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Cod. 2683E
EUR 50,00


Francesco Dal Negro
LA POSTA NELLA PROVINCIA DI BERGAMO
dall'amministrazione Lombardo-Veneta a quella Sardo-Italiana
1850-1866

208 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2017
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text

POST IN THE PROVINCE OF BERGAMO
from the Lombardy - Venetia administration to the Sardinian - Italian one
1850-1866

Completely colour illustrated with the reproduction of letters and postmarks, the work is composed of two parts.
In the first one a description is given of the geographic, political and economic situation of the province of Bergamo in the years over 1859, the year of the annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia; in this context the postal services on the territory, both in the Lombardy - Venetia period and in the Sardinian - Italian one, are examined too.
In the second part, that constitutes the catalogue with relevant valuations, all the 76 post offices that have operated in the province are listed alphabetically (except Bergamo, country seat, put at the beginning) and classified on the basis of the canceller postmarks used in the period examined.

The pertaining historical administrative period is taken into consideration In the introduction of the different postmarks, for the so called "pre-existing" offices, i.e. instituted in the Lombardy - Venetia period.
For the offices of new institution, created progressively from January 1860, the belonging to the Sardinian - Italian period is implied, therefore the relevant valuation is not conditioned by the peculiar historical period.

The canceller postmark, when unique, or the different and subsequent ones, when more than one, are described for every single office.
Some postmarks, in the period of their use, were impressed with inks in colour different from black, in shades that go from light blue to green.
The first and the last date known are reported for every postmark of every office.

CONTENTS

Preface
Introduction
Foreword

PART ONE
1 - The Province of Bergamo in the middle of the 19th Century

2 - The postal services of the Province of Bergamo in the period of Lombardy - Venetia Kingdom until 7 June 1859
* Postage stamps and postal rates
* The agreement with the Kingdom of Sardinia
* Canceller postmarks
* The change of currency/The new postage stamps
* Post offices
* The post office in the town of Bergamo
* The postal relationships between Lombardy and Piedmont during the war period

3 - The postal services of the Province of Bergamo in the period of Provisional Government (8 June-10 November 1859)
* The annexation (provisional) of Lombardy to the Kingdom of Sardinia
* The tolerated use of Austrian postage stamps
* The introduction of Sardinian postage stamps
* The services of military on the territory of the province of Bergamo
* The French postage stamps cancelled in the civil post offices
* The postal relationships between Lombardy, Venetia and Austria, before and after the reinstatement of direct postal communications (15 September 1859)

4 - The postal services of the Province of Bergamo in the period of the Sardinian - Italian Kingdom (from 11 November 1859)
* Post offices
* The service of country mail
* The use of Sardinian postage stamps
* The supplying of Sardinian rubber-stamps
* The new weight of letters
* The new classification of post offices

PART TWO
1 - Postal - historical catalogue
* The criteria of classification
* The colour of postmarks
* Dates
* Scales of valuation of canceller postmarks for complete letters
* Registration postmarks
* Other accessory postmarks in use in the Austrian period

2 - The post offices in the province of Bergamo classified according to the canceller postmarks used (1850-1866)

Notes
Source of images
Bibliography

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