SG1 Sc1
SG1 Sc1
SG1 Sc1
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| Roman States | Modena | Parma |
| 1st January 1852 SG1 Sc1 |
[1st June 1852] SG1 Sc1 |
1st June 1852 SG1 Sc1 |
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| Italy commemorative 1952 SG815 Sc602 |
Roman (Papal) states issued in January 1852, followed by Modena and Parma in June. The Papal States first was printed in six paper variants which Gibbons lists as SG1-6 and Scott as Sc1-1e.
Modena’s June issue was the 10 centesimi black on rose, SG2, Sc3, the 5c SG1 Sc1 not being released until September. These raised the total of Italian states to six. Modena and Parma’s first issues were jointly commemorated in a 1959 Italian stamp.
The first (by some distance) of the French colonies to issue their own stamps, Reunion can be considered an antithesis of the organised and orderly Dutch as it manifests in rarity, high prices and overprints, but undeniably, through to the 1940s, some beautiful stamps amongst the chaos.
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| [16th January 1852] SG7 Sc7 |
Commemorative 1931 SG130 Sc122 Colonial Exhibition |
Airmail {1937] 1938 SG181 Sc-C2 |
Charity [1915] 1916 SG90 Sc-B3 |
Post Due 1889 SG-D11 Sc-J1 |
The first two, locally produced, 1852 Reuinions are expensive, both £25k / £16k for mint and used and do not seem to have been commemorated [see note]. From 1885, surcharged French colonies general issues were used and the stamp shown is the first sensibly-priced stamp from that year. The first airmail, an overprint, sells for £200: the first real airmail is shown. The first three charity stamps were different coloured overprints of the same stamp and the least expensive is shown.
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| Twinnings Tea Rare Stamps card Series 2, card 11, Reunion #1. |