The King & the Fascists

The design of the stamps on this page with the king wearing a military dress uniform, including several medals on his chest, is by Carlo Parmeggiani, like the ones on the Kingdom Definitives page. This stamp design was in celebration of the Vittorio Emanuele III’s royal jubilee: twenty-five years as king of the Kingdom of Italy. That seems to be why he was in dress uniform for the portrait.

Fasces

Benito Mussolini and his followers, the Fascists or rather the National Fascist Party took control of the Italian Parliament and he thereby became prime minister. This led to goal of expansion of Italy, to include colonies like this one. Because of this, you’ll see plenty of stamps with the fasces symbol – like those on the top two rows here. For more on the fascism and the fasces symbol, see the Black Shirts & Manzoni page in my Kingdom of Italy album.

Note

Only one stamp is missing from this page, the one at the end of the second row. It’s the same as the second stamp on that row, except that the perforation is a little different. Still, that difference makes it much more expensive and harder to find. The same is true of that stamp issued in other Italian colonies. I’ll eventually get this one, but for now, until I get other stamps I need for this and my other Italian colony albums, this space will remain empty.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Feb 5, 2025

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Royal Jubilee - Parmeggiani

1.1	✓	23	King’s Jubilee	60c (nov 1925) comm., brown carmine
2.1	✓	24	King’s Jubilee	1₤ (nov 1925) comm., dark blue
2.2	✓	25	King’s Jubilee	1.25₤ (jul 1926) comm., dark blue
2.3	✓	26	King’s Jubilee	1.25₤ (jul 1926) comm., dark blue

Fascist March on Rome

3.1	✓	5	Fascist Symbols	10c (oct 1923) comm., dark olive green
3.2	✓	6	Fascist Symbols	30c (oct 1923) comm., violet
3.3	✓	7	Fascist Symbols	50c (oct 1923) comm., carmine
4.1	✓	8	Fascist Symbols	1₤ (oct 1923) comm., blue
4.2	✓	10	Fascist Symbols	5₤ (oct 1923) comm., blue & black
4.3	✓	9	Rome Marche	2₤ (oct 1923) comm., brown

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.