War Propaganda
Thse were special stamps that were made supposedly to inspire the troops and public. The right half of these stamps has images of weapons with a propaganda slogans. The ones with the image of modern naval ships and their guns say in Italian, La disciplina é arma di vittoria, which means, Discipline is a weapon of victory.
The stamps showing an artilery canon along with a paratrooper and other elements say, Armi e cuori devono essere tesi verso la meta, a Mussolini quote which translates to Weapons and hearts must be directed towards the goal – not very inspiring. The stamps with pictures of airplane bombers say, Tutto e tutti per la vittoria, which is Everything and everyone for victory.
The last stamps with a helmet, a knife, and an axe head says, La vittoria sarà del tripartito, meaning, The victory will be for the Tripartite. This refers to the Tripartite Pact, which is the agreement among the three nations of the Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan. Maybe each of the three items in the drawing represents a different country: Italy would be the axe.
Note
These stamps are moderately boring – at least to me – and they seems out of place after the previous five pages and at the end of this album, at least I have all of them. What’s worse is that they were issued two more times: in 1943 after the kingdom switched to the Allied Forces’ side, with the initials GNR overprinted – Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (i.e., National Republican Guard); and again in 1944 overprinted with the words, Repubblica Sociale Italiana (i.e., Italian Socialist Republic). These stamps are on the Socialist Propaganda and the Propaganda pages.
Contains 12 spots: own 12 – 12 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Jun 30, 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 |
War Propaganda Appendix
✓ |
PG1 |
25c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG5 |
30c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG9 |
50c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG2 |
25c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG6 |
30c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG10 |
50c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG3 |
25c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG7 |
30c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG11 |
50c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG4 |
25c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG8 |
30c (aug 1942) |
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✓ |
PG12 |
50c (aug 1942) |
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.
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