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	Roman States Scott #1

Imperforate, colored hand-made paper, no watermark, typography.
Printed by Reverenda Tipografia Apostolica.

8 and 50 bajocchi and 1 scudo is on machine made paper only. Machine made paper was later used for all issues.

The design is printed in black, colors refer to the color of the paper
Description	Date	Paper	Margins	# printed	Remainders	Scott #
½ bajocco gray	1852	Handmade	½mm	3,130,000	48,563	1c
½ bajocco dull violet	1864	Machine made	½mm	3,130,000	48,563	1
1 bajocco gray green	1852	Handmade	½mm	6,870,000	55,536	2
1 bajocco blue green	1860 / 64	Both	½mm	6,870,000	55,536	2a
2 bajocchi yellow green	1852	Handmade	¾mm	8,910,000	133,258	3b
2 bajocchi greenish white	1867	Machine made	¾mm	8,910,000	133,258	3
3 bajocchi brown	1852	Handmade	½mm	3,180,000	63,003	4,4a
3 bajocchi yellow brown	1863	Machine made	½mm	3,180,000	63,003	4b,4c,4d
4 bajocchi gray brown	1852	Handmade	½mm	2,025,000	22,887	5b,5c
4 bajocchi lemon	1864	Machine made	½mm	2,025,000	22,887	5,5a
5 bajocchi pale rose	1852	Handmade	¾mm	4,975,000	63,228	6a
5 bajocchi rose	1860	Machine made	¾mm	4,975,000	63,228	6
6 bajocchi gray	1852	Handmade	¾mm	1,775,000	73,254	7,7a
6 bajocchi grayish lilac	1864	Machine made	¾mm	1,775,000	73,254	7b
7 bajocchi blue	1852	Handmade	¾mm	950,000	1,234	8
8 bajocchi white	1852	Machine made	1¼mm	2,850,000	25,944	9
50 bajocchi dull blue	1852	Machine made	½mm	50,000	99	10
50 bajocchi deep blue	1864	Machine made	½mm	10,000	-	10a
1 scudo rose	1852	Machine made	½mm	50,000	24,355	11

All issue quantities are approximate.

Much more information is available in both Italian and English at Antichi Stati Italiani.

Image from David Olson.

FI ref: 35

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