni
* The economical situation of the Duchy during the Austria-Este Government, by Elisabetta Barbolini Ferrari
* The Austrian influence and the realization of Este postage stamps, by Lorenzo Carra
* The "maritime" localities in the Duchy, by Paolo Vaccari
* Emilio Diena. He was born in the shade of the Ghirlandina, by Paolo Vaccari
* The discovery of ancient Italian postage stamps in Vito Viti correspondence, by Emilio Diena and adaptation by Paolo Vaccari
* History in a paper rectangle, by Emilio Simonazzi

THE EXHIBITION
* Pre-philately period
* Essays and printers proofs
* Este postage stamps: Types; First days of use; Correspondence
* Risorgimento period: Sardinian occupation of Modena Transappennine; Retirement from the Duchy, Regency and Municipal Government; Este postage stamps in the Provisional Government period; Postage stamps of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Transappennine
* Provisional Government issues: Types; first day of issue
* Correspondence
* Newspapers and Gazettes
* Cancellations of postal offices: provinces of Modena, Reggio Emilia, Frignano, Guastalla, Garfagnana and Lunigiana
* Typographical composition errors; Printing varieties
* Mail from abroad
* Annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia

Bibliography
Paolo Vaccari took up the hobby of philately and postal history as a child by collecting postage stamps and participating in exhibitions, conferences and seminars. In 1977 he decided to put his wealth of experience and knowledge into practice when he turned his passion into a business to which he could dedicate all his time. The postal history and stamp business was enriched with the publishing activity in 1989, together with his daughters, which came to publish important volumes of philatelic literature, some of them written by Paolo Vaccari himself. From this date onward he has published about 100 catalogues and numerous treatises on postal history, among which the "Catalogo Vaccari - Francobolli e storia postale - Antichi Stati Italiani, Governi provvisori, Regno d'Italia - 1850-1900". The catalogue has reached its XIV edition, after 20 years of publication, and over the years has received prestigious recognition nationally and internationally. Furthermore, "Vaccari Magazine", whose editor is Paolo Vaccari, has also achieved excellent worldwide recognition and celebrated thirty years in 2018.

Paolo Vaccari received the Philatelic Oscar from the Italian Academy of Philately and Postal History for the numerous studies he has published.
For the volume "Sicilia 1859 - Comparative plates of stamps" he received the award of the Italian Philatelic Press Union.
He has received over one hundred awards of recognition worldwide for his written and published works.
He also received the "Regione Toscana" cup and the "Fiorino d'Oro" for displaying specialized collections centred on the Grand Duchy of Tuscany philately of the XIX century.
In 2008 he received the "Ragno d'Oro - UNICEF" award in the trade category, an award granted to people from Modena who have contributed to increasing the prestige of the city of Modena within the country and abroad.

He is a philatelic expert for the C.C.I.A.A. and the Court of Modena.
He has taken part in appraisals and provided expert analyses for Credit Institutions.
He is a member of the national register of journalists, special section, and of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana" (USFI).
He was a member of the "Club Elite de la Philatélie" of Monte Carlo, presided over by Prince Ranieri, a closed number club in which the 100 most important philatelic experts worldwide may take part, receiving the highest Monacan recognition each time, the Ranieri gold medal.
He is a member of the "Académie Européenne de Philatélie" with headquarters in Paris.
He was a member of the "Consulta per la filatelia del Ministero delle Comunicazioni".
He was named honorary partner of the prestigious "Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale" (A.I.S.P.) with headquarters in Milan, and of the "Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia Postale" in 2009.
He is a member of the "Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Province Modenesi";
of numerous Italian and foreign philatelic associations;
of the "Accademia dello Scoltenna".
He is a member of the Philatelic Veterans Register since 1985.
Since 1993 he has been a Trade Master with 40 years of experience in the business at the time.
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
Cod. 1617E
EUR 48,00

AVAILABLE ALSO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION! SEE CODE 1617ET



Mario Mentaschi
LIRE, SOLDI, CRAZIE, GRANA E BAJOCCHI
Tariffe postali italiane dagli Antichi Stati alla presa di Roma 1850-1870

176 pp. - 225 colour ill. and 10 maps - format cm 24x30 - hardbound - fine art quality paper - printed 2003
series "History through documents"
Italian text

ISBN: 88-85335-71-3
978-88-85335-71-4
LIRE, SOLDI, CRAZIE, GRANA and BAJOCCHI
Italian Postal Rates from the Italian States to the Taking of Rome 1850-1870

For the first time, all the domestic postal rates of the Italian States before the unification are presented in an elegant and important volume. The summary tables accompany the short text dealing with all the rates for letters, printed matter, samples, also referred to weights and postage other than the first.

The work illustrates, for every State, all the rates from the introduction of postage stamps to the transition to the Kingdom of Italy: during that complex period, between 1859 and 1861, the introduction of Sardinian rates was gradual and distinct in the different regions. The volume continues up to 1866 for Venetia and up to 1870 for the Papal State.

Domestic rates and those abroad with the French mediation have been included. Some short and unknown rate periods enable us to identify important rarities.

However, the present work is really valuable in that it is richly illustrated, with hundreds of high quality colour photographs of the postal documents belonging to the author's collection; they represent the most important rates described. Letters of Lombardy-Venetia, Sardinia, Parma, Modena, Romagne, Tuscany, Papal State, Naples and Sicily lead the readers through an evocative journey in the world of mail during that wonderful period, from 1850 to 1870, two centuries ago.

To complete the volume, some notes, graphically presented to be immediately recognizable, on the rarity of some franking, of which the author has recorded, after accurate research, the number of known exemplars.

CONTENTS

* Foreword by Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi "Italy from 1850 to 1870"

FIRST PART
* Domestic rates of Lombardy Venetia
* The Austrian Italian postal league
* Domestic rates of the other States of the Austrian Italian league
* Domestic rates of the Kingdom of Sardinia and rates of the mail exchanged with the Austrian Italian league
* Rates of mail sent abroad with the French mediation

SECOND PART
* The liberation of Lombardy
* The Duchy of Modena events
* The Duchy of Parma events
* The Grand Duchy of Tuscany events
* The Papal State events
* The transfer to France of Savoia and Nice

THIRD PART
* Domestic rates of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies
* The Papal-Bourbon postal treaty
* The French-Bourbon postal treaty
* The Sicily events
* The Continental territories events

FOURTH PART
* The Austrian Venetia and Mantua events until the annexation to the Italian Kingdom
* The Patrimonio di S. Pietro events until the annexation to the Italian Kingdom

Bibliography
Index
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WORLD STAMP CHAMPIONSHIP
28 agosto - 1 settembre 2004

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

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

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

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

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

GOLD - PACIFIC EXPLORER 2005
21-24 aprile 2005 (Sydney)

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

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

VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2005
18-20 novembre 2005
(Chicago, USA)

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

SILVER-BRONZE - APS STAMPSHOW 2005 (USA)
De Vos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan
4-7 agosto 2005

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

NOT COMPETING - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006

NOT COMPETING - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli

NOT COMPETING - BRNO CZ 2005 (Brno, Repubblica Ceca)
10-15 maggio 2005
Mario Mentaschi
LIRE, SOLDI, CRAZIE, GRANA AND BAJOCCHI
ENGLISH TRANSLATION

62 pp. - no ill. - bound prints - printed 2005
series "History through documents"
English translation

ISBN: 88-85335-97-7
978-88-85335-97-4
To accompany the original work, translation into English of the descriptive text originally only in Italian. The general introduction and the presentation of each part are already in English in the volume.
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
Cod. 2803E
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SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XXII - n.44 - dicembre 2021

48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2021
Italian text

SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Year XXII - n.44 - December 2021

Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily

CONTENTS

* Editoriale
* Salvatore Amoroso, La "Navigazione di Stato" per il collegamento Palermo-Napoli. Storia e marcofilia
* Antimo Puca, Da un'isola all'altra
* Francesco Paolo Pasanisi, Primo volo Napoli-Palermo / Palermo-Napoli con idrovolante, esperimento di trasporto di corrispondenza nel giugno 1917
* Franco Projetto, 75° anniversario della consegna della Caserma Giuseppe Cangialosi di Palermo alla Guardia di Finanza
* Antonino Russo, Corrispondenza postale tra poeti e artisti del Secondo Futurismo
* Vincenzo Fardella, La Targa Florio
* Gaetano Gatto, Regno d'Italia Vittorio Emanuele II Umberto I Affrancature Miste
Cod. 2793E
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SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XXII - n.43 - giugno 2021

44 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2021
Italian text

SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Year XXII - n.43 - June 2021

Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily

CONTENTS

* Editoriale
* Umberto Balistreri, Per Vincenzo Fardella De Quernfort
* Giuseppe Amato, In ricordo di Giulio Santoro
* Giuseppe Longo, Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale (M.V.S.N.) - Milizia artiglieria marittima
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Postalismo e Filatelia
* Cateno Nisi, Trasporti e servizi postali
* Alberto Stracuzzi, Strano annullo
* Antonino Russo, Le cartoline postali di Castrense Civello ai Futuristi
* Davide Gabriele, Vie di mare
* Antonio Triolo, Tributo alla "Filarmonica Antonio Laudamo" di Messina
* Vincenzo Fardella, La Targa Florio
* Antimo Puca, Era un altro mondo
* Anna Maria Messina, Annullo filatelico Pasqua 2021 - I Misteri di Trapani
Cod. 2775E
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SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XXI - n.41-42 - dicembre 2020

68 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2020
Italian text

SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Year XXI - n.41-42 - December 2020

Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily

CONTENTS

* Editoriale
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Un libretto interessante
* Alberto Stracuzzi, Gli annulli a svolazzo. Messina 1817-1820
* Antimo Puca, La franchigia postale e le lettere schiave al tempo degli annulli sardo-italiani
* Umberto Balistreri, Il mito popolare di Garibaldi in Sicilia
* Antonino Russo, I 40 anni dell'ISSPE. Il cammino di una preziosa istituzione
* Antonio Triolo, Per l'associazione Onofrio Zappalà
* Antonio Triolo, Santuario di Sant'Antonio
* Salvatore Amoroso, La filatelia a Palermo: personaggi ed eventi del passato (1890-1940)
* Giuseppe Longo, Gli Arditi: storia di uomini e di coraggio. Genesi, storia, gesta, e armamenti
* Vincenzo Fardella, La posta marittima in Sicilia dal Medioevo al 1858
* Le manifestazioni
Cod. 2748E
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SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XX - n.39 - giugno 2019

44 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2019
Italian text

SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Year XX - n.39 - June 2019

Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily

CONTENTS

* Editoriale
* Giulio Santoro, Su di un manoscritto datato Palermo 28 Settembre 1667 ai giurati di Sciacca
* Antimo Puca, I colori di Palermo
* Alberto Stracuzzi, Il colera del 1854 a Messina e provincia
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Una panoramica sulle comunicazioni epistolari e i servizi postali siciliani dal periodo arabo-normanno all'Unità d'Italia
* Cateno Nisi, Le Collettorie (poi Ricevitorie) della provincia di Catania
* Annamaria Messina, La corrispondenza nella provincia di Trapani durante i moti 1848-1849
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature delle Officine Postali di Sicilia 1859-1860 (segue dal n.38)
* Le manifestazioni
Cod. 2739E
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SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XIX - n.38 - dicembre 2018

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

SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Year XIX - n.38 - December 2018

Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily

CONTENTS

* Editoriale
* Vittorio di Paola, Il servizio postale sullo Stretto di Messina dal 1839 al 1985. Dalla "Barca corriera" al "Ponte mobile sullo Stretto"
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, La battaglia di Milazzo del 20 luglio del 1860. La super emergenza postale del marzo-aprile 1861
* Antonio Triolo, Ricordo di Eugenio Alberti, poeta e letterato, nel sessantennio della scomparsa
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, ASPS, AdS, AEP, L'"imbroglio" dei segna-tasse del 1873 per l'Amministrazione comunale di Catania
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature delle Officine Postali di Sicilia 1859-1860 (segue dal n.37)
* Cesare Giorgianni, Il Circolo Filatelico Peloritano spegne quaranta candeline
* Le manifestazioni
Cod. 2714E
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SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XIX - n.37 - giugno 2018

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

SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Year XIX - n.37 - June 2018

Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily

CONTENTS

* Editoriale
* Massimiliano Pezzi, Una "apparenza di corrispondenza" diplomatica tra Palermo e Costantinopoli (1806-1808)
* Adriano Cattani, Messina, centro di smistamento postale tra '600 e '700
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature delle Officine Postali di Sicilia 1859-1860 (segue dal n.36)
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, La mia opinione su "Lettere indirizzate a Enti Pubblici"
* Giuseppe Natoli Rivas, Sanità tra storia e cronaca - Una corrispondenza tra medici durante il colera del 1854 a Messina e Reggio
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Ricordiamo Paolo Vollmeier
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, I rapporti fra i detentori della Regia Correria di Sicilia dal Cinquecento all'Ottocento
* Christian Genovese e Antimo Puca, Da Barsalona a Barcellonetta, oggi Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
* Le manifestazioni
* Biblioteca sociale
Cod. 2693E
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SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Anno XVIII - n.36 - dicembre 2017

48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2017
Italian text

SICIL POST MAGAZINE
Year XVIII - n.36 - December 2017

Magazine of the Postal History Association of Sicily

CONTENTS

* Editoriale
* Alfred Bonnici, The expulsion of the Jesuits from Malta and the Reign of the Two Sicilies, in correspondence between Pinto de Fonseca and the Bourbon Court - L'espulsione dei Gesuiti da Malta e dal Regno delle Due Sicilie nella corrispondenza epistolare fra Pinto de Fonseca e la Corte borbonica
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Chiese e Collegi dei Gesuiti in Sicilia
* Gaetano Gatto, Le affrancature delle Officine Postali di Sicilia 1859-1860 (segue dal n.35)
* Vincenzo Fardella de Quernfort, Il centenario del trasporto postale con idrovolante NAPOLI-PALERMO-NAPOLI del 28 giugno 1917
* Comunicato ai soci
* Ricordiamo Biagio Gucciardi e Franco Tomasino
* Il progetto "Alternativa scuola-lavoro" e Prossimi appuntamenti
* Segnalazioni
* Le manifestazioni
Cod. 2825E
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IL MONITORE DELLA TOSCANA
Anno XVIII - n.36 novembre 2022
Rivista della Associazione per lo Studio della Storia Postale Toscana

48 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2022
Italian text

IL MONITORE DELLA TOSCANA
Year XVIII - n.36 November 2022
Magazine of the Association for the Study of Tuscan Postal History

CONTENTS

* Alessandro Pratesi, 24 giugno 1811. La convenzione postale tra l'Impero francese e il Principato di Lucca
* Alberto Càroli, Profumare, disinfettare, spurgare le lettere. Metodi praticati, codificati, ipotizzati
* Fabrizio Finetti, La prima lettera di Vito dagli U.S.A.
* Enrico Bettazzi, La censura postale a Pistoia 1940-1945
* Alberto Càroli (a cura di), Il «cerchio grande» della provincia di Massa-Carrara

* Cronache sociali
* Toscanità
* Sergio Leali, La Quarta di copertina
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