Janina
Janina, or Giannina in Italian, is an ancient city located inland in what’s currently the western side of Greece. The city is now known as Ioannina. These stamps were sold and used from 1909 to 1911, in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. It was a city of many wealthy and educated people. There were many Italian businesses that traded with them. As a result, the Kingdom of Italy established an Italian post office
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There aren’t many stamps that were issued for this post office, overprinted Jamina. I’m still working on creating my Post Office Abroad album and expanding my Italian Occupations album. I haven’t printed this album page and mounted the stamps. I’ll do that soon.
Incidentally, I’m particularly interested in these stamps and this city because I had an aunt, my maternal grandmother’s sister, who was called Giannina. Until now, I wasn’t sure of how that was spelled. I assumed it was a nickname and pronounced slightly differently. I need to dig through some family-tree records my mother gave me a long time ago to confirm the name.
Contains 8 spots: own 0 – 0 unused, 0 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Mar 10, 2026
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 |
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1 |
Vittorio Emanuele III - Leoni |
10p (feb 1909) |
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2 |
Vittorio Emanuele III - Leoni |
20p (feb 1909) |
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3 |
Vittorio Emanuele III - Michetti |
30p (feb 1909) |
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4 |
Vittorio Emanuele III - Michetti |
1P (feb 1909) |
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5 |
Vittorio Emanuele III - Michetti |
2P (feb 1909) |
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6 |
Vittorio Emanuele III - Cellini |
4P (feb 1909) |
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7 |
Vittorio Emanuele III - Cellini |
20P (feb 1909) |
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8 |
Vittorio Emanuele III - Cellini |
40P (jan 1911) |
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.
