352 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2020

DEMOCRATIC
The ordinary of awakening

From the author's idea of illustrating the uses, postal and non-postal, of these stamps in the two Regency and in the seven Republican rate periods for the domestic mail, even going beyond the postal validity of 31 December 1952, without neglecting, however, the particularities and the cunning of those who used them. All completed mainly by images and captions important to the proposed purpose.

The first part is devoted to the correspondence that underwent the mixture of the several postal values of that period (Italian Kingdom, Italian Social Republic, Regency).
The second chapter is concerned with correspondence objects (letters, postcards, manuscripts, samples, etc.), then accessory services (registered letter, express, air mail, etc.) offered by the institution to allow greater speed, safety or convenience in using the postal service, and then cash services (money orders, interest-bearing bonds, etc.), complementary services (legalization of documents, notification of judicial documents, etc.)
A brief mention to the delegated services where the Post offers itself as an intermediary for the performance of operations not falling within its institutional duties.

The story of the appearance in Milan, in October 1946, of a postage stamp of the Democratic series with a face value of 10 lire, slate colour, of the type issued on 1 October 1945, known as the "fake of Milan", could not be lacking.