Thursday, February 13, 2014

ROME in LIBYA STAMPS

Rome - Italy: "Aqua Claudia", aqueduct of ancient Rome. More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Claudia
[stamp] 1927 stamp of Tripolitania, north-western part of the Italian colony of Libya at that time. Stamp of Italy, type 1926 "Milizia/Previdenza" (different issues with different denominations and colors) overprinted for use in Tripolitania; similar overprinted stamps for Tripolitania were also issued in 1929 and 1930; same issues were also made for Cyrenaica. More information about the fascist "Milizia" in: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milizia_Volontaria_per_la_Sicurezza_Nazionale