Definitives

There’s not much more I can say about definitive stamps of king Vittorio Emanuele III, than what I already wrote on Page 7 of this album. This is the way usually with definitives: they’re interesting when you first see them, but after many years of them, they get boring.

Definitives do give a sense of comfort about them. There are a few U.S. definitive stamps of Thomas Jefferson and Franklin Roosevelt that I find nostalgic when I see them. I makes me long for the days when they were commonly used on envelops in the mail.

Regarding these definitives, these stamps, though, I don’t like overprints. At first glance, they look like they’re canceled or pre-canceled – even though the marking is neat and uniform. Still, I prefer they don’t do overprints. To save money and not waste stamps they’ve already printed, this seems to be what they used to do when there was a price change or when they had too many of a stamp for a particular need and not enough of another.

Note

I made slow progress towards completing this page, which is now finished. As I predicted, I’ve forgotten how long it took for me to get all of them. Still, it’s pleasing to see a page like this one with all unused stamps.

Contains 14 spots: own 14 – 14 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.

spot	own	catalog	subject	description
1.1	✓	135	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 85c Overprinted	7½c (jan 1924) definitive, red
1.2	✓	136	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 85c Overprinted	7½c (oct 1927) definitive, red
2.1	✓	137	Savoy Eagle 1c Overprinted	10c (sep 1923) definitive, brown
2.2	✓	138	Savoy Eagle 2c Overprinted	10c (jul 1923) definitive, red
2.3	✓	140	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 40c Overprinted	50c (oct 1923) definitive, purple
2.4	✓	139	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 55c Overprinted	50c (aug 1923) definitive, brown
3.1	✓	175	Vittorio Emanuele III Leoni, 15c Overprinted	10c (may 1925) definitive, grey
3.2	✓	176	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 25c Overprinted	20c (apr 1925) definitive, sky blue
3.3	✓	177	Vittorio Emanuele III Cellini Floral, 45c Overprinted	25c (aug 1924) definitive, green
4.1	✓	178	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 60c Overprinted	25c (jan 1924) definitive, blue
4.2	✓	180	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 50c Overprinted	30c (apr 1925) definitive, purple
4.3	✓	181	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 55c Overprinted	30c (aug 1925) definitive, purple
4.4	✓	179	Vittorio Emanuele III Michetti, 60c Overprinted	25c (feb 1925) definitive, sky blue
5.1	✓	182	Vittorio Emanuele III Cellini Floral, 10₤ Overprinted	1.75₤ (feb 1925) definitive, breen & pink

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.