Postage Stamps of Italian States

by Tony Clayton

Lombardy-Venetia

In 1815 the Treaty of Vienna joined Lombardy and Venetia as a Kingdom under the control of Austria. Lombardy became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1859, and Venetia became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1866.

The stamps were as issued for Austria, but denominated initially in centesimi (100 centesimi = 1 Austrian Lire = 0.865 Italian Lire) changing to soldi in 1858 (100 soldi = 1 florin = 2.47 Italian lire)

5c yellow
1850 issue. 5 centesimi yellow with a nice Venetia postmark
Sassone 1.

3 soldi
1859 issue. 3 soldi black, type II head
Sassone 29.

1863 issue. 15 soldi perf 14
Sassone 40.
This stamp was used in Smirne, so in a sense comes under Austrian Levant (and is worth less than if it had a Lombardy-Venetia postmark)

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v1 2nd March 2010