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SARDINIA (Italy), 1851 and 1853 issue

Sardegna - Sardinien - Sardaigne

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1851 Victor Emanuel II

  5 c black
  20 c blue
  40 c red

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

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

Typical cancels

Cancel resembling an '8'; the 'Nodo di Savoia'

Proof

Proof of the 40 c value with green ornaments around the design, inscription "Saggio" (=proof) at the bottom

For Forgeries of the 1851 issue, click here.

1853 Victor Emanuel II, embossed on coloured paper

  5 c green
  20 c blue
  40 c red

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

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

Some very clear copies:

Here with a "NIZZA MARITTA" cancel (= current day Nice in France).

With "ALESSANDRIA" cancel

Unofficial reprints were made of these stamps in 1863 and in 1877. There also exist proofs (and forgeries?) in different colours (even with cancels). Examples:

(20 c violet and reprint? with cancel)

Unofficial Matraire reprint (Matraire was the original printer of these stamps as well) and a Matraire proof(?).

I've been told that these are Usigli reprints.

I've been told that this is a forgery as well. And another forgery with "SUSA OTT 2 53" cancel. According to http://www.ilpostalista.it/falsi/falsi020.htm the town of Susa never used a single circle cancel....

This is a reprint with a forged cancel.

Here a page from the Fournier Album with several forgeries:

One of the above stamps has the cancel "SAVONA 3 OTT 54 3M" which is mentioned in the Serrane guide (among many others), but here it appears to be "SAVONA 3 OTT 54 9M", (Serrane says that the dates are interchangeable).

On http://www.ilpostalista.it/falsi/falsi020.htm it is stated that for single circle town cancels there should never be a dot in between the number and the "M" or "S" at the bottom, except for a much later cancel of Cagliari (of 1863?). Here some forged cancels with this dot:

Forged cancels: "BIELLA ? OTT 53 7.S". Also a forged "ALLESSANDRIA 22 FEB. 53 O" cancel.

Most likely a forged Allesandria cancel.

These might be Oneglia forgeries, since they were found in a collection with many Ongelia forgeries.

For Sardinia 1855 issue, in the above design, click here.

Similar stamps with inscription "MARCA DA BOLLO" and the Portrait of King Victor Emanuel II (head embossed) are fiscal stamps:

The following values exist: 5 c, 50 c, 1 L, 1 L 20, 2 L and 4 L (all in the colour red).

Sardinia 1854 issue
Sardinia 1855 issue

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