Any Recommended Catalogues Of Italian Revenue Stamps?

I have developed an interest in the revenue stamps of Italy, and I would like to acquire a decent catalogue which covers this area. So far I have been using the ancient Catalogue de Timbres-Fiscaux by Forbin (1915) along with this website by Cristiano Bussoli. Some former Italian colonies are also covered by Andrew McClellan's Revenue Reverend website. These sources provide an adequate picture of Italian revenues for me at the moment, but I would like something which goes into more detail, but not necessarily too specialized.

The main options I have in mind are the Barefoot Italy Revenues (2013) or the Unificato Marche da Bollo catalogue (2020). The former is in English and the latter is in Italian, and they seem to cover the same areas: pre-unification Italian states, Kingdom and Republic of Italy, colonies and occupations, along with San Marino and Vatican City. Their cost is also similar (£30 for Barefoot, €34 for Unificato, both excluding postage).

Are any SC members familiar with these catalogues, and if so what are your comments on them? I assume that Unificato is more detailed and reliable than Barefoot given that it is locally-published and more recent, but are there any advantages/disadvantages of one catalogue over the other? Do the catalogues cover contemporary issues such as the tobacco and alcohol excise banderoles or the Agenzia delle Entrate self-adhesive printed to order stamps?

Apart from Barefoot and Unificato, are there any other catalogues which are worth considering?

I don't think that any of the above catalogues include Italian municipal revenues, but fortunately there is an excellent freely-available online resource about these: the Catalogue of Italian Municipal Stamps by Alex Kemura (2017).

Perhaps not the answer you're looking for, but why not obtain both? The prices seem reasonable, and I often appreciate having two reference works for the same area, as each may focus on different aspects.

~Greg

I have the Marche da Bollo D'Italia 1863-1943 2005 (Vaccari)

I purchase any country catalogue if cheap enough.
This was New and $19 AUD

It has ID'd some of the main revs I have, NO tobacco or Alcohol etc

Not a native speaker of Italian, I would not really recommend, if serious I would spend the extra and get Barefoot myself.

Being a Scott catalogue user, very few catalogues come up to that standard (ease of use) for mine.

Thanks for the replies.

Rod - I searched for the Vaccari catalogue and I found a sample/extract on their website: https://www.vaccari.it/pdf/allegato_1690e.pdf

It seems to be interesting but I guess that its contents are all covered by Unificato as well.

Most likely I'll get the Unificato catalogue, although I may also get the Barefoot one as per Greg's suggestion.

It's interesting that there's a variety of catalogues to choose from - this is not usually the case with revenues for many countries!

HPY,
please offer us a review, should you purchase either, I'd be really interested, in the mean time, if you have a particular revenue query
just ask, and I'll see if it is in Vaccari.

I have Bussoli/Mercuri 2008 Fiscali d'Italia, which has fantastic color illustrations of complete series and covers colonies and occupations. I also have the Unificato (2009/11), which I like because the order of presentation in the catalog makes sense to me. The pictures are representative of the series. The one I like the best is the Marchetto catalog Marche da Bollo d'Ilatia 1863-1957 e delle Colonie Italiane d'Africa 1911-1943 published by Vaccari. It has the most philatelic information (albeit in Italian), but I have not found this too difficult to understand, as most of the text is philatelic. It includes b/w illustrations of covers with fiscals, which is interesting. Some of the information is contradictory with the other catlogs, but it is better documented, so I think it is more credible. I am liquidating my catalogs and collection if you have any interest, I can post pictures on a Google drive.