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Turism issues.
Palmi (Tonnara di Palmi Bay, Costa Viola, Mount Sant'Elia).
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 09.05.1987.
Facial value: 400 Italian lire.
Design: from a paintimg of Emidio Vangelli (1871-1949).
Printed by I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 5,000,000 copies.
Size: 48 x 40 mm. 

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2013.
- Sassone No. 1802.
- Scott No. 1709.
- StampWorld No. 1990.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1964.
- Unificato No. 1816.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1745.

Palmi is a municipality belonging to the province of Reggio di Calabria, in the Italian region of Calabria, on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It has an area of 32.12 km² (12.40 sq mi) and its population, in 2020, was just over 18,000 inhabitants. The stamp shows part of the beach (lido, with the rocks known as scogli Agliastro), the bay of Tonnara, Mount Sant’Elmo, and a stretch of the Costa Viola. Mount Sant’Elmo, 582 m (1,909 ft), is a part of the Aspromonte massif, in the southernmost part of the Apennine range. The mount is known as "the balcony on the Tyrrhenian". It is included in the Protection Zones and in the Sites of Community Interest of the Calabria Region.

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Thanks to Fadda Giuseppe for his contribution.