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AUSTRIAN ITALY (Lombardy - Venice) 1859 issue

Lombardo & Veneto - Lombardei & Venetien - Lombardo & Vénétie

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Currency 100 Centesimi = 1 Lira
100 Soldi = 1 Florin (1858)

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1859 Franz Joseph facing the left, values in "SOLDI"

2 s yellow Certified genuine 3 s black Certified genuine 

  2 s yellow
  3 s black
  3 s green
  5 s red
  10 s brown
  15 s blue

These stamps are perforated 15 (reprints have different perforation). Specialists distinguish two types of these stamps; in Type 1, the ribbon at the back of the head is thin and in the shape of a '3', furthermore the spikes at the front of the head are not very large. In Type 2, the ribbon at the back of the head is thicker and forms a '8', the spikes at the front of the head are more prominent.

Certified genuine, type 1
Type 1 and type 2

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 RRR RR  
3 s black RRR RR  
3 s green RRR RR  
5 s R *  
10 s RR **  
15 s RRR ***  

To fill up empty spaces in the sheets, so-called 'Andrews Crosses' were made:


(A St.Andrews Cross or St.Andreaz Kreuz in the same colour as the stamp)

For typical cancels on these stamps, click here.

2 s yellow Official reprints Reprint! Reprint with forged cancel

Official reprints of these stamps exists, instead of the perforation 15 they have a much wider perforation (several perforations exist ranging from 11 to 13) and even imperforated copies exist. Reprints are always in Type 2. The 2 s was also reprinted in orange. I've seen reprints with forged cancels (see the 3 s with forged 'LOMIGO 9/4' cancel above).

Fournier also offers a forgery of the 3 s black stamp in his 1914 pricelist for 1 Swiss Franc.

Some imperforate forgeries, pasted on old (genuine) documents:


I've only seen these forgeries with pencancels

For more of these Italy States and Austrian forgeries on old documents, made by the same forger, click here.

 

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