Giro d’Italia

Italian Republic, Page 100 (GR-4)

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On May 13, 1909, the first Giro d’Italia started in Milan with 127 riders. La Gazzetta dello Sport, a sports newspaper, created the race to sell more copies, and Luigi Ganna won that first edition over eight stages. The race has run almost every year since. It was suspended from 1915 to 1918 because of World War I and again during World War II, resuming in 1919 and 1946 respectively.

Today the Giro is one of the three Grand Tours of cycling, along with the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. It usually takes place in May and lasts about three weeks, with around 21 stages through the Alps and Dolomites (e.g., the Stelvio, the Gavia and the Pordoi). The leader wears the maglia rosa (pink jersey) – pink because the Gazzetta was printed on pink paper. Alfredo Binda, Fausto Coppi and Eddy Merckx each won the race five times, which is still the record.

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I like bikes and riding my bike, but I don’t care to watch bike races. I saw one of these races that passed through Lugano, Switzerland. I like checking out some of the bikes. Otherwise, it was boring.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 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	comment
1.1	✓	1044	Claudio Monteverdi	40₤ (may 1967) comm., orange & maroon
2.1	✓	1045	Cyclists Riding Uphill, Giro d’Italia	40₤ (may 1967) comm., multi-color
2.2	✓	1046	Sprinting Cyclists, Giro d’Italia	90₤ (may 1967) comm., multi-color
2.3	✓	1047	Racing Cyclists, Giro d’Italia	500₤ (may 1967) comm., multi-color
3.1	✓	1049	10th Spoleto Festival	20₤ (jun 1967) comm., black & dark bluish green
3.2	✓	1048	Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)	40₤ (jun 1967) comm., multi-color
3.3	✓	1050	10th Spoleto Festival	40₤ (jun 1967) comm., red black
4.1	✓	1051	Introduction of Postal Code	20₤ (jul 1967) comm., sky blue
4.2	✓	1052	Introduction of Postal Code	40₤ (jul 1967) comm., red
5.1	✓	1053	Air Pomilio PC 1: 1st Air Mail in World	40₤ (jul 1967) comm., black & sky blue

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.