CONTENTS

Preface by Giuseppe Antonio Natoli
Introduction by Nino Aquila
Introduction by Francesco Lombardo

CHAP.1 - SICILY POSTAGE STAMPS - Postage stamps - Delivery of postage stamps by the printer - 1/2 grano I plate - 1/2 grano II plate - 1 grano I plate - 1 grano II plate - 1 grano III plate - 2 grana I plate - 2 grana II plate - 2 grana III plate - 5 grana I plate - 5 grana I plate - 5 grana II plate - 10 grana - 20 grana - 50 grana

CHAP.2 - COMMUNICATIONS IN THE ISLAND - Routes - Land communications - Maritime communications - Calendar for the year 1859 - Calendar for the year 1860

CHAP.3 - SICILIAN POST OFFICES - Post offices - Tables for every post office, from Alcamo to Vizzini

CHAP.4 - REGULATIONS AND RATES - Inland rates - Half sheet rate - Rates to the Italian States - Rates to foreign countries - Census of letters to foreign countries - Franking with Sicilian postage stamps

CHAP.5 - INSURRECTION AND OCCUPATION - The insurrection of Gancia and Garibaldian occupation - Chronicle of the uprising in Sicily from April 1860 to the capitulation of the city of Messina (4 April 1860 - 28 July 1860) - Historical notes: the insurrection of Gancia - Historical notes: the landing in Marsala - Historical notes: the fighting in Calatafimi - Historical notes: the battle in Palermo - Historical notes: the battle in Milazzo - Communications in the island from the insurrection of Gancia to the arrival of the "Thousand" - Communications in the island after the landing of the "Thousand" - The postage stamps used during Garibaldian period - The espionage of the Kingdom of Sardinia consulates - Garibaldian postal regulations - Letters confiscated by Garibaldi's soldiers - Garibaldian mail - The post office in Messina and the so-called siege

CHAP.6 - BIBLIOGRAPHY