Historically significant 1946 commercial express cover sent from Trieste to Montecatini Terme. This cover features a high-value franking and multiple postal markings from the post-WWII Allied occupation period
This Envelope is Franked with five stamps, all featuring the "AMG-VG" (Venezia Giulia) overprint: Four 2-Lire "Imperial" definitives (red) One 10-Lire "Pegasus" Air Mail definitive (blue) used for surface postage
Postal Markings and Features: Origin: Circular date stamp "TRIESTE C.P. * ESPRESSI" dated October 25, 1946. Service: Explicitly marked "ESPRESSO" with a typed and underlined designation. Censorship: Distinctive triangular red "ROUTED / 53 / ACCO" (Allied Civil Censorship Office) handstamp.
Reverse: Features a paper "AMMINISTRAZIONE DELLE REGIE POSTE" seal and clear arrival/transit backstamps from Udine (dated Oct 26, 1946) and Montecatini Terme
Recipient: Addressed to Edoardo Schott at Viale Diaz, Montecatini Terme
Postal Markings
• TRIESTE cancel – 23 Oct 1946
• Express service marking (ESPRESSO)
• Triangular routing/censor marking “Routed via ACC 53”
• Reverse transit marking UDINE – 25 Oct 1946
Additional Details
• Commercial advertising envelope: Industria Classifica Lane – Trieste
• Typewritten address
• Good postal usage from the Allied Military Government occupation period
This is an excellent example of Zone A postal history, showing the transition of civil administration under Allied supervision. The cover remains in its original as-sent condition with expected light edge wear and toning consistent with 80-year-old postal stationery.
Condition: Clean postal history cover with normal handling and opening at top. Stamps well tied by cancel and backstamp clearly visible.
Materials from the Post War AMG-FTT period is highly collectible, particularly with expertise essays and proof overprints tied to early expert certification
This is an excellent opportunity to acquire rare documented and certified AMG philatelic material.
***This and other Sheets come from a Very Large Expertly Developed Collection of AMG (Germany, Austria) and FTT (Italy) material that highlight many Rare and Scarce examples of the period and history.
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