SAN MARINO

SAN MARINO.

Centenary of the first stamps of the Kingdom of Naples, 1858-1958.
View of Naples with the volcano Vesuvius, 18th century engraving;
and reproduction of 50 grana stamp of Kingdom of Naples, 1858.
Airmail, Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 05.10.1958.
Face value: 125 Italian lire.
Design: Roberto Franzoni (1882-1960).
Printed by I.P.F. Oficcina Carte Valori dell'Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 120,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 605.
- Scott No. C100.
- StampWorld No. 614.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 563.
- Unificato No. A121.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 110.

Mount Vesuvius (in Italian, Vesuvio; in Neapolitan, 'O Vesuvio or ‘A Muntagna) is a stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples, in Campania region, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure. Its height is 1,281 m (4,203 ft). The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, as well as several other settlements. It is an active volcano that has erupted numerous times since prehistoric times: the most recent eruptions took place in 1906, 1929 and 1944. The area around Vesuvius was officially declared a national park on June 5, 1995.

The history of what historiography calls the Kingdom of Naples is long and complex. It includes the part of the Italian peninsula to the south of the Papal States. After the War of the Vespers (1282-1302), when the island of Sicily rebelled and was conquered by the Crown of Aragon, the separate Kingdom of Sicily was established. In 1816, it reunited with the mainland and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (known as the Kingdom of Naples) was formed, which in 1861 joined the new unified Kingdom of Italy.

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Thanks to Vairo Gregori for his contribution (https://ternifil.org/).