Document - Francesco Millo Dacio III - 3 documenti AQ Veneziano - 1608
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Three Venetian AQ documents by Francesco Millo Dacio III, titled 3 documenti AQ Veneziano, in Italian and originating from Italy, dated 1608, in very good condition.
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Republic of Venice
Three AQ documents with a winged lion no. 11731 (Francesco Millo Dacio III) dated 1608, and nos. 8619 and 8933 dated 1723.
Brief handwritten notes on the back of a document.
Measurements: 29.5 cm x 20.5 cm
Good condition as shown in the photo.
Two centuries before Rowland Hill's postal reform, the Most Serene Republic of Venice already taxed outgoing correspondence, that of its public offices.
AQ can be regarded as the progenitor of the postage stamp and of the entire postal system, 230 years before the Penny Black and the Mulready.
They anticipated a revolutionary idea: that the amount due would be paid by the sender.
The name derives from the designation AQe, a truncation of the Latin word aquae; the document was in fact issued at the request of the Savi Esecutori alle Acque.
It was a taxed 'letter', in fact a pre-taxed one: 'dacio delli soldi 4 per lettera', on which—or inside which—was to be inserted the message one wished to communicate.
It was supplied to all the chanceries of the State magistracies, which, with a few exceptions, were obliged to use it for their own postal correspondence, upon payment of four soldi, in addition to postage and duty.
What might appear to be an anomaly—the state taxing itself—was in fact due to the fact that the public administration in Venice was run by private individuals who held the office—almost always responsible for tax collection—after a bidding process in which they participated, paying out of pocket. They could then recoup the expenses by collecting, in turn, the duties won in the contract.
The AQ were therefore an additional surcharge on top of the port charge and the tariff, for the collection of which a dacier, a customs official, was responsible.
The amount of four soldi for every letter was used to finance the works of reclamation and cleaning of the beds of the Brenta, Muson, and Bottenigo rivers.
The AQ were drilled through at the center, at the spike on which they were skewered and stacked—a fairly widespread practice in Venice.
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Republic of Venice
Three AQ documents with a winged lion no. 11731 (Francesco Millo Dacio III) dated 1608, and nos. 8619 and 8933 dated 1723.
Brief handwritten notes on the back of a document.
Measurements: 29.5 cm x 20.5 cm
Good condition as shown in the photo.
Two centuries before Rowland Hill's postal reform, the Most Serene Republic of Venice already taxed outgoing correspondence, that of its public offices.
AQ can be regarded as the progenitor of the postage stamp and of the entire postal system, 230 years before the Penny Black and the Mulready.
They anticipated a revolutionary idea: that the amount due would be paid by the sender.
The name derives from the designation AQe, a truncation of the Latin word aquae; the document was in fact issued at the request of the Savi Esecutori alle Acque.
It was a taxed 'letter', in fact a pre-taxed one: 'dacio delli soldi 4 per lettera', on which—or inside which—was to be inserted the message one wished to communicate.
It was supplied to all the chanceries of the State magistracies, which, with a few exceptions, were obliged to use it for their own postal correspondence, upon payment of four soldi, in addition to postage and duty.
What might appear to be an anomaly—the state taxing itself—was in fact due to the fact that the public administration in Venice was run by private individuals who held the office—almost always responsible for tax collection—after a bidding process in which they participated, paying out of pocket. They could then recoup the expenses by collecting, in turn, the duties won in the contract.
The AQ were therefore an additional surcharge on top of the port charge and the tariff, for the collection of which a dacier, a customs official, was responsible.
The amount of four soldi for every letter was used to finance the works of reclamation and cleaning of the beds of the Brenta, Muson, and Bottenigo rivers.
The AQ were drilled through at the center, at the spike on which they were skewered and stacked—a fairly widespread practice in Venice.
Shipping via tracked and insured courier.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Number of Books
3
Author/ Illustrator
Francesco Millo Dacio III
Title
3 documenti AQ Veneziano
Condition
Very good
Year
1608
Language
Italian
Original language
Yes
Country of Origin
Italy
Military Context
No
