Postage Due

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The postage due stamps on the previous page had more charm to them than these. The first set seem to continue the style of the previous ones, but a little duller. What is the point of a dull design? Is it that they didn’t want to encourage people to rely on postage due? Was it that it was shameful to send a letter without sufficient postage and they wanted to be a little discrete?

The newer set from 1934, at the bottom half of this album page are certainly blander, albeit brighter in colors compared to previous decades. At their center is the crest for the king and the house of Savoy. But the royal crest is flanked by fasces, the symbol of Mussolini’s National Fascist Party.

Those stamps and that combination on postage due stamps would remain until the end of the kingdom in the mid-1940s. The fascist symbol would be emphasized on these same stamps with an overprint when the socialist republic would be formed by the Germans after the fascists were overthrown in 1944. You can see these stamps on the SEG 4 page in the next album.

Note

Although postage due stamps are dull, I’ve always found them fascinating. I have most of them on this album page – all of the set at the bottom half, depicting the Savoy coat of arms, and I’m slowly acquiring the others.

I just received one on the second row, third from the left. I’ve found the two I’m missing, but they’re a little pricey. I may get them for a lower price at an auction. I just need to keep looking for them. That will leave replacing the two used ones.

Contains 25 spots: own 23 – 22 unused, 1 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Aug 23, 2023

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

Postage Due

1.1	✓	S20	Number within Oval	5c (1890) postage due, orange & dark purple crimson
1.2	✓	S21	Number within Oval	10c (1890) postage due, orange & dark purple crimson
1.3	✗	S22	Number within Oval	20c (nov 1894) postage due, orange & dark purple crimson
1.4	✓	S23	Number within Oval	30c (1890) postage due, orange & dark purple crimson
2.1	✓	S24	Number within Oval	40c (1890) postage due, orange & dark purple crimson
2.2	✓	S25	Number within Oval	50c (1890) postage due, orange & dark purple crimson
2.3	✓	S26	Number within Oval	60c (1890) postage due, orange & dark purple crimson
2.4		S27	Number within Oval	1₤ (1890) postage due, blue & dark purple crimson	longobardi (€ 90) only 1 stamp.
2.5		S28	Number within Oval	10₤ (1893) postage due, blue & dark purple crimson
3.1	✓	S29	Number within Oval	2₤ (1903) postage due, blue & dark purple crimson
3.2	✓	S33	Number within Oval	60c (jul 1925) postage due, brown & orange
3.3	✓	S30	Number within Oval	5₤ (1903) postage due, blue & dark purple crimson

New Postage Due

4.1	✓	S34	Savoy Coat of Arms	5c (feb 1934) postage due, brown
4.2	✓	S35	Savoy Coat of Arms	10c (feb 1934) postage due, sky blue
4.3	✓	S36	Savoy Coat of Arms	20c (feb 1934) postage due, carmine
4.4	✓	S37	Savoy Coat of Arms	25c (feb 1934) postage due, green
4.5	✓	S38	Savoy Coat of Arms	30c (feb 1934) postage due, orange
5.1	✓	S39	Savoy Coat of Arms	40c (feb 1934) postage due, grey
5.2	✓	S40	Savoy Coat of Arms	50c (feb 1934) postage due, violet
5.3	✓	S41	Savoy Coat of Arms	60c (feb 1934) postage due, grey
5.4	✓	S42	Savoy Coat of Arms	1₤ (feb 1934) postage due, orange
5.5	✓	S43	Savoy Coat of Arms	2₤ (feb 1934) postage due, green
6.1	✓	S44	Savoy Coat of Arms	5₤ (feb 1934) postage due, violet
6.2	✓	S45	Savoy Coat of Arms	10₤ (feb 1934) postage due, blue
6.3	✓	S46	Savoy Coat of Arms	20₤ (feb 1934) postage due, 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.