Alessandria (Lissandria in Piedmontese) is a city and comune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plane between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, c. 90 km southeast of Turin. Alessandria is also a major railway hub.
The station post office
The post office was opened in 1857 with a two circle post mark "STAZIONE DI MILANO / *".
Station for the following lines of "Strade Ferrate" (Mediterranean Network): Alessandria-Acqui-Savona, Alessandria-Casala-Vercelli, Alessandria-Cavallermaggiore, Alessandria-Pavia, Alessandria-Piacenza, Genova-Alessandria-Torino and Luino-Alessandria.
Lines of the steam-tram: Alessandria-Altavilla-Montemagno, Alessandria-Casale, Alessandria-Sale und Alessandria-Spinetta..
tranlated from: Italo Robetti, L’ Antica Provincia di Allessandria , ANCAI, Torino 1988
Catalogue according literature
| ALESSANDRIA · FERROVIA · |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Earliest use according to Ornaghi | 1881 | |
| Latest use according to Ornaghi | 1891 | |
| Points according to Vaccari | 2 |
Ornaghi describes the cancel as ALESSANDRIA * FERROVIA * but shows in [Ornaghi2] the same cancel with dots as my collection.
Summary
| Text | Type | First Use (Literature) | First Use (bollatrice.de) | Latest Use (Literature) | Latest Use (bollatrice.de) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALESSANDRIA · FERROVIA · | |
1881 | 1891 |
