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Cod. 1484E

OMAGGIO CLASSE C

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Ferruccio Lucini

STUDIO TECNICO SULLA STAMPA
DEI PRIMI FRANCOBOLLI DEL REGNO DI SARDEGNA
nel 150° anniversario dell'emissione

80 pp. - 16 colour plates - b/w ill. - format cm 17x24 - hardbound - printed 2001
series "Philatelic studies"
Italian text

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ISBN: 88-85335-64-0
978-88-85335-64-6

TECHNICAL STUDY ON THE PRINTING OF THE FIRST KINGDOM OF SARDINIA POSTAGE STAMPS
150th anniversary of issue

Ferruccio Lucini combines, in this volume, his love for philately and his experience as an art printer in his family activity.

A real mine rich in information about the printing methods used for the first postage stamps of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the whole production from the litho stone to the printing press, with several explanatory images.

Decrees relevant to issues and rates are included.

CONTENTS

* Biography of Victor Emmanuel II
* The five ministerial decrees signed by the Prime Minister Massimo d'Azeglio
* Francesco Matraire: The litho stone; Litho execution techniques; Litho transfer onto stone technique
* The preparation of main stones: The first main stone; The second main stone; Secret marks; The main stone of the "matrix"; Transfers; Print steeping of gummed paper; The inking; The "Star Press"
* Technical notes on the printing of the first Kingdom of Sardinia postage stamps: The sheets and the large blocks of the three values; Colour tables
* Group gutters: Some group gutters of the cent.5; Some group gutters of the cent.20; Gutter of the cent.40; The error in the cent.5 postage stamp
* Examples of high franking and postal expiry date

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