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Cod. 2851E
EUR 22,00


Marco Occhipinti
SFIZI. DI. POSTA
La storia attraverso la posta, la posta attraverso la storia

216 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - softbound - printed 2023

SFIZI. DI. POSTA
History through mail, mail through history

Preface by Gianfranco Jannuzzo
Historical introduction by Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi

The «sfizi di posta», in this volume 30 never published before, are "pieces" that are streamlined, short, immediate, and above all curious, fun, intriguing.

Anecdotes and stories told using letters, postcards, telegrams, observing their postage, postmarks of departure, arrival, transit and postal censorship and investigating the various underlying worlds. In a sequence of postal documents, chosen in a time span ranging from 1820 to 1949, we encounter stories of marriages of the past, natural disasters, village squabbles, the tragedy of two wars, Silvio Pellico, Umberto Nobile, Cesare Pavese.

Men and women in their public or private lives, actors in small and large events that have fuelled history, crystallized in postal memories, brought to life for the time of a brief reading.

For some 'sfizi' the reader will find a box entitled "The eye of the graphologist" in which Mirka Mantoan, Criminalist expert in Forensic Sciences, specialized in expert-judicial Graphology, Expert and Consultant Graphologist registered with the Civil and Criminal Court of Verona, will delve into the graphological aspects of the cursive text of some writings in order to trace the character profile of the protagonists.

CONTENTS

* Premessa
* Prefazione, di Gianfranco Jannuzzo
* Introduzione, di Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi

Gli "Sfizi"
* 17 marzo - giugno 1820, di Breme, Pellico e Maroncelli
* 1 ottobre 1848, Il blocco navale di Venezia
* 7 luglio 1857, Il sergente e il sacerdote
* 3 giugno 1875, Mi paghi? già fatto!
* 4 agosto 1889, Il certificato di povertà
* 6 giugno 1897, Oggi sposi!
* 8 ottobre 1910, Reggio e Messina distrutte
* 4 aprile 1911, Vostro babbino abbandonato!
* 10 giugno 1912, Chiamate "Chi l'ha visto?"
* 14 aprile 1917, Dentro le trincee
* 28 aprile 1918, Chiusi per guerra
* 8 febbraio 1927, Arrigo Olivetti da Ivrea, piacere
* 22 marzo 1927, Devi fare l'antirabbica!
* 19 agosto 1928, Una tenda rossa al polo nord
* 12 ottobre 1934, Alla piccola italiana
* 29 maggio 1936, A Lucera c'è Gifuni
* 18 luglio 1936, Mi sono doluti gli orecchi
* 14 aprile - 30 luglio 1940, Le leggi razziali
* 16 aprile 1940, Hai marinato la scuola? Problemi tuoi!
* 18 luglio 1941, Lotta contro le mosche
* 6 settembre 1942, Unghie e corna?
* 5 marzo 1943, Un seminarista a Fraschette
* 13 marzo 1944, Gli I.M.I. nell'organizzazione Todt
* 30 aprile 1944, Roma città aperta
* 14 aprile 1945, Hanno incendiato il municipio di Catania!
* 9 luglio 1945, L'hanno detto a radio Mosca!
* 15 agosto 1945, Destinatario: Cesare Pavese
* 10 marzo 1946, Baciamo le mani!
* 13 agosto 1948, Dentatura da leone! Groarrr!!
* 13 settembre 1949, Di guisacché

* Conclusione
* Ringraziamenti
Cod. 2852E
EUR 40,00


Michele Apicella - Ketty Borgogno
SERIE LEONI
Studio delle tirature

160 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2023

LEONI SERIES
Study of print runs

This volume deals with the method of printing "typographic" postage stamps with royal effigy, starting from the first series of the Kingdom, up to the dawn of rotogravure printing, in particular the Leoni series.
Relevance was given to the plate numbers, through which the chronological reconstruction of the different print runs that followed one another in approximately a quarter of a century becomes possible.

Research conducted with a scientific method and adequately in-depth allows us to compare the results and verify the validity of the hypotheses made following the analysis of large quantities of specimens and historical sources.

The aim is to collect, in a single text, as much information as possible on the topic of Italian typographic postage stamps and, at the same time, make readers participate in this research, show the new evidence found and provide tools and methods to those who wish to undertake or deepen the study of this branch of philately.
CONTENTS

* The authors
* Preface

* FIRST PART - PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES
* Typographical stamps with royal effigy
* Umberto I
* Letterpress printing procedures in France
* King Victor Emmanuel III

* SECOND PART - THE «LEONI»
* Nestore Leoni
* First period: the 5 and 10 centimes
* Second period: 15 centimes
* Plate numbers
* Stereotypes
* First analyzes - chronological and chromatic
* The colour over the years
* The pigments
* The plates
* The size of the impression
* The transfer varieties
* Variety of printing
* The other varieties of Leoni

* Equipment and methods
* Bibliography
Cod. 2865E
EUR 40,00


edited by Fabio Bonacina
CREATIVITÀ PER UN FRANCOBOLLO
I bozzetti del Museo storico della comunicazione

328 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2023
Italian text

CREATIVITY FOR A POSTAGE STAMP
The essays of the Historical Museum of Communication

From the archives of the Historical Museum of Communication in Rome, a "treasure" of approximately 1,700 essays for postage stamps never materialized or sometimes "crystallized" at an earlier stage than they would have arrived at the post office counters. Items that have only partially, so far, been published in any specialist article.
Now they are collected, all together, in the book created by the Museum itself in collaboration with the Italian Philatelic Press Union.

The image of each item is proposed, associated with the title, summary description, main thematic categories, author, measures, inventory code attributed by the Museum.

There are numerous specialists, famous and otherwise, who in almost one century, from 1922 to 2000, have tried their hand at this communication method. Their works tell the story of the past, from great characters to battles, from artistic expressions to monuments. But they also document their present, such as institutional and political aspects, sporting events, the post-war recovery effort, European construction, campaigns against smoking and drugs, the protection of nature, road accidents...
Thus we discover the alternatives set aside, titles hypothesized and never realised. In short, a... behind the scenes that brings the reader closer to a fascinating sector, rich in cultural ideas that deserves to be valorised.
CONTENTS

Presentation
* The philatelic essays represent the history and culture of our country
* Thank you Museum!
* The essays, dialogue between artistic creativity, technical planning and institutions
* The history of a country through a special museum collection
* Usfi, the Italian association of those who write about postage stamps and surrounding areas
* Methodological note

1922-1930
1931-1940
1941-1945
1946-1950
1951-1955
1956-1960
1961-1965
1966-1970
1971-1975
1976-1980
1981-1985
1986-2000

Index for authors
Index for series
Essential bibliography
Under the lens
Cod. 1800E
EUR 29,00


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.
GOLD - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli

SILVER - NEW ZEALAND 10TH NATION. PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
30 giugno 2007
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

SILVER - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006

SILVER - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006

SILVER - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)

SILVER-BRONZE - CHICAGOPEX 2006
17-19 novembre 2006
(Chicago, USA)

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006

NOT COMPETING - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy
Cod. 1749E
EUR 130,00


Daniele Zanaria - Gabriele Serra - Angelo Zanaria
CATALOGO STORICO DESCRITTIVO DEI FRANCOBOLLI DI VITTORIO EMANUELE II RE D'ITALIA 2a edizione
vol.I: I Matraire d'Italia

512 pp. - more than 1200 colour ill. - hardbound with gold inscriptions and colour cover - 2nd ed. 2004
VALUATIONS IN EURO
Italian and English text

HISTORICAL POSTAL CATALOGUE OF THE STAMPS OF VITTORIO EMANUELE II KING OF ITALY - II Edition - I volume: The Matraire stamps of Italy

Second edition, completely revised, which deals with the use of Matraire in the Kingdom of Italy starting from the first day of issue (1 March 1862) to 31 December 1863.
The exhaustive work is divided into eight chapters, each on a different postage stamp: 10c, 20c, 40c, 80c perforated, 2c yellow, 15c Sardinia, two 15c lithographed. Quotations in Euro are also given for print varieties, perforations, franking, use.

Four appendixes complete the book: postal forgeries, "December '63" including "De La Rue", the Matraire postage-due label used in 1863, every Italian destination. Very useful tables for the more than 700 franking on cover.

Quite every item known has been reproduced and many important philatelic and postal-historical notes accompany the text, making the work an essential instrument for collectors and scholars of the Kingdom of Italy.
Cod. 1424EL
EUR 145,00
Special Price
EUR 94,25


Daniele Zanaria - Gabriele Serra - Francesco Dal Negro
CATALOGO STORICO-POSTALE DEI FRANCOBOLLI
IN USO NEGLI UFFICI POSTALI ITALIANI ALL'ESTERO
1852-1890
edizione lusso

LUXORY EDITION - LEATHER-BOUND - 100 COPIES LIMITED AND NUMBERED EDITION
450 pp. - colour ill. - hard bound - printed 2000
Italian and English text

HISTORICAL POSTAL CATALOGUE OF THE POSTAGE STAMPS USED BY ITALIAN POST OFFICES ABROAD 1852-1890

ALEXANDRIA - BUENOS AIRES - LA GOLETTA - MONTEVIDEO - SUSA - TRIPOLI - TUNISI
The catalogue includes a descriptive part (370 pp.) and a price list (80 pp.); all the franking known in every office have been catalogued.
The volume is in colour.
The cancel impressions relevant to the franking dealt with and illustrated have been reproduced.
There is no traditional numbering generally found in every catalogue; numbering follows, in fact, the nominal value for the different franking, starting from the lowest to the highest. A capital letter indicates the different franking with the same nominal value.
Quotations in euro.
Cod. 2485EC
EUR 10,00
Special Price
EUR 8,00


by the Circolo Filatelico Numismatico Tarcentino
ANNULLI TONDO-RIQUADRATI E DOCUMENTI POSTALI
DEL "FRIULI"
COFANETTO

colour card slip-case with title of the work in 5 vols.

"FRIULI" SQUARED CIRCLE POSTMARKS AND POSTAL DOCUMENTS
SLIP-CASE

Slip-case to collect the 5 volumes of the complete work.
Cod. 2485EOFF
EUR 75,00
Special Price
EUR 60,00

SLIP-CASE FOR FREE
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by the Circolo Filatelico Numismatico Tarcentino
ANNULLI TONDO-RIQUADRATI E DOCUMENTI POSTALI
DEL "FRIULI"
OPERA COMPLETA

5 vols. - 400 total pp. - b/w and colour ill. - saddle stitch binding
Italian text

"FRIULI" SQUARED CIRCLE POSTMARKS AND POSTAL DOCUMENTS
COMPLETE WORK

The squared circle postmarks used in the provinces of Udine and Pordenone, divided into five volumes by districts and post offices in alphabetical order. Information is given such as indication of denomination, type and class, fractional numbers, besides the reproduction of postmarks and of one postal document bearing it, of possible varieties.
Cod. 1916E
EUR 15,00
Special Price
EUR 12,00


by the Circolo Filatelico Numismatico Tarcentino and by Claudio Gottardis and Mario Pirera
ANNULLI TONDO-RIQUADRATI
E DOCUMENTI POSTALI DEL "FRIULI"
Parte seconda - Provincia di Udine - Distretti di: Ampezzo - Tolmezzo - Moggio Udinese - Gemona

82 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2006
Italian text

"FRIULI" SQUARED CIRCLE POSTMARKS
AND POSTAL DOCUMENTS
Second part - Province of Udine - Districts of Ampezzo - Tolmezzo - Moggio Udinese - Gemona

The present second volume introduces the squared circle postmarks used in the province of Udine from 1891 to 1913.
Divided by district, it presents the different post offices, in alphabetical order, with the indication of denomination, type and class, fractional numbers, the reproduction of the postmark, of one postal document bearing it, of possible varieties.
Cod. 1424E
EUR 93,00


Daniele Zanaria - Gabriele Serra - Francesco Dal Negro
CATALOGO STORICO-POSTALE DEI FRANCOBOLLI
IN USO NEGLI UFFICI POSTALI ITALIANI ALL'ESTERO
1852-1890

450 pp. - colour ill. - claret cloth-bound with gold inscriptions - printed 2000
WITH VALUATIONS IN EURO
English Translation by Ettore Pedrazzo
Italian and English text

HISTORICAL POSTAL CATALOGUE OF STAMPS USED IN THE ITALIAN POST-OFFICES ABROAD 1852-1890

ALEXANDRIA - BUENOS AIRES - LA GOLETTA - MONTEVIDEO - SUSA - TRIPOLI - TUNISI
The catalogue includes a descriptive part (370 pp.) and a price list (80 pp.); all the franking known in every office have been catalogued.
The cancel impressions relevant to the franking dealt with and illustrated have been reproduced.
There is no traditional numbering generally found in every catalogue; numbering follows, in fact, the nominal value for the different franking, starting from the lowest to the highest. A capital letter indicates the different franking with the same nominal value.
Cod. 1852E
EUR 60,00
Special Price
EUR 42,00


edited by Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi
IL REGNO D'ITALIA
NELLA POSTA E NELLA FILATELIA

2 vols. - 432+432 pp. - more than 1000 colour ill. - hardbound with case - fine art quality paper - printed 2006
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)

THE KINGDOM OF ITALY
THROUGH THE POST AND PHILATELY

Official catalogue of the exhibition, it offers a picture of the Kingdom of Italy through philately. From the political fragmentation of Italy after the Congress of Vienna up to nowadays, passing through the difficult moments when Italy became united, the taking of Veneto and of Rome, the first world war, Fascism, the second world war, the new democratic climate.

CONTENTS

Ogni capitolo equivale ad un pannello della mostra con un ampliamento del testo.

PRIMA PARTE
Prima dell'Unità - La formazione del regno d'Italia - I primi anni del nuovo regno: il 1861 ed il 1862 - I primi anni del nuovo regno: il 1863 - La prima serie italiana - L'Italia fuori dai confini - La terza guerra d'indipendenza - Roma capitale - Gli ultimi anni di Vittorio Emanuele II - La posta per l'estero prima del 1875 - La valigia delle Indie attraverso l'Italia - Umberto I, il nuovo re - I francobolli di Umberto - Le cartoline postali di Umberto - Gli uffici postali italiani all'estero - L'Eritrea, la prima colonia - Il ruolo internazionale dell'Italia - Vittorio Emanuele III, il nuovo re - Le carte-valori ordinarie - Gli uffici nel Levante - La Somalia - I disastri e la posta - I primi commemorativi - Il cinquantenario del regno - I primi voli con la posta - La guerra di Libia - L'inizio della colonizzazione della Libia - La conquista dell'Egeo - Il trasporto della posta - Il telegrafo e le telecomunicazioni - La prima guerra mondiale: dal 24 maggio a Caporetto - La prima guerra mondiale: da Caporetto a Vittorio Veneto - Il compimento dell'Unità - Fiume - Strascichi di guerra: i vinti - Strascichi di guerra: le occupazioni e le missioni - Dal dopoguerra all'Imperiale: le carte-valori ordinarie - Dal dopoguerra all'Imperiale: i commemorativi - Pubblicità in posta: una gamma di offerte - Pubblicità in posta: le carte-valori - Un altro Stato all'interno del regno: San Marino.

SECONDA PARTE
La gamma delle offerte postali - I servizi accessori: la raccomandazione e l'assicurazione - I servizi accessori: l'espresso - I servizi accessori: la posta pneumatica - Il servizio dei pacchi postali - Esenzioni e franchigie - I servizi a denaro - Gli altri servizi - Gli uffici ed i loro bolli - Le linee aeree civili - Un nuovo sistema d'affrancatura - La serie artistica, poi imperiale - Le tecniche di stampa delle carte-valori postali italiane: tipografia, litografia, calcografia - Le tecniche di stampa delle carte-valori postali italiane: rotocalcografia - Il Concordato ed un altro nuovo Stato all'interno del regno - Le grandi serie commemorative sino al 1934 - Le cartoline illustrate - Le grandi crociere aeree - La crociera atlantica del decennale - Le colonie nel dopoguerra: la Libia - Le colonie nel dopoguerra: il corno d'Africa - I giri coloniali e le emissioni generali per le colonie - I possedimenti italiani - Il compleanno del re - Il regime in posta - La conquista dell'Etiopia - L'impero - La guerra di Spagna - La quarta sponda - Gli ultimi commemorativi - Il regno separato d'Albania - La seconda guerra mondiale - Le occupazioni e le annessioni - I rovesci della guerra - L'8 settembre 1943 e le sue conseguenze - Il regno del sud e la Luogotenenza - Le Forze Armate straniere in Italia - La fine della guerra - La tragedia del confine orientale - Dall'ottobre 1945 ad Umberto II - Umberto II, il re di maggio - L'epilogo: il referendum e la repubblica.
Cod. 1917E
EUR 15,00
Special Price
EUR 12,00


Sisto Iob
DOPPI CERCHI DEL FRIULI
1867 - 1879

94 pp. - colour ill. - saddle stitch binding - printed 2006
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text

FRIULI DOUBLE CIRCLE CANCELLATIONS
1867 - 1879

The volume presents the double circle cancellations introduced in Friuli after its reunification to Italy following the third war for independence, from 1867 to 1879.
The first part introduces postal items such as the postage stamps used and the documents bearing cancellations, and their combinations.
The second part is more specific. It presents, for each post office, the characteristics of the cancellations, their use, their period of use, their preservation, and any possible retouch.
Several reproductions of cancellations and postal documents.
Cod. 1985E
EUR 15,00


Nicola Simonetti - Francesca Simonetti
L'ITALIA ANTESIGNANA
DEI FRANCOBOLLI CON SOPRAPPREZZI:
tassa extra, solidarietà e specializzazione per i filatelici

344 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2006
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

ITALY FORERUNNER
FOR POSTAGE STAMPS WITH SURCHARGE:
extra tax, solidarity and specialization for philatelists

The volume is divided into 20 chapters which deal with the surcharges relevant to Italy, Italian colonies, possessions and occupations.
1910-1911 postage stamps with surcharges: 50th anniversary of Risorgimento in Sicily and of the Unity of Italy - Issues in favour of the Red Cross, occupations and colonies - Fascism: propaganda and search for contributions - Contributions for religion - Celebrations of famous people (Vittorio Emanuele II, Garibaldi, Bellini, Giotto, Ferrucci, Virgilio, Orazio, Augusto, Tito Livio) - Stamps for institutions and events (Dante, Rijeka, football, medals, summer camps) - Postal stationery of the Kingdom - Postage stamps in the Italian Republic - Issue for the colonies - Tripolitania and Cyrenaica - Tripoli exhibitions - Eritrea and Somalia - Italian possessions in the Aegean (Dodecanese, Rhodes, Castelrosso) - Libya and Italian East Africa - Rijeka and Italian Albania - Italian occupations (Albania, war areas) - Foreign occupations (Yugoslavia, German of the Aegean, Albania, Montenegro, Ljubljana and Polish) - Italian Trust Administration of Somalia (a.f.i.s)
Cod. 2165E
EUR 40,00
Special Price
EUR 28,00


Antonio A. Piga
R.S.I. 1943-1945
Catalogo degli annulli RP PAGATO e RR POSTE TS
usati come sostituti di affrancatura
LOMBARDIA - EMILIA

276 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 2008
WITH VALUATIONS
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

R.S.I. 1943-1945
Catalogue of RP PAGATO and RR POSTE TS postmarks used to substitute franking
LOMBARDY - EMILIA

Study centred on the postmarks used in the RSI from 1943 to 1945 to pay postage in cash, without the sticking of postage stamps. They indicated that payment had been effected (RP PAGATO), or that the destination office had to collect it (REGIE POSTE TS).
The research is limited to the territories which became part of the Italian Social Republic on 29 September 1943, and it is extended, for the same territories, to the period of the Allied occupation.
List of the post offices in force in that period; analytical tables of the post offices which used this method of franking; valuation of the postmarks in their combinations; postal regulations relevant to the subject and much more.

CONTENTS

Thanks - Preface - Historical antecedent facts - Table 1 - Post offices - Types of postmarks - Handwritten forerunners - Cancels RPTS-RPP - Table 2 - Chiselled handstamps - Improvised handstamps - Franking additional marks - Valuations - Postal circular letters
EMILIA: Bologna, Ferrara, Forlì, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia
LOMBARDY: Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Mantova, Milano, Pavia, Sondrio, Varese
Bibliography
Cod. 2174E
EUR 40,00
Special Price
EUR 28,00


Antonio A. Piga
R.S.I. 1943-1945
Catalogo degli annulli RP PAGATO e RR POSTE TS
usati come sostituti di affrancatura
PIEMONTE - LIGURIA

296 pp. - b/w and colour ill. - softbound - printed 2008
WITH VALUATIONS
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

R.S.I. 1943-1945
Catalogue of RP PAGATO and RR POSTE TS postmarks used to substitute franking
PIEDMONT - LIGURIA

Study centred on the postmarks used in the RSI from 1943 to 1945 to pay postage in cash, without the sticking of postage stamps. They indicated that payment had been effected (RP PAGATO), or that the destination office had to collect it (REGIE POSTE TS).
The research is limited to the territories which became part of the Italian Social Republic on 29 September 1943, and it is extended, for the same territories, to the period of the Allied occupation.
List of the post offices in force in that period; analytical tables of the post offices which used this method of franking; valuation of the postmarks in their combinations; postal regulations relevant to the subject and much more.

CONTENTS

Thanks - Foreword - Preface - Historical antecedent facts - Table 1 - Post offices - Types of postmarks - Handwritten forerunners - Cancels RPTS-RPP - Table 2 - Chiselled handstamps - Improvised handstamps - Franking additional marks - Valuations - Postal circular letters
PIEDMONT: Alessandria, Aosta, Asti, Cuneo, Novara, Torino, Vercelli
LIGURIA: Genova, Imperia, La Spezia, Savona
Bibliography
Cod. 2195E
EUR 36,00


UFI - TELEGRAMMI PUBBLICITARI ITALIANI
ITALIAN ADVERTISING TELEGRAMS CATALOGUE

224 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2009
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text with introduction in English

Monograph no.2 - 2009
Postal stationery

Catalogue of Italian advertising telegrams from 1933, when the first advertising messages appeared to promote products, shows, fairs, lotteries, hotels, to 1938, and then from 1951 to 1960. Following a rich introduction, each telegram is reproduced and described.

CONTENTS

PREFACE
ADVERTISING: Cosa sono i telegrammi - Natura dei moduli telegrafici - I telegrammi degli anni trenta del Novecento - Consistenza degli ordini. Frazionamenti e formati - Tipi di carta e filigrana - Moduli di richiesta Mod.25 - I telegrammi degli anni Cinquanta del Novecento
VALUATION OF ADVERTISING TELEGRAMS: Telegrammi anni Trenta - Telegrammi anni Cinquanta - Conservazione
POINTS AND BASIC VALUATION: Incrementi di valore e penalizzazioni - Incrementi di valore - Penalizzazioni
BIBLIOGRAPHY - Acknowledgments
TYPES OF ADVERTISING TELEGRAMS
TELEGRAMS OF THE KINGDOM MOD.30: Tipi diversi di stemma dei telegrammi del I tipo - Varietà di stampa di alcuni telegrammi del I tipo - Varietà di stampa di alcuni telegrammi del II tipo - Pubblicità aggiunta manualmente - Prospetto riassuntivo telegrammi pubblicitari I e II tipo - Indice delle inserzioni per categoria merceologica (I e II tipo)
TELEGRAPH FORMS MOD.25: Prospetto riassuntivo moduli telegrafici pubblicitari Mod.25
TELEGRAMS OF THE REPUBLIC MOD.30: Telegrammi bicolori del 1951 - Prospetto riassuntivo telegrammi pubblicitari bicolori III tipo - Telegrammi anni Cinquanta - Prospetto riassuntivo telegrammi pubblicitari IV-IX tipo
Cod. 2204E
EUR 55,00
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EUR 44,00


Enrico Bertazzoli, Beppe Ermentini, Gianluigi Roncetti
PERFIN ITALIANI
Catalogo delle perforazioni commerciali
di francobolli dell'area italiana
CON VALUTAZIONI
ITALIAN PERFINS 2009
Catalogue of trade perforations on stamps of the Italian area
WITH EVALUATIONS

304 pp. + enclosed 32 transparent drafting paper plates with 1107 patterns - b/w ill. - format cm 17x24 - softbound - 3rd edition 2009
series «Handies»
RARITY SCALE VALUATIONS IN EURO
Italian and English text

In the CD enclosed, 608 colour reproductions of documents franked with perfins


ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)

ISBN: 978-88-96381-00-7
New edition of the catalogue on Italian perfins.
Since the publication of the first catalogue in 2000 and of its update in 2005, both sold out, it has been a continuous discovery of new patterns and of new users of old or new perfins, not to mention ampler utilization periods of time and additional detailed information.
All the patterns known are now collected in the present work, illustrated by original shape and dimensions, each one accompanied by useful details (name of user and activity, place and period of use, number given by other catalogues).
A very exhaustive introduction explains the origins, usage and way of collecting perfins.

Enclosed, 32 plates, on transparent drafting paper. The 1107 patterns known have been inserted full size in boxes, in alphabetical order, with their relevant catalogue number. The plates are a really precious tool to facilitate cataloguing the perfins on documents or on fragments, a task that is often made difficult by the scarce visibility of the little holes and by the inverted and/or reversed position of the pattern.
It will suffice to select the reference pattern the closest to the perforation to be identified, and to place it onto the perfin examined, in the same position, either upright, or inverted, or reversed. When the position of the holes of the reference template coincides with the original, one will be sure of the correct classification of the specimen.

Enclosed even a CD with 608 colour reproductions of documents franked with perfins, each one with the reference to the pattern in the catalogue.


Patterns reproduction, layout and graphics by Gianluigi Roncetti. English translation by Lucio Bertolazzi.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD
* The origins
* Progress made
* The authorizations
* The first users
* Research results
* Perforating process
* Examination and understanding of the dies
* Types of perfinned stamps
* Collecting and mounting perfins
* Revenue stamps
* Postal stationery
* Rules to follow
* Diffusion of perfin collecting
* Single and multiple perforations - Devices and manufacturers
* The most important users
* Number of existing dies
* Defective perforations
* Dry markings
* Usage and classification
* Possible forgeries
* Dies and holes dimensions
* Listing problems
* Perfins' places of origin
* Perfins' date of usage
* The market
* Updating criteria
* Conclusion
* Valuations - Loose perfins - Perfins on documents
* Catalogue reading code
* Addenda
* XIX century perfins known till now

ITALIAN PERFINS CATALOGUE
* Patterns' inventory
* Monograms and trade marks
* Francalettere
* Colonies - Territories - Offices abroad
* Non commercial perforations
* Patterns to be deciphered or of uncertain interpretation
* Patterns by multiples punches or with varieties
* Austrian perfins of Trieste and other territories part of Italy (1918-1945)
* Provinces lost in the second world war
* Perfins of Italian companies abroad
* Examples of foreign perfins similar to the Italian ones
* Patterns not easily understandable
* Two-faced patterns
* Suppressed or catalogued anew patterns
* BCI and CI patterns new listing proposal
* Italian perfinned postal stationery Inventory

Bibliography
Index of names
Index of places
Italian provinces initials
EDITION 2009

VERMEIL - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

VERMEIL - CHICAGOPEX 2010
19-21 novembre 2010
(Arlington Heights, IL, USA)

DIPLOMA - ALPENADRIA EPPAN 2013 (ALPEADRIA) - Eppan/Appiano (BZ)
21-23 giugno 2013

UPDATES 2005

LARGE VERMEIL - VILLA MANIN PHIL 2005 Nazionale
16-18 settembre 2005
Villa Manin, Passariano, Friuli

VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2005 (USA)
De Vos Place, Grand Rapids, Michigan
4-7 agosto 2005

SILVER - CHICAGOPEX 2005
18-20 novembre 2005
(Chicago, USA)

SILVER-BRONZE - WASHINGTON 2006 Washington, DC, USA
World Philatelic Exhibition
27 maggio - 3 giugno 2006

BRONZE-SILVER - C7NPLE 2005
14-16 ottobre 2005
(Toronto, Canada)

EDITION 2000

VERMEIL - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003

VERMEIL - TICINO 2003 (Locarno)
18-22 giugno 2003

VERMEIL - GIFRA 2001 (Ravenna)
settembre
Nazionale italiana

LARGE SILVER - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

LARGE SILVER - CYPRUS EUROPHILEX 2002 (Cipro)
22-29 ottobre 2002
Cod. 2289E
EUR 40,00
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EUR 32,00


Luigi Sirotti
Storia Postale d'Italia
LA REPUBBLICA SOCIALE ITALIANA
I servizi di posta civile nel territorio Metropolitano

528 pp. - colour ill. - paperboard - 2nd ed. 2010
Italian text
WITH VALUATIONS

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)

Italian postal history
THE ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC
Civil mail services in the metropolitan area

Published by Aicpm - Italian association for collectors of Military Mail and Postal History

Detailed picture of postal services in the years of the Second world war and in the post-war years, a period when complex and dramatic military operations invested Italy and the Mediterranean area.
New classification of overprints, new study centred on postal censorship and connections with foreign countries. Valuations of postal items in 70 tables.
Several reproductions of mail, including the rarest items known.
Cod. 2313E
EUR 20,00
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EUR 16,00


Leandro Mais - Pio Langella
VITA DI GARIBALDI (1807-1882)
NEI FRANCOBOLLI DI TUTTO IL MONDO

130 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - large format - 2nd ed. 2010
Italian text - captions also in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian

GARIBALDI'S LIFE (1807-1882)
IN THE WORLD POSTAGE STAMPS

1860 - Postage stamp called "di Garibaldi" or "della Dittatura"
1910 - 50 years - Plebiscites in Sicily and Naples
1960 - 100 years - Expedition of the Thousand
2010 - 150 years - Expedition of the Thousand

The National Association Bersaglieri of Friuli Venetia Julia presents this book which tells the story of Garibaldi, the hero of the two worlds, through postage stamps from all over the world.
In the present new edition on the occasion of the 150 years from the Expedition of the Thousand, besides the first part with the stamps up to 1981, there is a philatelic update with the issues for the period from 1982 (centenary of Garibaldi's death) to 2007 (bicentenary for his birth).
Cod. 2317E
EUR 40,00
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EUR 32,00


IL LAVORO E LA MEMORIA
Il Poligrafico a Piazza Verdi

X+112 pp. - 86 b/w ill. - cloth-bound with gold inscriptions - gold card case - printed 2010
Italian text

WORK AND MEMORIES
Italian State Printing Works in Piazza Verdi

Texts by Giuseppe Sgarzini
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato - Libreria dello Stato - Roma

The story of the Palace in Piazza Verdi, which was the seat of the Italian State Printing Works, and of the men and women who worked there, through several photographs taken from the beginning of the XX century to about 1955.
Some photographs are also relevant to the historic seat of the Mint, in Rome in Via Principe Umberto and Via Gino Capponi.

CONTENTS

Presentation
Notes
CHAPTER I
Notice about industrial archaeology
CHAPTER II
Building industry and Town planning in Rome between 1870 and 1911
Birth of a building: The new palace and the variant to the town plan - The palace as seat of the State Audit Court - The building of the palace - Chronology - Architecture - Inside structure - The second building stage
CHAPTER III
The State Printing Works and Mint: Short historical notes - Precious publications by the Printing Works - The State Printing Works and Mint today
CHAPTER IV
The Mint
The new brand
Pace Pace
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