LET'S TALK NUMBERS! - The Kingdom's serrated stamps seen from the side of Sardinia's fourth issue!

As is well known, in 1862 Francesco Matraire experimented with the new "comb perforator," creating the first perforated issue in the history of Italy, namely the "1862 perforated issue."

Obviously, on that occasion the complete sheets of the former 4th issue of Sardinia were perforated, so each "perforated" example has its counterpart in the 4th issue, allowing us to identify the correct color shade.

Below we therefore give a few numbers, indicating the matches between the numbering of the Kingdom perforated stamps and the imperforate stamps of the 4th issue.

Examples with c. 10:

Kingdom of Italy.   Kingdom of Sardinia 

no. 1                      14Dca

no. 1a                    14Da

no. 1b                    14Db

no. 1ba                  14Dc

no. 1c                     14Cp

no. 1ca                   14Cm

no. 1d                     14Cp (dark)

no. 1e                      14D

no. 1f                       14Df (with very little orange)

no. 1g                      14Df (with a lot of orange)

no. 1h                      14De

no. 1i                        14Dg

no. 1j                        14Dh

no. 2                         15E

no. 2a                       15Ea

no. 2b                       15Eb

no. 2c                        15Db

no. 2d                        15D(h)

no. 2e                         15Da

no. 2f                          15Dc (very dark)

no. 2g                         15Dc

no. 2h                          15Da (very dark)

no. 3                            16D

no. 3a                          16D (dull or old)

no. 3b                          16D (bright, lively, or "glossy")

no. 3c                           16Ea

no. 3d                           16E, 16Eb

no. 4                              17C

no. 4a                             17D

no. 4b                             17D (Loaded)

no. 4ba                           17D (with traces of brown, does not exist in Sardinia)

no. 4c                             17Ba (darker, not light)

no. 4d                             17Ba (without orange, does not exist in Sardinia)

For any clarification and for specialist cataloging of the Kingdom perforated stamps, contact me at my email:

spcstamps@hotmail.it

Cover image: The very rare milky light blue, Sassone no. 2d, corresponding to no. 15D of the Kingdom of Sardinia, of exceptional quality, certified by Silvano Sorani.

Thank you!

Paolo Cardillo