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Return To Catalogue - Austrian Italy 1850-1860 - Austrian Italy cancels - Austria - Italy
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All stamps are like the Austrian types, but with inscription 'CENTES' or 'SOLDI' instead of 'KREUZER'
5 s red 10 s brown
Envelopes in the same design exist in the following values: 3 s green, 5 s red, 10 s brown, 15 s blue, 20 s yellow, 25 s brown, 30 s violet and 35 s brown. Reprints have been made of all these values in 1865 (all values), 1871 (all values), 1885 (all values) and 1889 (3 s only). They are worth much less than the genuine envelopes. An erroneous reprint 3 Soldi yellow (wrong colour) exists.
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 5 s | RRR | * | |
| 10 s | RRR | *** | |
Reprints of these stamps exist (even in non-issued values of 2 s, 3 s and 15 s) in wrong perforation (the genuine perforation is 14). They were made in 1865, 1871, 1885 and 1889 (most common). Example of such a reprint:
Reprint
I have seen forgeries (made by Spiro?) in the values 3 s green, 5 s red, 10 s brown, 20 s brown, 25 s brown, 30 s brown and 35 s brown (all different shades of brown). I have also seen the 25 s brown value in a whole sheet of 25 (5x5). Also, there is no embossing of the head. They are perforated or imperforate and usually cancelled on the sheet with a square of dots. However, the next Spiro forgeries ar cancelled with a different kind of cancel:
(Spiro forgery, the hair on the forehead is pointing towards the 'D' instead the space between the 'L' and 'D' of the word 'SOLDI')
Similar forgeries were also made of the corresponding 'Kreuzer' stamps of Austria (also presumably by Spiro).
(Wide perforation)
(Narrow perforation)
2 s yellow 3 s green 5 s red 10 s blue 15 s brown
For the specialist: two types of perforations have been issued, a very fine perforation (14) in 1863 and a very wide perforation (9 1/2) in 1864-65.
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| Perforated 14 | |||
| 2 s | R | R | |
| 3 s | RR | R | |
| 5 s | RR | * | |
| 10 s | RRR | *** | |
| 15 s | RRR | RR | |
Perforated 9 1/2 | |||
| 2 s | R | RR | |
| 3 s | *** | *** | |
| 5 s | * | * | |
| 10 s | * | * | |
| 15 s | *** | *** | |
These stamps have been reprinted in 1885 with perforation 13. Envelopes in the same design exist in the following values: 3 s green, 5 s red, 10 s blue, 15 s brown and 25 s violet. Examples of such reprints:
These stamps could also be used in the Levant (Turkey and area), examples:
(stamps used in Alexandria and Janina)
1 k black 2 k red 4 k red
The most common of these tax stamps is the 2 k, the other two are very rare. These stamps are of the same type of those of Austria. They have been reprinted in 1873 (all three values, some in slightly different types).
Value of the stamps | |||
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon | *** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare | ||
| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 1 k | RRR | RRR | |
| 2 k | RR | R | |
| 4 k | RRR | RRR | |
(I've been told that this is a reprint of the 1 k black stamp)
Forgeries, example:
The 1 and 4 k were offered by the forger Fournier in his 1914 pricelist as first choice forgeries for 2 Swiss Francs both. I have no further information about these forgeries.
(Reduced size)
Fiscal stamps were sometimes used as postal stamps (rare to extremely rare, forbidden in 1857 by the postal authorities).
I have also seen a stamp with the value '1 Lira 50 cen.' in a similar design.
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