LA VOCE DELLA POSTA - tomo I - COMUNICAZIONI E SOCIETÀ NELL'ITALIA NAPOLEONICA Q.20 + CARTA GEOGRAFICA Q.21
790 pp. + Italian postal map - b/w and colour ill. - hardbound - printed 1997
series "Quaderni di Storia Postale" - Istituto di Studi Storici Postali, Prato
Italian text
THE VOICE OF THE POST OFFICES – tome I – COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIETY IN NAPOLEONIC ITALY N.20 - MAP N.21
It is a real investigation referred to a peculiar aspect of the social life of an epoch and to the contribution given to the spreading news on the transformation of the postal service. A study devoted to the development of a society during the years between two centuries, from a postal point of view. A geographical map for correspondence with the posts (1790-1815) is enclosed. Several illustrations even in colour, graphs of the routes and postal organizations; 32 illustrated tables.
CONTENTS
* Transformation of a service
* New administration
* Letter post
* Horse post
* Postal geography
* Letter marks
* Postal deviations
* Costs and rates
* Charges and handstamps
* Privileged frankings
* Tables of letter post rates
* Beginning of regulations