Triennale

In May 1940, the first Triennial Exhibition of Italian Overseas Lands was held in Naples. It was said to be “…a panoramic and synthetic review of the realizations of the Italian value and work in Africa … that will document the whole complex of political, social, economic, cultural activities, with which Fascist Italy is preparing to make the Overseas Lands a lush source of well-being and power of the Homeland”.

It was basically propaganda about the policies of the Kingdom in the colonies and occupations in Africa and the Aegean Islands. The goal was to present them as part of the Kingdom – historically, economically, and socially. You can read more about this on the Archive of the Sciences site.

The stamps on this page were issued to commemorate that tri-annual exhibition. I’m not sure, but I think similar stamps were issued in colonies. I haven’t gotten around to checking yet.

Note

This page is complete. I might redo the layout, though, and reprint the page. I think the first and last stamp on the top row might look better lower, with their bottoms level with the bottom of the horizontal blue stamp.

Contains 11 spots: own 11 – 11 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

Triennale d’Oltremare

1.1	✓	111	Capitoline Wolf	5c (jun 1940) comm., brown
1.2	✓	113	Triennale d’Oltremare	25c (jun 1940) comm., blue green
1.3	✓	114	Capitoline Wolf	50c (jun 1940) comm., dark lilac
2.1	✓	116	Triennale d’Oltremare	1.25₤ (jun 1940) comm., blue
3.1	✓	112	Knights of Rhodes	10c (jun 1940) comm., red orange
3.2	✓	115	Knights of Rhodes	75c (jun 1940) comm., red
3.3	✓	117	Knights of Rhodes	2+0.75₤ (jun 1940) comm., carmine

Air Mail

4.1	✓	A52	Gazelle Statue	50c (jun 1940) air mail, black olive
4.2	✓	A53	Triennale d’Oltremare	1₤ (jun 1940) air mail, dark brownish carmine
5.1	✓	A54	Gazelle Statue	2+0.75₤ (jun 1940) air mail, black blue
5.2	✓	A55	Triennale d’Oltremare	5+2.50₤ (jun 1940) air mail, carmine brown

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.