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Revenue stamp from Ticino

This is very likely one of the most bizarre back-of-book items in my Swiss stamp collection – some sort of local revenue stamp from Rebublic of Canton Ticino. If you haven’t heard of Ticino, don’t worry, I’m sure You are not alone, LOL. Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. Interestingly it is also the only swiss canton in which Italian is the sole official language…And once again I’d like the blog readers to assist me in digging up bits and pieces (like who,why,when etc) about this.

Published on August 31st 2010 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »

Marca da Bollo and other Italian fiscals with stamp-like designs

The Italian revenue stamps (with inscriptions such as ‘Marca da Bollo’, ‘Tassa di bollo, ‘Riscontro’ etc.) often resemble postage stamps. When looking at these, I can’t help thinking “which came first, the chicken or the egg” design wise.

Published on July 28th 2010 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »

Cinderella stamps from Japan

Here are some 18th century “back of book” issues from Japan. Normally I wouldn’t know very little about these, but with little help from my online friends I’ve managed to ID these.

Published on March 3rd 2009 | Read more.... | 7 Comments »

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