Austria 1853 1 Kreuzer Blue-Green Newspaper Stamp on Fragment with French Tax Signet

Austria · 1853 · 1 Kreuzer

This listing features an Austrian 1853 1 Kreuzer blue-green newspaper stamp, Michel 1b, affixed to a newspaper fragment. It was used in Milan, then part of Lombardy-Venetia, and bears a complete French 6 centimes newspaper tax signet from the Seine region. The fragment includes a 'I.R.SPEDIZ(IONE) GAZZ(ETTE) MILANO' postmark.

Newspaper tax stamps were crucial for regulating and taxing foreign newspapers entering the Austrian Empire. This specific example illustrates the cross-border postal regulations between France and Austrian-controlled territories in Italy during the mid-19th century.