Thse were special stamps used by the National Republican Guard. They were kind of double stamps, although a pair could not be used separately. On the left side of each is an image of the king, designs from definitives that have already been in use for years in Italy – from before the king surrendered to the Allies. However, the king’s face is overprinted with the initials GNR overprinted – Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (i.e., National Republican Guard).
The right half of these stamps has images of weapons with a propaganda slogans directed at the soldiers who would use these stamps. The ones with the image of modern naval ships and their guns say in Italian, La disciplina é arma di vittoria, which means, Discipline is a weapon of victory.
The stamps showing an artilery canon along with a paratrooper and other elements say, Armi e cuori devono essere tesi verso la meta, a Mussolini quote which translates to Weapons and hearts must be directed towards the goal – not very inspiring. The stamps with pictures of airplane bombers say, Tutto e tutti per la vittoria, which is Everything and everyone for victory.
Note
These stamps are overprints of stamps from the Kingdom: see the War Propaganda page. They were overprinted again in 1944 with the words, Repubblica Sociale Italiana (i.e., Italian Socialist Republic) – see the Propaganda page.
Contains 12 spots: own 12 – 12 unused, 0 used.
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Thse were special stamps used by the National Republican Guard. They were kind of double stamps, although a pair could not be used separately. On the left side of each is an image of the king, designs from definitives that have already been in use for years in Italy – from before the king surrendered to the Allies. However, the king’s face is overprinted with the initials GNR overprinted – Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (i.e., National Republican Guard).
The right half of these stamps has images of weapons with a propaganda slogans directed at the soldiers who would use these stamps. The ones with the image of modern naval ships and their guns say in Italian, La disciplina é arma di vittoria, which means, Discipline is a weapon of victory.
The stamps showing an artilery canon along with a paratrooper and other elements say, Armi e cuori devono essere tesi verso la meta, a Mussolini quote which translates to Weapons and hearts must be directed towards the goal – not very inspiring. The stamps with pictures of airplane bombers say, Tutto e tutti per la vittoria, which is Everything and everyone for victory.
Note
These stamps are overprints of stamps from the Kingdom: see the War Propaganda page. They were overprinted again in 1944 with the words, Repubblica Sociale Italiana (i.e., Italian Socialist Republic) – see the Propaganda page.
Contains 12 spots: own 12 – 12 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jul 17, 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
G.N.R. Appended
1.1
✓
PG13
King & Battleship
25c (dec 1943)
propaganda, green
1.2
✓
PG17
King & Battleship
30c (dec 1943)
propaganda, brown
1.3
✓
PG21
King & Battleship
50c (dec 1943)
propaganda, purple
2.1
✓
PG14
King & Artillery Gun
25c (dec 1943)
propaganda, green
2.2
✓
PG18
King & Artillery Gun
30c (dec 1943)
propaganda, brown
2.3
✓
PG22
King & Artillery Gun
50c (dec 1943)
propaganda, purple
3.1
✓
PG15
King & Airplanes
25c (dec 1943)
propaganda, green
3.2
✓
PG19
King & Airplanes
30c (dec 1943)
propaganda, brown
3.3
✓
PG23
King & Airplanes
50c (dec 1943)
propaganda, purple
4.1
✓
PG16
King, Knife & Helmet
25c (dec 1943)
propaganda, green
4.2
✓
PG20
King, Knife & Helmet
30c (dec 1943)
propaganda, brown
4.3
✓
PG24
King, Knife & Helmet
50c (dec 1943)
propaganda, 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.
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