Redeemed & Protected

The Opera Nazionale Assistenza Italia Redenta (i.e., National Assistance Work for Redeemed Italy) began a few months after the end of World War I in September 1919. It was an assistance program in the areas of education and health care for poverty stricken children resulting from the devastation of the war. At the time, besides suffering from malnutrition, children had a high risk of contracting diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria.

The regions of Venezia Tridentina and Venezia Giulia, located along new borders established by the expansion of Italy as a result of it’s success in the war, were particularly affected in negative ways. Besides the problems and vulnerability of children, there was also a concern reguarding the restarting of the economy in these regions. They could not rely on normal factors resolving the problems of these regions.

When the Fascists came to power, they had this government program build nursery schools to indoctrinate children of the two regions in Fascist thinking – although they said it was to Italianize and assimilate Croatian and Slovenian children.

Note

The stamps on the top row are over printed Opera Nazionale Assistenza Italia Redenta. I described that program on this page. I’ll work on writing something about the others later. For now, I’ll just translate the overprint text.

The second and third row stamps are overprinted, Opera Nazionale Protezione Assistenza Invalidi Guera, which translates to National Protection Assistance Disabled War. The last row of stamps are overprinted with the words, Patronati Scolastici, meaning School Patronages.

Contains 16 spots: own 8 – 8 unused, 0 used.
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

Overprint Italia Redenta

1.1	✓	ES46	Op. Italia Redenta - Rome	5c (1924) entities, green
1.2	✓	ES47	Op. Italia Redenta - Rome	10c (1924) entities, carmine
1.3	✓	ES48	Op. Italia Redenta - Rome	30c (1924) entities, brown carmine
1.4	✓	ES49	Op. Italia Redenta - Rome	50c (1924) entities, lilac

Overprint Natl. Protection

2.1	ES50	Opera Naz. Protez. Asst. Inv. Guerra	5c (1924) entities, pink
2.2	ES51	Opera Naz. Protez. Asst. Inv. Guerra	10c (1924) entities, rose
2.3	ES52	Opera Naz. Protez. Asst. Inv. Guerra	25c (1924) entities, lilac brown
2.4	ES53	Opera Naz. Protez. Asst. Inv. Guerra	30c (1924) entities, brown
3.1	ES54	Opera Naz. Protez. Asst. Inv. Guerra	50c (1924) entities, violet
3.2	ES55	Opera Naz. Protez. Asst. Inv. Guerra	1₤ (1924) entities, blue
3.3	ES56	Opera Naz. Protez. Asst. Inv. Guerra	3₤ (1924) entities, dark lilac
3.4	ES57	Opera Naz. Protez. Asst. Inv. Guerra	5₤ (1924) entities, dark brown

Overprint Scholastics

4.1	✓	ES58	Patronati Scolastici	5c (1924) entities, green
4.2	✓	ES59	Patronati Scolastici	10c (1924) entities, rose
4.3	✓	ES60	Patronati Scolastici	25c (1924) entities, lilac brown
4.4	✓	ES61	Patronati Scolastici	50c (1924) entities, violet

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.