Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

TUSCANY 1860 issue and miscellaneous

Return To Catalogue - Tuscany 1860 issue forgeries - Tuscany (Italy) 1851 issue - Italy

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With thanks to Lorenzo, (check his excellent website on Italian States! http://www.antichistati.com/800/index800.html) who kindly set some of his images at my disposal.

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1860 Arms of Savoy, imperforate

  1 Centes lilac
  5 Centes green
  10 Centes brown
  20 Cent blue
  40 Cent red
  80 Cent red
  3 Lire IT yellow

Watermark seen from the backside of a certified genuine 80 c stamp

Backside of a 20 c stamp with parts of a word in the watermark

For the specialist: these stamps have watermark 'wavy crossing lines' (see picture at previous issue). In the middle of the sheet a slanting inscription 'I 1 E R R POSTE TOSCANE' exists in this watermark. Some stamps show a part of these words. The most common stamp is the 10 c. The 3 L is extremely rare. The 40 c is known to exist bisected to serve as two 20 c stamps.

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 c	R	***
5 c	RR	***
10 c	***	*
20 c	RR	***
40 c	RRR	***
80 c	RRR	RR
3 L	RRR	RRR

Cancels:

Small circular cancels seem to have been used most commonly on these stamps.

Forgeries: Tuscany 1860 issue forgeries, click here

In the early 20th century already 7 forgeries existed (according to Album Weeds), the first thing that can be checked is the presence of a watermark (but some forgeries have watermark too). The bottom line is always open at two places at the bottom (since the value was added in). The pearls at the extreme right and left of the crown are elongated. Examples of forgeries:

1854 Newspaper Tax Stamp, inscription "BOLLO STRAORDINARIO PER LE POSTE 2 SOLDI"

  2 Soldi black

Image obtained thanks to Lorenzo

These stamps were seperated by hand-drawn red lines (about 4 centimeters apart). They are never cancelled and not sold to the public. It was printed in black on very thin, yellowish, almost transparent paper sheets. One sheet was composed of 80 pieces in 10 rows of 8 stamps each. This stamp was often cut very close to the circular print before being applied to the newspaper. Example of a stamp used on a newspaper:

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
2 s	?	***
Reprint	*	-

A Fournier forgery as it can be found in 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries'.

I think the next stamps are forgeries:

(Forgeries? Note the strange cancels, reduced sizes)

Essays, Proofs

The following labels are essays or proofs, however, issued somewhere in the 1860's(?).

(Inscription "PERIODICI FRANCHI")