3 vols. - 1274 pp. - 472 ill. of which 196 in colour - 10 b/w colour plates - 173 postal documents - 1 postal map of Sicily - more than 1000 cancellations - glossary (76 names) - index of names (718 headwords) - index of subjects (215 headwords) - archiv and bibliography (234 headwords) - printed 2000
500 numbered copies
WITH VALUATIONS
Italian text
POSTAL HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF SICILY from the origins to the introduction of postage stamps 1130-1858
WITH THE CATALOGUE OF CANCELLATIONS 1786-1861
1st VOLUME
* Travelling post offices 2nd class from the Normans to the Suevians, Aragonese and Castilians (1130-1516)
* The "Regia Correrìa" from the Habsburg to De Tassis (XVI c.)
* From the administration "Saponara" to the administration "Villafranca" (XVII-XVIII cc.)
* Bourbon postal organization from 1786 to 1858
* Postal routes
* Rates and free franking (1735-1858)
* Sea routes (XIV-XIX cc.)
2nd VOLUME
* Post and Health Service
* Local Chancelleries
* Telegraph
* Military Service
* DOCUMENTS: Edicts, decrees, regulations - Times and rates of mail and letters - Postal agreements - Trade and navigation agreements
3rd VOLUME
* Specialized CATALOGUE of handstamps and cancellations, from 1786 to 1861; second edition, with evaluations
* Handstamps and marks of the capital city
* Handstamps of the "Officine Postali" and of the "Cancellerie Comunali Postali"
* Maritime handstamps
* Free franking marks (civilian, military, sanitary, telegraphic, of the Swiss troops)
* Forwarders
* General index
* Subject index
* Index of most important nouns
* Small postal-historical dictionary
* Appendix: Genealogy of the families Tasso, Zappata de Tassis, Di Giovanni and Alliata