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ITALY - "BOOK POST" 2d-RATES, PRINTED MATTER 1d/2d-RATES, & RARE REGISTERED 6d-RATE COVERS; Long 7 Mar. 1872 open-ended "Registered & Book Post" wrapper (vert. crease well away from stamp & marks) from Dublin ("CHURCH LANE/COLLEGE GREEN" cds on back) to Naples with 6d Mauve (pl.9) tied by a blurred "186" numeral with red Dublin octagon "REGISTERED" d.s. and London red oval "PD" on the front; plus 1872/4 quartet to various towns endorsed "Book Post" (2; 1d Reds pair or 2d Blue ex London/Liverpool; to Rome/Naples), or unendorsed (unsealed with 1d Red to Nice or sealed with 2d Blue plus "INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID" to Chiavari). Scarce group; Book Post mail was very rarely registered. (5 covers) [Regd. 1872 + 2d to Rome illustrated in BPPP, p. 428 or p. 432.]Cross Reference: ITALY, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, CORNWALL
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