La Posta dei Comuni
COMPLETE SPECIALIZED COLOR EDITION of 64 pages
It is with the massive use of weapons and powerfully destructive
means that modern war has involved, more and more heavily than in
the past, the life of civil society. It is no longer the titanic
clash between two armies facing each other on the borders as in the
most distant years. The last two world wars of the twentieth
century destroyed countries, entire metropolises, roads, bridges
and railways. By shattering and hindering also the possibility of
communication between people. Yet people's need to interact has
never completely stopped, despite the chaos of the war. The
"reading" of postage stamps and the activity of improvised post
offices, in those hungry and dramatic days, constitute a culturally
very interesting bridge for passing from a "minor" history such as
that of philately to a lively understanding of the great events
that marked the our country. The two world wars upset the borders
of Italy; they transform its territorial structure and, above all,
force Italians to face endless hardships. Among these, isolation,
in fact. In the devastated country, the state mail service reaches
its limit: it works in fits and starts, when it does not even
become paralyzed. The causes of the blackout are many, linked and
inevitably connected to the war scenario. The means of transport
are limited, largely destroyed. Fuel is scarce due to the pressing
demand of the military forces engaged at the front. As if that were
not enough, during the second conflict, the bombings of the allied
forces devastated roads and destroyed bridges, thus making the main
arteries of the peninsula impracticable. Every form of central and
peripheral communication slows down, with postal correspondence
(already slow in nature) paying for it first...
by Tommaso Tagliente e Andrea Frassineti.
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