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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/64644| Title: | REAL SERVIZIO & On His/Her Majesty's Service (O.H.M.S) |
| Authors: | Bonnici, Alfred |
| Keywords: | Handstamps (Philately) -- Italy -- Sicily -- History -- 19th century Government correspondence -- Malta -- History Government correspondence -- Italy -- History Wrappers -- Malta -- History -- 20th century Wrappers -- Malta -- History -- 19th century |
| Issue Date: | 2015-12 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Bonnici, A. (2015). REAL SERVIZIO & On His/Her Majesty's Service (O.H.M.S). Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 44(3), 15-27. |
| Abstract: | They have the same meaning. In the postal regulations of 1819 the post in Sicily introduced the use of a special hand stamp REAL SERVIZIO to mark official correspondence which when applied to a cover or letter, signified that the item was to be sent post free because the individual formed part of the Government Administrative Organisation. This was either in black or red. I was given Fig 1 wrapper as a present by my good friend Paolo Vollmeier in 2012, the well know author of books on the Italian States and "The Postal History of Sicily", publisher Giulio Bolaffi. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/64644 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 2015 - 44(3) |
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| JMPS44(3)A3.pdf | 1.98 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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