Postage Stamps of Italy

by Tony Clayton

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CLN stands for 'Comitati di Liberazione Nazionale' or Committee for National Liberation. As the German forces were pushed back towards the end of the Second World War, a number of towns in Northern Italy issued their own overprinted stamps. In some case these were little more than propaganda issues to raise funds from philatelists, but some were used for postage in local areas.

This is a difficult area to collect as forged overprints are known, and those shown with printings of just 100 are bound to raise suspicion.

Aosta

20c + 10 lire on 5c 3000 printed Sassone 6

50 lire on 1l25 express 3000 printed Sassone 8

Arona

75c 820 printed Sassone 7

1l25 express I am unsure as to whether this stamp is correct in having a sideways overprint 380 printed Sassone 16

Barge

80c Air Mail Only 100 printed. The overprint is suspect Sassone 15

Cuvio

For each of these six stamps just 300 were issued in mint condition. 2700 covers were sold with the three pairs on.

25c, both types se-tenant Sassone 1 and 4

1 lire, both types se-tenant Sassone 2 and 5

2l50, both types se-tenant Sassone 3 and 6

Back of the above showing violet handstamp applied to all issues

Imperia

20c 10000 printed. Sassone 3

10 lire Air Mail 100 printed. The overprint is suspect! Sassone 18

Maccagno

3 lire, with handstamp on the back 100 printed - the key stamp of Maccagno. Sassone 7

Mantova

3 lire on 50c 10000 printed. PSI stands for Piena Sovranita Italiana (Full Italian Sovereignity) Sassone 4

Savona

20c 17800 printed. Sassone 3

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v1 15th January 2010