Italian Stamp. Parma.

Who is know the information about 1853/57 ITALY. PARMA.ZEITUNGSMARKEN. Mi 1- 2. Said that it is very rare stamp? Thanks.

Real examples are rare. Forgeries are common. Is it the 5-cent and 10-cent values you are wondering about?

The newspaper stamps are 6c (back on rose or pale rose) and 9c (black on blue or pale blue), SG N1-N4 or Mi 2 & 1.

For collectors, as me,
who have never come across these before:





Newspaper:

In the Scott world, they are PR1 and PR2. The catalogue says that they are newspaper tax stamps. On regular paper, they have fairly high values.

Scott also refers to stamps printed on thin, translucent paper, giving them numbers of PR1a and PR2a. These were unissued, apparently, and have a much lower catalogue value.

I've read elsewhere that the tax was imposed on foreign newspapers, but Scott doesn't mention this.