1866 - Military Mail, Third Italian War of Indepen

 1866 - Military Mail, Third Italian War of Independence, stampless cover dated 13 August 1866 (the day after the Armistice of Cormons), sent from Bologna to a soldier of the 17th Division, bearing on the front in blue the handstamp ‘DEPOSITO DEI BERSAGLIERI VOLONTARI ITALIANI’, with the Savoy coat of arms in the centre, alongside the ‘BOLOGNA 13 AGO 66’ circular datestamp; taxed on arrival with a 20c handstamp. On the reverse, on arrival, the double-circle ‘POSTA MILITARE ITALIANA 17^ DIVISIONE 19 AGO 66’. Rare item of Risorgimento postal history