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ITALY

Flags and Numbers by Valfrutta (1998-2003)

This set is composed by 216 different caps (174 flags, 10 numbers, 26 letters, 5 mathematical symbols and 1 Valfrutta logo). The sets have 5 different factory signs  ("dap", "Cci", "S" and "n") and the ones made by Cci and Pelliconi are bottled by Conserve Italia/Valfrutta in two different towns (S.Lazzaro di Savena and Barbiano Cotignola). There's also difference between "dap" sets with new and old factory sign.  So, if you consider them too, like me, the huge complete set is composed by 9 sets of 216 caps for a total of 1944.  Some sets have mistakes regarding Chile and Comore flags and caps with wrong flags and/or country name.

                In my collection:

FACTORY SIGN

TOWN

CAPS IN MY COLLECTION

MISSING

YEAR
S.LAZZARO DI SAVENA

164

 52 1998
BARBIANO DI COTIGNOLA 12 204 1998
S.LAZZARO DI SAVENA 215

1

 1998
S.LAZZARO DI SAVENA 196 20 1998
BARBIANO DI COTIGNOLA 8 208 1998
S.LAZZARO DI SAVENA 94

122

1999
- 216

-

2000
- 5

211

2003
- 216

-

2003

TOTAL

   1126

818

  

This is the complete flags list: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Arabia Saudita, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaigian, Bahamas, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgio, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bielorussia, Bolivia, Botswana, Brasile, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Camerun, Canada, CEE, Ciad, Cile, Cina, Cipro, Colombia, Comore, Corea del Nord, Corea del Sud, Costa d'Avorio, Costarica, Croazia, Cuba, Danimarca, Dominica, Ecuador, Egitto, El Salvador, Emirati Arabi, Estonia, Etiopia, Figi, Filippine, Finlandia, Francia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germania, Giamaica, Giappone, Gibuti, Giordania, Grecia, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Irlanda, Islanda, Isole Salomone, Israele, Italia, Jugoslavia, Kazakistan, Kenya, Kirghizistan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho, Lettonia, Libano, Liberia, Libia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldive, Mali, Malta, Marshall, Mauritania, Maurizius, Messico, Micronesia, Mongolia, Mozambico, Nauru, Nazioni Unite, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norvegia, Nuova Zelanda, Oman, Paesi Bassi, Pakistan, Panama, Papua Nuova Guinea, Perù, Polonia, Portogallo, Principato di Monaco, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Regno Unito, Repubblica Ceca, Repubblica Centrafricana, Repubblica Dominicana, Repubblica Sudafricana, Romania, Ruanda, Russia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome e Principe, Seicelle, Senegal, Singapore, Siria, Slovenia, Somalia, Spagna, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent, Sudan, Suriname, Svezia, Svizzera, Tagikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailandia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad e Tobago, Tunisia, Turchia, Tuvalu, Ucraina, Uganda, Ungheria, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vaticano, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

NOTE: Some factories made a mistake in the COMORE cap. This cap has the flag of COMORE but it has the writing "CILE". 

1999: Another factory (New Box, "n") made this set. This because SCA factory in Turin ("S") closed. 

2000: Cause a new italian regulation, beverage producers are no longer forced to put on the crown caps the "Contrassegno IVA" number (B/1, B/2,...A/1,A/2,...). So, early in August Valfrutta has released a new flag set of 216 caps like the previous ones but without any writing on the caps' side. Caps made by NewBox factory.

2003: Caps are manufactured by Pelliconi too, if you consider this one a difference, there are other 216  new caps. They are 2 different sets if you consider also the difference between the new and the old Pelliconi logo.

 

S.LAZZARO DI SAVENA (164 caps in my collection)

 

BARBIANO DI COTIGNOLA (12 caps in my collection)

 

SAN LAZZARO DI SAVENA (215 caps in my collection, missing letter "T")
 

 

S.LAZZARO DI SAVENA (196 caps in my collection)

 

BARBIANO DI COTIGNOLA (8 caps in my collection)

 

S.LAZZARO DI SAVENA (94 caps in my collection)

 

without writings (216 caps, COMPLETE SET, in my collection)
 

 

 

 

 

without writings (5 caps in my collection)

 

without writings (216 caps, COMPLETE SET, in my collection)

 

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