Fiume
Fiume is a city on the eastern side of the Adriactic Sea towards the north end, about 75 kilometers south east of Trieste. It was twice occupied by the Kingdom of Italy. It’s now called Rijeka and is part of Croatia
During much of the Twentieth Century, about half of the residents were Italian. The rest was made of smaller groups of people. After the end World War I and Italy’s successful part in the defeating of the Autro-Hungarian empire, there were talks of it becoming part of Yugoslavia. However, an Italia commander, Gabriele D’Annunzio, the Prince of Montenevoso didn’t like this idea. He led troops under his command to Fiume and took control of the city, forming the Italian Regency of Carnaro.
D’Annunzio offered Fiume to the Kingdom of Italy, to be annexed into the kingdom. The King refused and sent Italian troops to remove the prince’s troops from the city. They remained in control of the city from December 1920 until the Free State of Fiume was formed on April 24, 1921.
As part of the Treaty of Rome with Yugoslavia, on March 16 1924, Yugoslavia absorbed most of the Free State of Fiume, the inland parts. Under the Fascist government of Musssolini, the city and port as part of Fiume became a territory of the Kingdom of Italy.
During World War II, the Axis powers, which included Germany and Italy, conquered Yugoslavia in 1941. Italy seized the opportunity and took back the rest of Fiume, the inland parts that Yugoslavia had taken in 1924, known as Fiumano Kupa – but I can’t find anything to verify that name. When Italy surrendered to Allied Forces in September 1943. Germany then took control of Fiume and Fiumano Kupa, ending Italy’s control.
Note
For me, I’m only interested in collecting stamps issued or sold by the Italian post office. Therefore, I don’t collect stamps from before Italy occupied Fiume. Nor do I collect stamps from the time of the Italian Regency of Carnaro, when Gabriele D’Annunzio controlled the region. And I don’t collect stamps from the Free State of Fiume, since it wasn’t part of the reign of Italy.
What I do collect are the stamps from when the Kingdom of Italy took control of the Fiume region when they removed D’Annunzio, from December 1920 to April 23, 1921. And I collect stamps from when Italy annexed the city of Fiume, from March 16, 1924 until September 1943. Plus, I collect stamps from outside the city, from the Fiume region from 1941 to 1943. Those are in a separate sub-album, Fiamano-Kupa.
Contains 13 spots: own 2 – 2 unused, 0 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Nov 19, 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 |
Franco Overprint
✓ |
75 |
5c (dec 1920) |
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76 |
Liberty & Lion |
5c (dec 1920) |
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77 |
Liberty & Lion |
10c (dec 1920) |
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79 |
Liberty & Lion |
15c (dec 1920) |
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78 |
15c (dec 1920) |
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✓ |
80 |
15c (dec 1920) |
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81 |
25c (dec 1920) |
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82 |
25c (dec 1920) |
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83 |
55k (dec 1920) |
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84 |
55k (dec 1920) |
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85 |
55k (dec 1920) |
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86 |
55k (dec 1920) |
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87 |
55k (dec 1920) |
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.
remaining stamps & stories in sub-album
page |
story |
note |
used |
need |
ordered |
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✓ |
✓ |
11 |
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✓ |
✓ |
3 |
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✓ |
✓ |
1 |
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✓ |
✓ |
7 |
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✓ |
✓ |
4 |
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✓ |
✓ |
7 |
