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PAPAL STATES (Stato Pontificio) 1851 issue (except 50 b and 1 Sc values)

Stato Pontificio, Kirchenstaat, Etats pontificaux

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1851 Arms, Value in 'BAJ', imperforate

  1/2 b (Baj Mezzo) black on grey (or black on lilac)
  1 b black on green
  2 b black on green
  3 b black on brown (or black on yellow)
  4 b black on yellow (or black on brown)
  5 b black on rosa
  6 b black on grey
  7 b black on blue
  8 b black

These stamps were printed in sheets of 100 (in four panes of 25). The values 1/2 b, 1 b, 3 b, 4 b and 8 b have dividing lines between the individual stamps.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Some stamps were printed front AND backside, an example:

Certified genuine stamp with impression on the back.

Printed in front and back. This might be a Fournier forgery (always with the paper too pinkish). In some copies (such as the one here), the 'A' has a missing bottom left part.

Bisected 1 b stamp with 'BOLOGNA' straight line cancel, reduced size

Typical cancels:

The most common cancel is the grill cancel (as shown above). It is usually struck in black, but I have also seen it in red:

Red grill cancel of Rome, reduced size

The grill cancel is usually lozenge shaped, though rectangular grills also exist. Reversed lozenge shaped cancels also exist (lines in the opposite direction).

I've been told that the above cancel, a cross, was used in Ferrara. Similar cancels exist for Comacchio (or Commachio?).

Most likely a Gomacchio 'Cross cancel'

Lines cancel from Monterubbiano?

Possibly a cancel from Forolimpopoli consisting of a lozenge with 9 subdivisions

Could this be a cancel from Civita Castellana?

An "Impe" cancel (Impostazione). According to the book Roman States Forgeries, the issue of 1867-1868' by F.J.Levitsky and F.A.Jenkins, there are four slightly different types for the cities of Albano, Bologna, Fano and Ferrara. This cancel is known to have been forged on genuine stamps.

"PD" in a box cancel from Rome

Townname 'ANCONA' and 'CORNETO' in a straight line cancel, reduced sizes

Townname 'MOLINELLA' cancel in a straight line, reduced size

Cesena cancel (Fournier made a forged cancel but with wrong inscription "CESANA" by the way).

Letter with "ROMA" cancels and French "E PONT. MARSEILLE" entry cancel; also a British "PAID" cancel.

Unlisted cancel; circle with lines in it. Maybe a bogus cancel.

For forgeries of the 1851 issue (except 50 b and 1 Sc), click here.

Click here for the 50 b and 1 Sc values of this set.

Click here for Papal States, 1867 issue (similar issues, but values in 'Cent' and Vatican

Essays

I've been told that the next stamp in the value 10 b is an essay:

Older stamp albums often had premade spaces where to put the stamps. Some of the stamps were cut to shape to fit into these albums. Examples of some mutilated stamps of the Papal States:

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