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	<title>Stamp Collecting Blog &#187; Italian (Italy) stamps</title>
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		<title>Marca da Bollo and other Italian fiscals with stamp-like designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keijo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cinderella stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian (Italy) stamps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Italian revenue stamps (with inscriptions such as &#8216;Marca da Bollo&#8217;, &#8216;Tassa di bollo, &#8216;Riscontro&#8217; etc.) often resemble postage stamps.  When looking at these, I can&#8217;t help thinking &#8220;which came first, the chicken or the egg&#8221; design wise.

As I don&#8217;t have an Italian revenue stamps catalog (meaning Unificato), I can&#8217;t give out any accurate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milan 1906 World Fair cinderella / vignette</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keijo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cinderella stamps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMHO it&#8217;s kind of funny, that it&#8217;s usually cinderella items that cause more research and headache than real postage stamps. Here&#8217;s one my all-time favourite cinderella items from Italy. I have owned this vignette over an decade, but only recently have I managed to decipher some of it&#8217;s background. IMHO the design is Art Nouveau [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cards around the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 09:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keijo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Croatian (Hrvatska) stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incoming mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian (Italy) stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polish (Poland) stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ships on stamps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And to end this weeks extragavanza with my mailbox contents, here&#8217;s a selection of cards I&#8217;ve received around the world.  Thanks to Riccardo, Damic and Andrzej.

First there&#8217;s a lovely card (an amphitheatre shown below) from Croatia.   The stamp on the card  is a 3.50 Kuna definitive stamp (Michel #744AS, cat.value 0.70€) showing the [...]]]></description>
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