Postage Stamps of Italy

by Tony Clayton

The Republic of Italy

1990 MKS Giorgi Issue <<-- : -->> Priority Post
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1991 Basketball Issue

On 5th June 1991 a stamp was issued as part of an ongoing series on Italian Sport to commemorate Basketball. The stamp was printed in red, yellow, black and violet, although a bizarre error was found on one sheet of 50 where the violet had been replaced by dark blue. Just how this came about is uncertain.

The stamp in position 33 has a large white patch on the arm above the NE in PALLACANESTRO.

500 lire, showing the error on the left with a normal copy on the right Sassone 1967a and 1967

Clearly only one mint copy of the error with the dark blue is known.

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