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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 |
1859 issue. 3 soldi black, type II head |
1863 issue. 15 soldi perf 14 |
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