Occupation - 20 Years

These stamps commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the occupation of the Aegean Islands by the Kingdom of Italy. They don’t say occupation, though. Italy thought of these as colonies and Italian territory with then Italian citizens. However, the residents were primarily Greek speaking people: basically, Greeks. Italy did try to transport some Italian citizens from the Italian peninsula and set them up with land and homes to try to convert the population. However, there weren’t many Italians that agreed to move there. They weren’t able to fully convert the local make-up and culture to Italian.

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I’m missing these main set of stamps from this page, but I have the air mail stamps at the bottom. I really don’t like the look of those air mail stamps. I don’t get the point of having a single black bird wing. Is it meant to represent flying, because nothing can fly with one wing like that? It looks more like a full-body feather fan for a stripper from the 1920s.

Contains 14 spots: own 14 – 14 unused, 0 used.
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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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20th Anniversary of Italian Occupation

1.1	✓	65	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	5c (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	66	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	10c (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	67	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	20c (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	68	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	25c (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	69	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	30c (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	70	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	50c (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	71	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	1.25₤ (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
3.3	✓	72	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	5₤ (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	73	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	10₤ (oct 1932) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	74	Eagle over Aegean Sea & Rhodes	25₤ (oct 1932) comm., multicolor

Air Mail

5.1	✓	A30	Eagle Wing	50c (dec 1933) definitive, blackyellow
5.2	✓	A31	Eagle Wing	80c (dec 1933) definitive, blackcarmine
5.3	✓	A32	Eagle Wing	1₤ (dec 1933) definitive, greenblack
5.4	✓	A33	Eagle Wing	5₤ (dec 1933) definitive, violetblack

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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