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NEW POSTAGE AND MAIL EXEMPTIONS IN PAPAL STATES - 1826[1.]: Papal States -...
NEW POSTAGE AND MAIL EXEMPTIONS IN PAPAL STATES - 1826
[1.]: Papal States - Ministry Council - cardinal Galleffi (Camerlengo). Notificazione. Pier Francesco per la misericordia di Dio vescovo di Albano, cardinale Galeffi, della S.R.C. camerlengo. Roma: presso Vincenzo Poggioli stampatore camerale, 1826.
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[2.]: Papal States - Ministry Council - cardinal Galleffi (Camerlengo). Notificazione. Pier Francesco per la misericordia di Dio vescovo di Albano, cardinale Galeffi, della S.R.C. camerlengo. Roma: presso Vincenzo Poggioli stampatore camerale, 1826.
Two posters {[1.]: 670x470 mm; [2.]: 550x390 mm}; text in Italian; xylographic coat of arms of Pope Leo XII, amidst Roman Church's and cardinal Galleffi's arms.
[1.]: Rare notification regarding the issuing of new postage in Papal States, decided by Pope Leo XII.
The text begins with the words: La Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Leone XII. intenta sempre a rendere meno gravi [...]; then, the text is followed by a tariff. Signer and date at bottom ([Roma] 10 giugno 1826.).
[2.]: Rare notification regarding the exemptions in mail taxes.
The text begins with the words: Gl'interessi dell'Amministrazione Generale delle Poste richiedendo che sia chiusa la via a molti abusi introdotti per la franchigia [...]. Signer and date at bottom ([Roma] 10 giugno 1826.).
Pietro Francesco Galleffi (Galeffi) (1770–1837) was an Italian Cardinal. During the Napoleonic period, in 1798, he was expelled from Rome. He was created Cardinal in 1803. Then he was archbishop of Damasco in 1819, Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica from 1820, Bishop of Albano in 1820, Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina in 1830, Camerlengo from 1824 to 1837.
Pope Leo XII (1760–1829), born Annibale Sermattei della Genga, was Pope from 28 September 1823 to his death in 1829.
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[1.]: ICCU\RMLE\033043 (available in the Biblioteca universitaria Alessandrina, Rome); not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently one of the only two extant copies worldwide.
[2.]: ICCU\RMLE\033044 (available in the Biblioteca universitaria Alessandrina, Rome); not in OCLC: no other copy worldwide. Apparently one of the only two extant copies worldwide.