Triennale

The expo was built on about a million square meters of land over eighteen months. It was meant to run for several months, with some fascicilities continuously open for a variety events that were more to do with Naples. Every three years, though, the exhibits would be renewed with updated information, art, and other items of interest related to the colonies and other Italian territories. Unfortunately, it openned in May 1940, which was around when World War II started. It closed after only a month due to the war.

After Allied Forces took control of Sicily in 1943, they proceeded to bomb many cities in the southern half of Italy. As part of those bombing raids, most of the structures at the Triennale Expo. were bombed, with many buildings either destroyed or significantly damaged. Because of the economic hardship of the war on Italy, the structures would not be rebuilt for at least five years. Some of the buildings were repurposed (e.g., the administration building became a hotel) and others are still not restored (e.g., the acquarium remains closed and overgrown with vegatation).

The first set of stamps, the first two rows on this page were used for air mail and commemorated the fair. The first one on each row shows an airplane flying over the Triennale Expo. If you click on the album page so that it’s enlarged and then zoom in on one of those two stamps, you’ll see the layout of the expo. with several buildings nested in a large area of trees and gardens.

The background story of this expo. is on the Naples Fair page.

Note

This page is complete. I have all of the stamps and I’m satisifed with the layout of them. So I’m done with the page.

Contains 14 spots: own 14 – 14 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jul 9, 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

Triannual Overseas Fair in Naples

1.1	✓	A38	Meharist & Dromedary	25c (apr 1939) air mail, green
1.2	✓	A39	Rome Pavilion	50c (apr 1939) air mail, dark olive brown
1.3	✓	A40	Meharist & Dromedary	1₤ (apr 1939) air mail, lilac
2.1	✓	164	Fiorita Village in Benghazi	5c (jun 1940) comm., brownish
2.2	✓	165	Plowing	10c (jun 1940) comm., orange
2.3	✓	166	Libya Pavilion	25c (jun 1940) comm., green
2.4	✓	169	Libya Pavilion	1.25₤ (jun 1940) comm., ultramarine
3.1	✓	167	Fiorita Village in Benghazi	50c (jun 1940) comm., dark pink lilac
3.2	✓	168	Plowing	75c (jun 1940) comm., carmine
3.3	✓	170	Plowing	2+0.75₤ (jun 1940) semi-postal, lilac carmine

Overseas Fair in Naples - Air Mail

4.1	✓	A41	Oberdan village	50c (jun 1940) air mail, brownish
4.2	✓	A42	Plane over Tibesti	1₤ (jun 1940) air mail, reddish lilac
5.1	✓	A43	Oberdan village	2+0.75₤ (jun 1940) air mail, slate
5.2	✓	A44	Plane over Tibesti	5+2.50₤ (jun 1940) air mail, brownish red

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.