Postage Stamps of Italian States

by Tony Clayton


Lombardy-Venetia


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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.

35c brown

1850 issue. 35 centesimi, Type I
Sassone 1.

5c red

1858 issue. 5 soldi red, Type I head
Sassone 25.

5c red

1859 issue. 5 soldi red, Type II
Sassone 30.

3 soldi

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

3 soldi

1862 issue. 3 soldi green, type II head
Sassone 35.

15 soldi

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)

2 soldi

1864 issue. 2 soldi perf 9½
Sassone 41.
Courtesy of Italy and Colonies Study Circle


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