Postage Due

The top set of stamps were a new design for postage due, from 1934. They’re not as decorative, but they have brighter colors compared to the ones on the previous page. At their center is the crest for the king and the house of Savoy. The royal crest is flanked by fasces, the symbol of Mussolini’s National Fascist Party.

For the Italian peninsula, these postage due stamps would remain until the end of the kingdom in the mid-1940s. For Libia, though, a new design was introduced. They made the postage due stamps you see in the second set, with a camel and a rider in the desert. It’s a design that was used only in Libia. Perhaps because they thought the colony would last for a very long time.

Note

These stamps aren’t very expensive, although they’re not widely available from Italian stamp dealers. I’m pleased to have the set with the camels. There are so many stamps I’m missing from the Italian colonies. I pick which I want most and can afford first. I’ll eventually get the ones I’m missing on this page.

Contains 26 spots: own 13 – 13 unused, 0 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Feb 15, 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.

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New Postage Due

1.1	S12	Postage Due	5c (may 1934) postage due, brown	mariotti (€ 190) 14 stamps in set.
1.2	S13	Postage Due	10c (may 1934) postage due, blue	ibīdem
1.3	S14	Postage Due	20c (may 1934) postage due, carmine	ibīdem
1.4	S15	Postage Due	25c (may 1934) postage due, green	ibīdem
2.1	S16	Postage Due	30c (may 1934) postage due, orange	ibīdem
2.2	S17	Postage Due	40c (may 1934) postage due, brownish grey	ibīdem
2.3	S18	Postage Due	50c (may 1934) postage due, violet	ibīdem
2.4	S19	Postage Due	60c (may 1934) postage due, slate blue	ibīdem
3.1	S20	Postage Due	1₤ (may 1934) postage due, orange	ibīdem
3.2	S21	Postage Due	2₤ (may 1934) postage due, green	ibīdem
3.3	S22	Postage Due	5₤ (may 1934) postage due, violet	ibīdem
3.4	S23	Postage Due	10₤ (may 1934) postage due, blue	ibīdem
3.5	S24	Postage Due	20₤ (may 1934) postage due, carmine	ibīdem

Postage Due - Camel Mail

4.1	✓	S25	Postage Due	5c (jan 1942) postage due, red & brown
4.2	✓	S26	Postage Due	10c (jan 1942) postage due, red & carmine
4.3	✓	S27	Postage Due	20c (jan 1942) postage due, red & grey green
4.4	✓	S28	Postage Due	30c (jan 1942) postage due, red & blackish grey
5.1	✓	S29	Postage Due	50c (jan 1942) postage due, red & lilac grey
5.2	✓	S30	Postage Due	75c (jan 1942) postage due, red & orange
5.3	✓	S31	Postage Due	1₤ (jan 1942) postage due, blue & ultramarine
6.1	✓	S32	Postage Due	1.50₤ (jan 1942) postage due, blue & light blue
6.2	✓	S33	Postage Due	2₤ (jan 1942) postage due, blue & dark slate
6.3	✓	S34	Postage Due	5₤ (jan 1942) postage due, blue & dark lilac
6.4	✓	S35	Postage Due	10₤ (jan 1942) postage due, blue & violet

Express Mail

7.1	✓	E1	Express	25c (nov 1915) special, pink
7.1	✓	E2	Express	30c (nov 1915) special, red & light blue

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.