Lombardy 1859: the end of the Second Italian War of Independence. The Austrians have retreated, a provisional government is announced. But often, postal traces remained those of the past…

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On May 21st 1859, the day after the battle in the Pavia area, a witness narrates what happened when the Austrians surrendered. The account was sent to Milan and its still preserved complete with its stamp, a 5 soldi from Lombardy-Venetia…
The Austrian retreat, experienced at first hand

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52 pages of A4 with almost five hundred lots: this is the net price sale catalogue “Autumn 2010” from Zanaria…

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An extraordinary, unplanned record that was accomplished in fifteen hours. It was caused by the adverse weather conditions which forced a “ballon monté”, which took off from besieged Paris on 24th November 1870, to fly as far as Scandinavia…

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Italian States, Reign, Republic, Colonies and Possessions.. Then San Marino, Vatican and Local Issues: on the 5th of may, the whole Italian Area will be on the market for the second auction by Zanaria Aste. Foreign lots will be present as well, in particular France and Switzerland…

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