Carabinieri

The Carabinieri were created by Royal Patents on July 13, 1814, under Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia as a police corps for the Kingdom of Sardinia. It was known as the Royal Carabinieri Corps, and the name comes from the French carabinier, a soldier armed with a carbine. On January 24, 1861, the Carabinieri were named the “First Force” of the new national military. In World War I they served as barrier troops behind the attacking units to stop desertion, and the Corps earned its first Gold Medal of Military Valor. In World War II they were involved in suppressing opposition under Mussolini, though they arrested him in 1943 after he fell from power. German forces then disarmed the Carabinieri and deported thousands of officers, and many members joined the resistance.

On March 31, 2000, the Carabinieri were separated from the Army and became the fourth branch of the Italian Armed Forces. They act as military police and also handle civilian policing, criminal investigations and shared border control duties, and they take part in peacekeeping missions abroad (e.g., Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq). There are about 110,000 sworn officers, and the command is in Rome. A specialist division protects Italy’s artistic heritage as well. Their motto is Nei Secoli Fedele (Faithful through the centuries), and Carabinieri Day is on June 5. The historic dress uniform is black with silver braid and scarlet trim, and it includes the two-pointed hat called the lucerna.

Note

In the U.S., the military police are for the policing only military personal, while on military grounds and elsewhere. They’re not allowed to arrest civilians. In Italy, though, the military police, the Carabinieri have jurisdiction over everyone inside Italian borders and also operate outside the country as a military force, much like the Marines.

Contains 14 spots: own 14 – 14 unused, 0 used.
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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
1.1	✓	971	Giuseppe Verdi	30₤ (oct 1963) comm., brown & black olive
1.2	✓	972	Giuseppe Belli (1791-1863)	30₤ (nov 1963) comm., red brown
1.3	✓	974	Pietro Mascagni	30₤ (dec 1963) comm., brown & black olive

International Athletic Competitions

2.1	✓	967	Europa (CEPT)	30₤ (sep 1963) comm., brown & brown carmine
2.4	✓	968	Europa (CEPT)	70₤ (sep 1963) comm., brown & dark blue green
2.2	✓	969	Mediterranean Games	15₤ (sep 1963) comm., orange & sky blue
2.3	✓	970	Mediterranean Games	70₤ (sep 1963) comm., green & orange

Carabinieri & Other Police

3.1	✓	978	Carabinieri: 150th Annv.	30₤ (jun 1964) comm., red & dark violet blue
3.3	✓	979	Carabinieri: 150th Annv. Pastrengo Charge, De Albertis	70₤ (jun 1964) comm., dark brown
3.2	✓	973	5th Stamp day - Daisy Petals Made of Stamps Stamp Day 1963	15₤ (dec 1963) comm., red & sky blue

Other

4.1	✓	975	Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) G. Reni	30₤ (feb 1964) comm., brown
4.2	✓	976	Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) G. Reni	70₤ (feb 1964) comm., black
4.3	✓	977	Nicodemus, Michaelangelo (1475-1564)	30₤ (feb 1964) comm., black brown
4.4	✓	A156	Madonna of Bruges, Michaelanglo (1475-1564)	185₤ (feb 1964) air mail, black

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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