Natl. Republican Guard

❦ Priority Page ❦

After Germany established the Italian Social Republic with Mussolini as its head, a new military structure was needed. Italian troops who were loyal to Mussolini, local police and Carabinieri, and any other gun-carrying forces in Northern Italy were joined together into what was then called, the National Republican Guard – Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana in Italian.

Stamps used by this new militia were overprinted with the letters, GNR – as you see on this page and the subsequent pages of this sub-album.

Note

This is a priority page. That means it’s one that I’ve been looking often for the stamps I’m missing, giving them priority with my spending when I do find them. They’re not easy to find. When I do find one, it’s usually at an auction and I’m not always successful at bidding for it – instead, someone pays much more than I’m willing to spend.

You can see that I have bid on one for an upcoming auction (catalog 483). There are two others that I’m missing. I’ve been looking for over a year now. It’s part of the fun: a story of my own behind every page and every stamp. There are only a few more stamps before I have all of the stamps for my Kingdom of Italy album and my Italy in Transition album. It’ll be a while before I complete the Italian Colonies and especially the Occupations. For the Republic of Italy albums, I’m missing only a couple of stamps for the pages I have, which is up the end of 2009.

Contains 20 spots: own 18 – 18 unused, 0 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jun 27, 2025

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

Overprint G.N.R.

1.1	✓	471	Augustus Octavian	10c (dec 1943) special, sepia
1.2	✓	470	Capitoline Wolf	5c (dec 1943) special, sepia
1.3	✓	472	Italian Turreted	15c (dec 1943) special, green
2.1	✓	473	Julius Caesar	20c (dec 1943) special, red
2.2	✓	474	Vittorio Emanuele III	25c (dec 1943) special, green
2.3	✓	475	Vittorio Emanuele III	30c (dec 1943) special, sepia
2.4	✓	476	Italian Turreted	35c (dec 1943) special, sky blue
2.5	✓	477	Vittorio Emanuele III	50c (dec 1943) special, purple
3.1	✓	478	Vittorio Emanuele III	75c (dec 1943) special, red
3.2	✓	479	Julius Caesar	1₤ (dec 1943) special, purple
3.3	✓	480	Vittorio Emanuele III	1.25₤ (dec 1943) special, sky blue
3.4	✓	481	Augustus Octavian	1.75₤ (dec 1943) special, orange
3.5	✓	482	Italian Turreted	2₤ (dec 1943) special, red
4.1	✓	483	Capitoline Wolf	2.55₤ (dec 1943) special, green
4.2	✓	484	Capitoline Wolf	3.70₤ (dec 1943) special, purple
4.3	✓	485	Capitoline Wolf	5₤ (dec 1943) special, red
5.1	✓	486	Italian Turreted	10₤ (dec 1943) special, purple
5.2	✓	487	Julius Caesar	20₤ (dec 1943) special, green
5.3		488	Augustus Octavian	25₤ (dec 1943) special, sky blue
5.4		489	Vittorio Emanuele III	50₤ (dec 1943) special, purple

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.