Container Inventory

  • Volume 1.  28 pages containing approximately 62 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “A”: Acqualagna (4 pages); Acquapendente (6 pages); Acquasparta (1 page); Acquaviva (1 page); Acuto (1 page); Alatri (1 page); Albano (4 pages); Alfonsine (1 page); Allumiere (1 page); Amandola (2 pages); Amelia (6 pages).
  • Volume 2.  34 pages containing approximately 86 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “A”: Anagni (3 pages); Ancona (19 pages); Anticoli (1 page); Apiro (1 page); Appignano (1 page); Arcevia (2 pages); Argenta (1 page) Arnara (1 page); Arquata (1 page); Arsoli (1 page); Ascoli (3 pages).
  • Volume 3. 37 pages containing approximately 81 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “A” and “B”: Ascoli (4 pages); Assisi (1 page); Bagnacavallo (1 page); Bagnaja (1 page); Bagnara (1 page); Bagnorea (1 page); Barbarano (1 page); Barchi (1 page); Bassano di Sutri (1 page); Bassano in Teverina (1 page); Bassiano (1 page); Bastia (1 page); Bauco (1 page); Bazzano (1 page); Belforte (1 page); Benevento (1 page); Bevagna (1 page); Bologna (17 pages).
  • Volume 4. 37 pages containing approximately 91 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “B” and “C”: Bologna (10 pages); Bolsena (2 pages); Bomarzo (1 page); Bondeno (4 pages); Bracciano (2 pages); Brisighella (1 page); Budrio (2 pages); Cagli (4 pages); Caldarola (3 pages); Calvi (1 page); Camerano (1 page); Camerino (6 pages).
  • Volume 5.  34 pages containing approximately 70 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “C”: Camerino (2 pages); Campagnano (1 page); Campofilone (1 page); Canale Monterano (1 page); Canemorto (1 page); Canepina (1 page); Canino (1 page); Cantiano (2 pages); Capranica (2 pages); Caprarola (1 page); Carbognano (1 page); Carpineto (1 page); Casola Valsenio (1 page); Castel Bolognese (1 page); Castel del Rio (1 page); Castelfidardo (3 pages); Castel Franco (1 page); Castel Maggiore (1 page); Castelnuovo di Porto (2 pages); Castel San Pietro (4 pages); Castignano (1 page); Castro (1 page); Cave (1 page); Ceccano (2 pages).
  • Volume 6. 30 pages containing approximately 65 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “C”: Celleno (2 pages), Cellere (1 page), Cento (11 pages), Cervia (4 pages), Cesena (9 pages), Cingoli (3 pages).
  • Volume 7. 36 pages containing approximately 80 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “C”: Cingoli (1 page), Cisterna (2 pages), Città della Pieve (3 pages), Città di Castello (4 pages), Civita Castellana (6 pages), Civita Lavinia (1 page), Civitanova (5 pages), Civitavecchia (13 pages), Codigoro (1 page).
  • Volume 8. 36 pages containing approximately 108 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “C” and “F”: Codigoro (1 page), Collepardo (1 page), Colmurano (1 page), Comacchio (8 pages), Comunanza (1 page), Conselice (1 page), Contigliano (1 page), Copparo (2 pages), Cori (2 pages), Corinaldo (3 pages), Corneto (5 pages), Cotignola (1 page), Crespellano (1 page), Fabbrica (1 page), Fabriano (1 page), Faenza (6 pages).
  • Volume 9. 29 pages containing approximately 69 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “F”: Faenza (1 page); Falvatera (1 page); Fano (5 pages); Fara (2 pages); Farnese (2 pages); Ferentino (3 pages); Fermignano (1 page); Fermo (14 pages).
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Figure 2. Lugo in Emilia-Romagna was part of the Pontifical State from 1202 until 1859, when it voted to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. This cover front from September 1860 shows the postage stamps of Sardinia cancelled with the old style Pontifical State handstamps.
  • Volume 10.  33 pages containing approximately 66 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “F”: Ferrara (6 pages), Fiano (1 page), Fiastra (1 page), Ficano (1 page), Ficulle (2 pages), Filacciano (1 page), Filettino (1 page), Filottrano (1 page), Foligno (5 pages), Fontana (1 page), Forli (4 pages), Forlimpopoli (1 page), Fossombrone (8 pages).
  • Volume 11. 32 pages containing approximately 64 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “F” and “G”: Fossombrone (5 pages), Frascati (4 pages), Frosinone (4 pages), Fumone (1 page), Fusignano (1 page), Gallese (1 page), Gallignano (1 page), Gavignano (1 page), Genazzano (1 page), Genzano (4 pages), Giulianello (1 page), Giuliano (1 page), Gorga (1 page), Gradoli (1 page), Grotte di Castro (1 page), Grottamare (1 page), Gualdo (1 page) Gualdo Tadino (2 pages).
  • Volume 12. 29 pages containing approximately 58 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “G,” “I” and “J”: Guarcino (2 pages), Gubbio (6 pages), Imola (12 pages), Ischia (2 pages), Jesi (7 pages).
  • Volume 13. 30 pages containing approximately 60 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “J,” “L” and “M”: Jesi (2 pages), Lojano (1 page), Loreto (5 pages), Loro (2 pages), Lugnano (1 page), Lugo (7 pages), Macerata (9 pages), Maenza (2 pages), Marano (1 page).
  • Volume 14. 39 pages containing approximately 85 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “M”: Marino (1 page), [Castello del] Massaccio (1 page), Massa Fiscaglia (1 page), Massa Lombarda (1 page), Matelica (4 pages), Medicina (2 pages), Mercatello (1 page), Migliaro (1 page), Minerbio (1 page), Mogliano (1 page), Molinella (1 page), Mondavio (1 page), Mondolfo (1 page), Monsampolo (1 page), Montalboddo (2 pages), Montalto (2 pages), Montalto di Castro (1 page) Mont’Appone (1 page), Monte Cassiano (1 page), Monte Castrilli (1 page), Monte Corsaro (1 page), Monte di Neve (1 page), Monte Fano (1 page), Montefiascone (1 page), Monte Fiore (1 page), Montefortino (1 page), Monte Giorgio (1 page), Monte Granaro (1 page), Monte Grimano (1 page), Montelanico (1 page), Monte Lupone (1 page) Monte Marciano (2 pages).
  • Volume 15. 43 pages containing approximately 86 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “M,” “N” and “O”: Monte Milone (3 pages), Monterosi (1 page), Monterotondo (1 page), Monte Rubbiano (3 pages), Monte San Giovanni in Campis (3 pages), Monte S. Martino (1 page), Monte S. Pietrangeli (1 page), Monte Santo (5 pages), Monte San Giusto (1 page), Mte. S. Vito (1 page), Montesicuro (1 page), M. Olmo (2 pages), Montopoli (1 page), Mordano (1 page), Morolo (1 page), Morrovalle (1 page), Narni (5 pages) Nepi (1 page), Nettuno (1 page), Nocera (2 pages), Norma (2 pages), Offagna (1 page), Offida (2 pages), Olevano (1 page), Onano (1 page).
  • Volume 16. 34 pages containing approximately 70 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “O” and “P”: Orte (2 pages), Orvieto (3 pages), Osimo (4 pages), Otricoli (1 page), Palestrina (4 pages), Paliano (1 page), Palo (1 page), Palombara (2 pages), Panicale (1 page), Patrica (1 page), Pausula (4 pages), Pennabilli (2 pages), Penna S. Giovanni (1 page), Pergola (7 pages).
  • Volume 17. 44 pages containing approximately 93 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “P” and “R”: Pergola (3 pages), Perugia (8 pages), Pesaro (6 pages), Petriolo (1 page), Petritoli (1 page), Piansano (1 page), Piglio (1 page), Piperno (2 pages), Pofi (1 page), Poggio Mirteto (2 pages), Poli (1 page), Pontecorvo (1 page), Pontelagoscuro (3 pages), Portomaggiore (2 pages), Porto S. Giorgio (1 page), Proceno (1 page), Prossedi (1 page) Ravenna (3 pages), Recanati (3 pages), Rieti (2 pages).
  • Volume 18. 29 pages containing approximately 68 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “R”: Rieti (1 page), Rimini (4 pages), Riolo (1 page), Ripatransone (3 pages), Ripe S. Ginesio (1 page), Ripi (1 page), Roccagorga (1 page), Roccamassima (1 page), Roccasecca (1 page), Roma (15 pages).
  • Volume 19. 34 pages containing approximately 74 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “R” and “S”: Roma (Direzione di Roma) (1 page), Roma (Roma Gircondario) (2 pages), Roma (Geprano Ambulanza) (3 pages), Ronciglione (3 pages), Rotella (1 page), Russi (2 pages), Sant’Agata Feltria (1 page), Sant’Agata Ferrarese (1 page), Sant’Agata Ravennate (1 page), Sant’Agata Sul Santerno (1 page), San Alberto (1 page), San Anatolia (2 pages), San Elpidio (3 pages), Sant’Angelo in Pontano (1 page), Sant’ Angelo in Vado (1 page), S. Arcangelo (3 pages), San Benedetto (2 pages) San Ginesio (2 pages), San Giovanni in Persiceto (1 page), San Giusto (1 page), San Lazzaro (1 page). Volume 20. 33 pages containing approximately 72 items postmarked by cancels of Roma (33 pages).
  • Volume 21. 35 pages containing approximately 70 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “S”: Senigallia (15 pages), Sermoneta (1 page), Serra de’ Conti (1 page), Serra San Quirico (1 page), Serrone (1 page), Sezze (2 pages), Sgurgola (1 page), Sigillo (8 pages), Sirolo (2 pages), Sonnino (1 page), Soriano (2 pages).
  • Volume 22. 31 pages containing approximately 62 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “S”: San Leo (2 pages), San Lorenzo (Frosinone) (1 page), San Lorenzo (Viterbo) (1 page), S. Martino (1 page), San Severino (6 pages), San Stefano (1 page), San Vittoria (2 pages), Sarnano (1 page) Sassocorvaro (1 page), Sassoferrato (4 pages), Savignano (2 pages), Scandriglia (1 page), Scheggia (3 pages), Segni (5 pages).
  • Volume 23. 31 pages containing approximately 64 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “S” and “T”: Spello (1 page), Spoleto (24 pages), Staffolo (2 pages), Subiaco (2 pages), Supino (1 page), Sutri (2 pages), Talamello (1 page).
  • Volume 24. 31 pages containing approximately 66 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “T”: Terni (7 pages), Terracina (6 pages), Tivoli (4 pages), Todi (5 pages), Tolentino (7 pages), Tolfa (1 page), Torre (de Gaetani) (1 page).
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Figures 3 (top) and 4 (bottom). Two covers bearing evidence of disinfection during epidemics, probably of cholera. The top cover was slitted in the front to admit fumes of chlorine or sulfur, both of which were thought to be effective in sanitizing the mail. The bottom, a registered cover from Senigallia in the Marches to Rome, was handstamped with the pontifical arms and the words “Netta Dentro e Fuori,” meaning “Cleaned inside and out.”
  • Volume 25. 28 pages containing approximately 63 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “T” and “U”: Torrice (1 page), Toscanella (4 pages), Tossignano (1 page), Treja (8 pages), Trevi (1 page), Trivigliano (1 page), Umana (1 page), Urbania (4 pages), Urbino (6 pages), Urbisaglia (1 page).
  • Volume 26. 33 pages containing approximately 66 items postmarked by town cancels beginning with “V” and “Z”: Valentano (2 pages), Vallecorsa (1 page), Vallerano (1 page), Valmontone (2 pages), Velletri (7 pages) Vergato (1 page), Veroli (2 pages), Vetralla (3 pages), Verucchio (1 page), Viano (1 page), Vico (2 pages), Vignanello (2 pages), Viterbo (4 pages), Vitorchiano (3 pages), Zagarolo (1 page).
  • Volume 27. 29 pages containing approximately 79 items postmarked by miscellaneous town cancels or bearing various auxiliary markings and cachets: Miscellaneous (1 page), Anagni (1 page), Bologna (1 page), Cento (1 page), Ferrara (1 page), Imola (1 page), Macerata (1 page), Romagna (1 page), Different Pontificia Markings (4 pages), Posta Militare (2 pages), Stampligliature di Disinfezione (2 pages), Gendarmeria Pontificia (2 pages), Dopo La Partenza (2 pages), Affrancata (1 page), Assicurata (black and red varieties) (2 pages) P.D., P.P, and T.P. (1 page), ADated Cancels (1 page), Pontifici Brigata (1 page), Distaccemento Cacciatori di Subiaco (1 page), Giriglia Azzurra (1 page), Giriglia Rossa (1 page).
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Figure 5. This 1811 cover originated from Velletri, about 25 miles southeast of Rome. Three years previously, Napoléon had ordered the invasion and occupation of the Pontifical State, which he then divided into départements and préfectures. As indicted by the postal marking, Velletri was located in Département 116 (du Tibre). The cachet at lower left is that of the sous-préfet, or magistrate, in Velletri, indicating that this was official mail entitled to free postage. The Pontifical State remained under French occupation until Napoléon’s surrender to the British-led allies at Fontainebleau in 1814.

Specialized Collection of Pontifical State Postal Markings