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edited by Emilio Simonazzi and Paolo Vaccari
I 36 GIORNI DEL "RE DI MAGGIO"
UMBERTO II DI SAVOIA
9 maggio - 13 giugno 1946
attraverso la posta, corrispondenze, documenti, immagini
THE 36 DAYS OF THE "KING OF MAY"
UMBERTO II OF SAVOY
9 May - 13 June 1946
through mail, correspondence, documents, images

128 pp. - 174 colour ill. - format cm 21x29,7 - hardbound - fine art quality paper - printed 2005
English text revision by Roy A. Dehn
series "History through documents"
Italian and English text


ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

ISBN: 88-85335-78-0
978-88-85335-78-3
From the foreword by HRH Maria Gabriella of Savoy: "History seen through postage stamps, cancels and postal documents; it is quite original even from the standpoint of politics.
I became immediately enthusiastic about the idea of following my father's kingdom in 1946 in that peculiar way."

To show that specific and very interesting moment in Italian history, when the Kingdom of Italy came to its end, postal documents are really important as they allow us to follow "day by day" the historical development.

And it is a "postal calendar" which guides us through the 36 days relevant to the Kingdom of Umberto II, the "King of May", last King of Italy. Letters, postcards, documents which follow the events from 9 May 1946, the day on which H.M. Victor Emmanuel III abdicated the throne in favour of his son Umberto, Prince of Piedmont, to 13 June 1946, when H.M. Umberto II decided to leave Italy following the results of the 2 June 1946 referendum, through which the Italians chose between Republic and Monarchy.

Mail, images, documents, showing also previous and following moments, contribute in creating a complete picture of the period. They have been selected in order to enrich and deepen postal-historical knowledge.

CONTENTS

* Foreword by Maria Gabriella of Savoy
* Introduction by Paolo Vaccari
* The "King of May" by Emilio Simonazzi
* Biographical notes
* Historical events

PRECURSORY EVENTS
* The Allied landing in Sicily, 10 July 1943
* The armistice with the Allies and the move to Brindisi, 8 September 1943
* The Fascist Government in the North, 15-23 September 1943
* The Italian Social Republic, 23 September 1943 - 25 April 1945
* The Allies in Rome, 4 June 1944
* The Regency, 5 June 1944
* Territorial Authorities
* Military Post
* Cyclist Post, COR.AL.IT. service
* The Liberation and the fall of Fascism, 25 April 1945
* The Post between two Kings

KINGDOM OF UMBERTO II, 9 MAY - 13 JUNE 1946
* Issues
* Postal calendar

MAIL, DOCUMENTS, IMAGES
* Mail
* Propaganda
* Austerity
* Food gift parcels
* Contentious territorial jurisdiction
* The wedding
* Exile in Cascais
* Prize for philately to Maria Gabriella of Savoy

Bibliography
The authors
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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