Stamps and Covers of the World - Day 1

ITALIA ANTIGUOS ESTADOS: ESTADOS PONTIFICIOS. 1858 (May 20). Cover originally mailed from ROME with cds at top and framed FR. / 3F 76c. Accountancy marking in black. Manuscript ´Raccomandata al Ilmo. Sr. Giovanni Virtue, Aldershot Camp, England´ deleted at top and arrival (May 27) on reverse. Cover used again from Aldershot Camp franked by 1856 1s. green tied by Farnborough Station / 023 duplex. Reverse with Sydney arrival (Aug 17). A most unusual cover. Illustrated in Matha LETTER MAIL TO AND FROM THE ITALIAN STATES, fig. 716. SG 72.