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Mario Mentaschi - Thomas Mathà
CORRISPONDENZE DA E PER
GLI ANTICHI STATI ITALIANI
1850-1870
TRADUZIONE DALL'ORIGINALE

216 pp. - format cm 21x29.7 - softbound - printed 2008
series "History through documents"
Italian translation

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class C)

ISBN: 978-88-85335-99-8
To accompany the original work in English, translation into Italian of the descriptive text and of the analytical index of postal markings.

The other parts (rate tables, reproductions of covers, bibliography) and the other analytical indexes (origins, destinations, routings) have not been translated as they are quite easy to use even in English.

The reproduction of the images and the CD with the illustrations in colours are enclosed only in the original work.

CONTENTS

* Introduction
* Brief Summary of the Old Italian States

* Letter Mail from and to Europe: Austrian Empire - Belgium - Denmark - France - Gibraltar - Greece - Ionian Islands - Malta - Norway - Old German States (Federation of Northern German States) - Ottoman Empire (Moldavia - Turkey - Walachia) - Portugal (Madeira) - Russian Empire - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - The Netherlands - United Kingdom
* Letter Mail from and to North America: Canada, New Brunswick, Novascotia, Newfoundland - United States of America
* Letter Mail from and to Central America: Bahamas (British Central America) - Cuba (Spanish Central America) - Guatemala - Haiti - Mexico - Puerto Rico (Spanish Central America) - St. Thomas (Danish Central America) - Trinidad (British Central America)
* Letter Mail from and to South America (Atlantic Coast): Argentina - Brazil - New Granada / Colombia - Uruguay - Venezuela
* Letter Mail from and to South America (Pacific Coast): Chile - Ecuador - Peru
* Letter Mail from and to Africa: Accra - Algeria (France) - Canary Islands (Spain) - Egypt (Ottoman Empire) - Lagos - Mauritius - Morocco - Seychelles - Tunisia (Ottoman Empire)
* Letter Mail from and to Asia: Ceylon - China - Hong Kong - India - Singapore - Syria (Ottoman Empire)
* Letter Mail from and to Australia: New Zealand - Victoria, New South Wales

* Abbreviations
* Analytical Index of Postal Markings

The authors
Dr. Ing. Mario Mentaschi, FRPSL, born in 1942, is a retired manager and lives in Vicenza, Italy. He started studying postal history of the Old Italian States about thirty years ago and is today one of the leading experts of the Italian Postal History 1850-1870. He wrote numerous articles in Italian postal history magazines; his studies resulted so far in his book Lire, soldi, crazie, grana & bajocchi (2003) which has obtained gold medals in the FIP international exhibitions "Singapore world stamp championship 2004", with felicitations of the Jury, and "Pacific Explorer 2005" held in Sydney. In 2004 the book was also awarded the Fulvio Apollonio prize of the "Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana". He exhibited in various international stamp exhibitions and obtained several gold medals. Mr. Mentaschi is a FIP judge for postal history, he is a fellow of the "Royal Philatelic Society London", a member of the "Accademia Italiana di filatelia e storia postale" and a fellow of the "International Postal History Fellowship".

Dr. Thomas Mathà, FRPSL, born in 1972, is a city manager and lives in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. Since a very early age he developed a keen interest in postal history and published his first book about Postal History of the Allied Occupations of Trieste 1947-1954 in 1992. In the last 10 years he specialized in Postal History of Old Italian States, with a special emphasis on Roman States, publishing articles in Italian and international magazines. With his collection he obtained large gold medals at the international stamp exhibitions "Amphilex 2002", "España 2004", "Sidney 2005" and "Washington 2006". In 2005 he was awarded the Gran Prix of the National Italian Stamp Exhibition "Villa Manin Fil 2005". He serves as a national judge for postal history and youth class. Mr. Mathà is a fellow of the "Royal Philatelic Society London", a member of the "Deutscher Altbriefsammler-Verein", the "International Association of Philatelic Experts" (AIEP), the "Italy & Colonies Study Circle" and a fellow of the "International Postal History Fellowship".

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