768 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - ed. 2024
Italian text
POSTAL SERVICE IN TICINO
Historical evolution from the 16th century to today
The work covers all the areas of postal history in which the author has been interested: from the development of communication routes, to the evolution of transport, the genesis, expansion and consolidation of the postal service in relation to the historical contexts of the period, the introduction and history of the postal cancellation, ...
Talking about postal history does not mean limiting oneself to describing the evolution of the service and administrations. It means analyzing the techniques and objects of communication - such as letters, newspapers, conventions between States, regulations and service prescriptions, seals and postmarks, postage stamps - in their social and artistic implications.
The most important locations in Ticino, in which there was or still is a post office, which are located on the main communication routes, are described and documented. For the Municipalities described there are brief historical details, the reproduction of the main postmarks in use in the post office with the dates of use, various correspondence between the Municipality and the Post Office Management and several period images, many important pieces of information, also thanks to the description and reproduction of many unpublished original documents.
Ticino, located between the Swiss Alps and the Lombardy Plain, is a small territory, but already from the 16th century postal traffic through the Alps was of fundamental importance for the transmission of letters and messages between the courts and the powers of Europe, without forgetting the universities, the convents, the Papal State and subsequently the traders and merchants.
The San Gottardo Pass, with that of the Sempione, the Spluga, the Giulia, the San Bernardino, the Gran San Bernardo, has become increasingly important over the last few centuries and so also the Canton of Ticino has had to adapt its roads and postal services for correspondence, for the transport of people and goods to the new needs.
CONTENTS
Prefazione
Introduzione
Abbreviazioni
Fonti
* Capitolo I: Cronologia - Storia del Cantone Ticino - Storia Postale
* Capitolo II: Amministrazione postale - Diligenze
* Capitolo II: Le vie postali - I corrieri - I someggiatori
* Capitolo IV: Convenzioni postali - Regno Sardo - Stati esteri - Cantone Grigioni
* Capitolo V: Sigilli - Annulli - Timbri - Regolamenti - Monete - Pesi
* Capitolo VI: Altre tipologie di servizi postali
* Capitolo VII: Miscellanea
* Capitolo VIII: Località
L'autore
Pubblicazioni
Libri ed articoli di terzi con scritti e documenti di Kurt
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