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POSTAL SERVICES OF THE RAILWAYS IN THE GRAND DUCHY 1844/1860: Important and highly specialised exhibition study comprising 144 covers mounted on 131 exhibition pages, comprehensively documenting the
development of the railway postal services in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany from the opening of the Strada Ferrata “Leopolda” in 1844 through to the unification period. The collection is systematically arranged by railway companies and
lines, including the S.F. Leopolda, S.F. Lucca–Pisa / Lucca–Pistoia, S.F. Lucchesi, S.F. Maria Antonia, S.F. Centrale Toscana and S.F. Livornesi, with clear treatment of mergers and network expansion. Postal markings are
classified according to F.B. Petrucci, with detailed study of station datestamps, railway route markings, private markings and tariffs. The exhibit includes material from the principal stations (Livorno, Pisa, Firenze, Empoli, Lucca,
Pistoia, Siena, etc.) as well as smaller intermediate offices, illustrating opening periods, line extensions and operational changes. Introductory pages provide historical background, construction phases, opening dates and a mapped overview of the Tuscan railway network, placing the postal material in its proper historical and infrastructural context. The work reflects sustained research and careful organisation, presenting a coherent and in-depth study
of Tuscan railway postal history in the pre-Unification era. A substantial and scholarly exhibition collection from this classic and increasingly elusive field of Italian States postal history, offering significant scope for
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