Trentino
Trentino is a mountainous province in the far north of Italy, and its capital is Trento. After the Napoleonic Wars it was absorbed into the Austrian County of Tyrol and governed by the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and its German name was Welschtirol, meaning “Foreign Tyrol”. Italy joined World War I in 1915, which put Trentino directly on the front line between Austria-Hungary and Italy. The result was heavy fighting, including the 1916 Austrian offensive known as the Battle of Asiago.
Italy occupied Trentino in November 1918, and in 1919 the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye annexed it to the Kingdom of Italy along with South Tyrol. Italy then separated the area into two provinces, which were renamed in 1923 as “Trentino” and “Alto Adige”. Basically, the region went from Austrian to Italian rule within about a year.
After World War II, the Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement created the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. A second statute in 1972 moved most of the region’s powers down to the two provinces, so Trentino now has its own elected government and legislative assembly.
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These stamps all show images of Emperor Franz Joseph of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. None of them are of Trentino. My wife, daughter, and I spent a weekend in Trentino. We visited a couple of the castles: the biggest one, Buonconsiglio Castle and Castel Toblino. We particularly liked Toblino because an elderly woman who is the owner and descendent of the original family of the castle gave us a tour of the place. It’s was a slow tour with plenty of personal stories about the castle and her family’s role. At the end she gave us a bottle from her vinyard to take home and toast her and her health.
Contains 30 spots: own 0 – 0 unused, 0 used.
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 |
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1 |
3h (nov 1918) |
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2 |
5h (nov 1918) |
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3 |
6h (nov 1918) |
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4 |
10h (nov 1918) |
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5 |
12h (nov 1918) |
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6 |
15h (nov 1918) |
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7 |
20h (nov 1918) |
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8 |
25h (nov 1918) |
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9 |
30h (nov 1918) |
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10 |
40h (nov 1918) |
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11 |
50h (nov 1918) |
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12 |
60h (nov 1918) |
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13 |
80h (nov 1918) |
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14 |
90h (nov 1918) |
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15 |
1kr (nov 1918) |
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16 |
2kr (nov 1918) |
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17 |
4kr (nov 1918) |
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18 |
10kr (nov 1918) |
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19 |
1h (dec 1918) |
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21 |
5h (dec 1918) |
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22 |
10h (dec 1918) |
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20 |
2h (dec 1918) |
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23 |
20h (dec 1918) |
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24 |
40h (dec 1918) |
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25 |
45h (dec 1918) |
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26 |
50h (dec 1918) |
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27 |
1h (dec 1918) |
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28 |
5h (dec 1918) |
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29 |
10h (dec 1918) |
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30 |
20h (dec 1918) |
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.
