Lombardy-Venetia, Italy · 1850
Austrian Arms 15c + 30c red + dark brown I Type, front of cover
US$23***ⓘ
From Lombardy-Venetia's very first stamp issue, 1 June 1850.
ConditionExtremely fine on fragment, imperforate, well-centred cancellation, four margins, no faults
CatalogueSassone 3+7d (€102.5)
Issue background
Austria’s first stamps of 1850 and those issued for the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia shared the same iconic design, but they weren’t perfectly identical. Lombardy-Venetia had its own version, denominated in centesimi, the local currency of the time, rather than Austria’s kreuzer. A true design twin, but…
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