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Postage stamps and postal history of Italy
The history of the postal service and postal stamps in Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an introduction to the postal and philatelic history of Italy.
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As Italy was not unified until 1861, its early postal history is tied to the various kingdoms and smaller realms that ruled in the peninsula.