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)

1850 issue. 5 centesimi yellow with a nice Venetia postmark Sassone 1.	1850 issue. 35 centesimi, Type I Sassone 1.
1858 issue. 5 soldi red, Type I head Sassone 25.	1859 issue. 5 soldi red, Type II Sassone 30.
1859 issue. 3 soldi black, type II head Sassone 29.	1862 issue. 3 soldi green, type II head Sassone 35.
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)	1864 issue. 2 soldi perf 9½ Sassone 41. Courtesy of Italy and Colonies Study Circle

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