Piscopi

The island of Piscopi, called currently in Greek, Tilos, is located in the Aegian Sea, northwest of Rodi. It’s one of the smallest of the Dodecanese islands with a population of less than eight-hundred. It was an Italian colony from 1912 to 1947. These Italian stamps were to be used only on this island. They’re all overprinted with the island name, Piscopi.

This Dodecanese island in particular seems to have plenty of history, going back for hundreds, even thousands of years. One especially interesting thing is that fossils and bones of dwarf elephants were found on the island. They were around five-feet (~160 cm) tall. The remains of dwarf elephants have been found in other islands in this area, as well as in Cyprus, Sicily, and Malta. But the bones of a group of these elephants were found in Piscopi.

Note

These two album pages are complete. It was a slow process to complete these Dodecanese pages, but it’s so nice to have them finished.

Piscopi Definitives

spot	own	catalog	subject	description	comment
1.1	✓	1	Coat of Arms	2c (dec 1912) definitive, orange brown

Leoni Design

2.1	✓	2	Vittorio Emanuele III	5c (dec 1912) definitive, green
2.2	✓	3	Vittorio Emanuele III	10c (dec 1912) definitive, red
2.3	✓	10	Vittorio Emanuele III	15c (dec 1912) definitive, slate gray

Cellini Design

3.1	✓	4	Vittorio Emanuele III	15c (dec 1912) definitive, slate
3.2	✓	8	Vittorio Emanuele III	20c (dec 1916) definitive, slate gray
3.3	✓	11	Vittorio Emanuele III With Crown Watermark	20c (jan 1919) definitive, brown orange
3.4	✓	9	Vittorio Emanuele III Without Watermark	20c (jun 1917) definitive, brown orange
4.1	✓	5	Vittorio Emanuele III	25c (dec 1912) definitive, blue
4.2	✓	6	Vittorio Emanuele III	40c (dec 1912) definitive, brown
4.3	✓	7	Vittorio Emanuele III	50c (dec 1912) definitive, light violet

Contains 11 spots: own 11 – 11 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Apr 6, 2024

Piscopi Commemoratives

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Francesco Ferruccio

1.1	✓	12	Siege of Volterra	20c (oct 1930) definitive, violet
1.2	✓	13	Maramaldo Kills Ferrucci	25c (oct 1930) definitive, green
2.1	✓	14	Maramaldo Kills Ferrucci	50c (oct 1930) definitive, black
2.2	✓	15	Maramaldo Kills Ferrucci	1.25₤ (oct 1930) definitive, sky blue

Francesco Ferruccio - Semi-Postal

2.3

✓

16

Francesco Ferrucci

5+2₤ (oct 1930)
definitive, carmine

Giuseppe Garibaldi

3.1	✓	17	Garibaldi’s Birthplace: Nice	10c (aug 1932) definitive, brown
3.2	✓	18	Garibaldi & Vittorio Emanuele II	20c (aug 1932) definitive, brown red
3.3	✓	19	Garibaldi & Nino Bixio	25c (aug 1932) definitive, green
4.1	✓	20	Garibaldi & Vittorio Emanuele II	30c (aug 1932) definitive, grey blue
4.2	✓	21	Garibaldi & Nino Bixio	50c (aug 1932) definitive, violet
4.3	✓	22	Death of Anita Garibaldi	75c (aug 1932) definitive, red
5.1	✓	23	Garibaldi’s Tomb: Caprera	1.25₤ (aug 1932) definitive, blue

Garibaldi - Semi-Postal

5.2	✓	25	Garibaldi Monument: Rome	2.55+0.50₤ (aug 1932) definitive, pink vermilion
5.3	✓	26	Garibaldi’s Birthplace: Nice	5+1₤ (aug 1932) definitive, violet
6.1	✓	24	Quarto Rock	1.75+0.25₤ (aug 1932) definitive, brown

Contains 15 spots: own 15 – 15 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Apr 16, 2024

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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