The
Tuscany stamps are the torment of many collectors, due to the very narrow
margins between one sample and the other one, often less than 1 mm.! For this
reason to find samples with large margins is not so frequent. As said in the
introduction to the issues, the stamps were printed in sheets of 240 pieces,
composed by 3 groups of 80 pieces placed one on top of the other. Each group
of 80 was separated by the next one by an inter-space of 1.5 mm: just a small
thing compared to the huge spacing of the Lombardy-Venetia and Modena... The
stamps distribution was made in sheets of 80 pieces, the composition of 240
was in fact cut in 3 parts before being distributed for easier handling of
the parts.
For that reason there are no vertical couples with the inter-space but it
is possible to find only pieces that show, over or under, the inter-space
and, may be, a minor part of the adjacent stamp. They are not so common, especially
if part of the upper (or lower) stamp is visible too.
Here are some samples partially or fully showing the inter-space (Fig.
1 to 9).
Fig. 1: 1 Crazia, 1st issue, with lower inter-space
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Fig.
2-3: 2 Crazie, 1st issue with lower inter-space and 6 Crazie,
1st issue,
with upper inter-space |
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Fig.
4-5: 9 Crazie, 1st issue with upper and lower inter-spaces
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Fig. 6: 1 Soldo, second issue, with lower inter-space
Fig. 7: 4 Crazie, second issue, with lower inter-space,
in a rare stripe of 3 samples
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Fig.
8-9: 5 and 10 centesimi with upper inter-space
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