Italian Colonies, 25 Different Stamps

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Discover a Vanished Empire
with 25 Stamps From Italy's
Lost Colonies and Territories!

The first half of the twentieth century saw Italy control a string of colonies and contested territories stretching from the Adriatic coast to East Africa — Eritrea, Libya, Italian East Africa, the short-lived Free State of Fiume, and the postwar Free Territory of Trieste among them. Italian rule over each of them ended with the Second World War or its aftermath, and the stamps they left behind are the only record of their brief existence as Italian postal territories. This packet brings together examples from several of them in a single collection.

Selections will vary, but here are some stamps and topics you may find in your packet:

Fiume and its turbulent postal history. Fiume — the Adriatic city seized by poet-nationalist Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1918 and briefly ruled as a Provisional Government — produced some of the most historically charged stamps of the era. Overprints, provisional issues, and parcel post stamps from this contested city are sought-after items in Italian philately, and you may find examples here.
Italian Eritrea and East Africa. Italy's East African colonies issued stamps bearing camels, imperial eagles, and portraits of King Victor Emmanuel III — colonial-era designs that document a chapter of African history that ended with the Second World War.
Fascist-era Libya. Italian Libya under Mussolini produced stamps that document the Axis period frankly — including propaganda issues like the "Due Popoli Una Guerra" (Two Peoples One War) stamp. These are collected as historical artifacts, exactly what they are.
Trieste and the postwar settlement. The Allied Military Government's Free Territory of Trieste — a postwar compromise zone between Italy and Yugoslavia — issued its own overprinted stamps from 1947 until the territory was finally divided in 1954. These AMG-FTT issues mark one of the Cold War's more unusual postal experiments.

Order today and add this history to your collection.

Discover a Vanished Empire
with 25 Stamps From Italy's
Lost Colonies and Territories!

Selections will vary, but here are some stamps and topics you may find in your packet:

Fiume and its turbulent postal history. Fiume — the Adriatic city seized by poet-nationalist Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1918 and briefly ruled as a Provisional Government — produced some of the most historically charged stamps of the era. Overprints, provisional issues, and parcel post stamps from this contested city are sought-after items in Italian philately, and you may find examples here.
Italian Eritrea and East Africa. Italy's East African colonies issued stamps bearing camels, imperial eagles, and portraits of King Victor Emmanuel III — colonial-era designs that document a chapter of African history that ended with the Second World War.
Fascist-era Libya. Italian Libya under Mussolini produced stamps that document the Axis period frankly — including propaganda issues like the "Due Popoli Una Guerra" (Two Peoples One War) stamp. These are collected as historical artifacts, exactly what they are.
Trieste and the postwar settlement. The Allied Military Government's Free Territory of Trieste — a postwar compromise zone between Italy and Yugoslavia — issued its own overprinted stamps from 1947 until the territory was finally divided in 1954. These AMG-FTT issues mark one of the Cold War's more unusual postal experiments.

Order today and add this history to your collection.