TUSCANY 1851 issue

Toscana - Toscane - Toskana

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Currency: 60 Quattrini = 20 Soldi = 12 Crazie = 100 Centesimi = 1 Lire

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.

An duchy in Italy until 1860 when it was united with Sardinia. The capital is Florence (Firenze).
Currency: 1 Lira = 60 Quattrini = 20 Soldi = 12 Crazie = 100 Centesimi

1851 Lion with shield and crown, imperforated (on bluish paper or on white paper)

1 Crazia red

  1 quattr black
  1 Soldo yellow
  2 Soldi brown
  1 Crazia red
  2 Crazie blue (also greenish blue)
  4 Crazie green
  6 Crazie blue
  9 Crazie purple
  60 Crazie brown

For the specialist: there are two different issues of theses stamps with different watermarks; in 1851 the watermark was a crown (not the whole crown can be seen on 1 stamp) and in 1853 the watermark changed to wavy lines:

(Watermark crown and wavy lines)

The 60 c is extremely rare, both used and unused. The 2 s was not used very much and was suppresed in 1852 (it is also a very rare stamp). Most common are the 1 c, 2 c, 4 c and 6 c. The distance between the stamps is less than 1 mm, it is therefore difficult to find stamps with all four margins intact. The 2 s and 60 c were officially reprinted in 1866 on original watermarked paper; the 60 c has the "60 CRAZIE" too large and colour of both reprints is too brown (according to Album Weeds).

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
With watermark 'Crown'
1 q	RRR	R
1 s	RRR	RR
2 s	RRR	RRR	on blue paper only
1 c	RR	***
2 c	R	***
4 c	RR	***
6 c	RR	***
9 c	RRR	R
60 c	RRR	RRR	on blue paper only
With watermark 'Wavy Lines'
1 q	RR	RR
1 s	RRR	RRR
1 c	RR	***
2 c	R	***
4 c	RRR	***
6 c	RR	***
9 c	RRR	RRR

Proofs:
My Sassone 1969 catalogue states that proofs of the 1 s, 2 c, 4 c and 6 c exists on whit, thick smooth paper, without watermark. Some of these proofs exist with trial cancels.

Special cancels:

'PD' in red letters

6 Crazie blue

Image obtained thanks to Lorenzo