Francesco Ferrucci

Part of the Fascists ploy to win over the public was to show they were doiing good works for the poor and elderly. Their main theme was the restoration of Italy as a great kingdom and to build it into an empire. This included not only building the military and taking on colonies, but also restoring many historic buildings and other structures.

The first batch of stamps depict a few of these historic sites that need restoring: St. Angelo Castle in Rome, the Aqueduct of Claudius (named for Emperor Claudius), Campidoglio, and the Porta del Popolo. They all have the initials M.V.S.N. on them. This stands for Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale – Voluntary Military for National Security – known as the Black Shirts, the Fascists.

A Fascist Hero

Francesco Ferruccio, born in the late 15th century, was a soldier for the Medici family in Florence. He was an irreverant and audacious leader who successfully led attacks on Florence and Venice, as well as threatened the Papal States. Over the centuries, he became a legend and was revered by the Fascists in the 1930s. Even his death, resulting from being wounded in battle, was celebrated.

These eight stamps commemorating Ferruccio depict the Siege of Volterra, and his death when he was killed by Fabrizio Maramaldo.

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The subject of these stamps are interesting, particularly Francesco Ferruccio. Plus, the stamps are colorful and fairly nice looking. That had an influence of me buying them recently. Now the page is complete with all unused stamps. The previous album page is also complete. I’m starting to get two or more complete pages together. In time, I’ll have as I do with my U.S. collection, many pages complete, all of the stamps for several decades. That will be nice for me.

Contains 12 spots: own 12 – 12 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Oct 28, 2022

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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own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Rebuilding Projects

1.1	✓	272	St. Angelo Castle	30+10c (jul 1930) semi-postal, green & purple
2.1	✓	273	Claudius Aqueduct Ruins	50+10c (jul 1930) semi-postal, green & sky blue
2.2	✓	274	Campidoglio	1.25+0.30₤ (jul 1930) semi-postal, green & sky blue
2.3	✓	275	Porta del Popolo	5+1.50₤ (jul 1930) semi-postal, brown

Francesco Ferruccio

3.1	✓	276	Siege of Volterra	20c (jul 1930) comm., red
3.2	✓	280	Francesco Ferrucci Statue	5+2₤ (jul 1930) semi-postal, orange
3.3	✓	277	Maramaldo Kills Ferrucci	25c (jul 1930) comm., green & dark green
4.1	✓	278	Francesco Ferrucci	50c (jul 1930) comm., purple
4.2	✓	279	Maramaldo Kills Ferrucci	1.25₤ (jul 1930) comm., sky blue

Francesco Ferruccio - Air Mail

5.1	✓	A20	Francesco Ferrucci	5+2₤ (jul 1930) air mail, purple
5.2	✓	A18	Francesco Ferrucci	50c (jul 1930) air mail, purple
5.3	✓	A19	Francesco Ferrucci	1₤ (jul 1930) air mail, yellow

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.