Postage Stamps of Italy

by Tony Clayton

Allied Military Government, Venezia Giulia

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1945 Overprinted Definitives

Available Italian stamps from both pre-war, the Lieutenancy, and the Republic were overprinted AMGVG in a variety of styles. Carried out locally, inverted and double overprints are not uncommon, and there are several positional errors.

10 centesimi with inverted overprint Sassone 2d

50 lire brown with closed G variety Sassone 20 and 20n

50 centesimi airmail with double overprint Sassone Airmail 1c

100 lire carmine with partial double impression Position 11 on the sheet Sassone 21b

Detail of reentry: top left of O in POSTE and above the N in ITALIANE

Detail of reentry: doubling of 100

Postal Stationery

50c violet on cream, typographed black overprint Pertile 122B

3 lire red on grey-green, manual violet overprint Pertile 130

References are from 'Interitalia' Manuale Catalogo Specializzato degli Interi Postali dell'Area Italiana 2008, known as the 'New Pertile'.

Republic - Parcel Stamps <<-- : -->> Trieste Zone A
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