Stamps of the Kingdom of Italy

by Tony Clayton

Propaganda Fide Issue

1922 Mazzini Issue <<-- : -->> 1924 Overprinted Victory Issue

Main Index

On 11th June 1923 four stamps were issued to celebrate the Tercentenary of the Congregation De Propaganda Fide. They were sold in 3 post offices in Rome for just three days, and remained valid until the 30th June. Of the 200,000 sets printed, 150,000 were allocated to the 'Patronato Romano di Italica Gens'

30c carmine and orange

Two of the values show an interesting retouch. Stamp 17 in the sheet of 24 for the 20c and 30c had a defective area to the right of Jesus's halo. This was retouched using five lines instead of the normal nine or ten.

This retouch can also be found on the stamps overprinted for use in Eritrea, Italian Somalia, Cirenaica and Tripolitania.

20c normal print	20c retouch
30c normal print	30c retouch

1922 Mazzini Issue <<-- : -->> 1924 Overprinted Victory Issue
Main Italian Stamp Index
Kingdom of Italy Index

Stamps of Italy - Propaganda Fide issue of 1923 / Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton
v3 8th March 2010