Great Britain, May 6, 1840 First Issues Collectors Club of stamps and philatelic material

Lombardy - Venetia

Saturday, June 1, 1850.

Imperforate, handmade paper, watermark KKHM or no watermark, typography.
Printed by Kaiserliche Köningliche Hof- und Staatsdrückerei.

Stamps issued
Description # issued Scott #
5 centesimi yellow 3,550,000 1
10 centesimi black 2,410,000 3
15 centesimi red 11,200,000 4
30 centesimi brown 8,054,000 5
45 centesimi blue 11,590,000 6

These stamps were invalidated as of December 31, 1858.
There's no Scott #2.

Stamps issued by plate number
Description Plate number # issued
15 centesimi red 1 975,000
15 centesimi red 2 1,155,000
15 centesimi red 3 2,430,000
15 centesimi red 4 1,000,000
15 centesimi red 5 5,640,000
30 centesimi brown 1 4,200,000
30 centesimi brown 2 2,875,000
30 centesimi brown 3 975,000
45 centesimi blue 1 3,910,000
45 centesimi blue 2 3,940,000
45 centesimi blue 3 3,740,000
Except for the 5 centesimi, the stamps were later issued on machine made paper:
Description Date # issued Scott #
15 centesimi December 1854
14.600.000 4g
30 centesimi May 1855 8.981.000 5b
45 centesimi December 1856 5.265.000 6d
10 centesimi July 1857 815.000 3c

All issue quantities are approximate.

Much more information is available in both Italian and English on the First issue of the Lombardy-Venetia stamps and at Antichi Stati Italiani.

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