War Victims

These are semi-postal stamps. They’re stamps that have two prices on them: one is for the cost of mailing the letter to which it’s attached, and the other amount is for a charity. These stamps are overprinted with Pro sinistrati di guerra, which translates to For victims of war. It was a fund raising method. I’m not sure why people living in the Aegean Islands who probably weren’t very wealthy, had suffered must from the war, and were being oppresed by an occupying force would voluntarily pay extra for postage to help victims in their oppressor’s homeland. But maybe the funds were used locally.

Note

This page is complete, but the layout is pretty dull. I may arrange the stamps a litle differently to make it more interesting visually. For the first set I could lay them with three rows: two stamps, three, then one. For the second set, I could do all four on the same row, or one on one row and three on the next – or one, two, then one stamp. I’ll have play with it in Adobe to see how those possibilities might look.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jan 24, 2024

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

Pro Sinistrati di Guerra

1.1	✓	126	Rodi: Windmill	0.05+3₤ (jul 1944) definitive, lilac pink
1.2	✓	127	Rodi: Mideval Ship	0.10+3₤ (jul 1944) definitive, grey brown
1.3	✓	128	Rodi: Knight in Armor	0.20+3₤ (jul 1944) definitive, red
2.1	✓	129	Rodi: Knight in Armor	0.25+3₤ (jul 1944) definitive, green
2.2	✓	130	Rodi: Knight Tomb	0.50+3₤ (jul 1944) definitive, dark brown
2.3	✓	131	Rodi: Knight Tomb	1.25+3₤ (jul 1944) definitive, blue

Air Mail

3.1	✓	A56	Eagle Wing	0.50+2₤ (oct 1944) air mail, blackyellow
3.2	✓	A57	Eagle Wing	0.80+2₤ (oct 1944) air mail, blackcarmine
4.1	✓	A58	Eagle Wing	1+2₤ (oct 1944) air mail, greenblack
4.2	✓	A59	Eagle Wing	5+2₤ (oct 1944) air mail, 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.
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.