Sicily, Italy · 1859 First Issue
Ferdinand II 2g light blue on palermo paper
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US$32***ⓘ
From Sicily's very first stamp issue, 1 January 1859.
ConditionUsed, light cancel, three margins, Position number 40 on the sheet
CatalogueSassone 6g (€220)
Issue background
Issued in January 1859, these were the only stamps ever produced by the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. They were printed in Palermo under Ferdinand II, just months before Garibaldi’s troops would arrive and sweep the kingdom into unified Italy. Each of the seven values in this first issue shows the king’s…
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