Wednesday, February 5, 2014

ROME in LIBYA STAMPS

Rome - Italy, Castel Sant'Angelo (also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian). More information in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castel_Sant'Angelo
[stamp] 1929 stamp of Cyrenaica, eastern part of the Italian colony of Libya at that time. Stamp of Italy, type 1926 "Milizia/Previdenza" (different issues with different colors) overprinted for use in Cyrenaica; similar overprinted stamps for Cyrenaica were also issued in 1927 and 1930; same issues were also made for Tripolitania. More information about the fascist "Milizia" in: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milizia_Volontaria_per_la_Sicurezza_Nazionale