ITALY

ITALY / ITALIA.

Tourism.
Stromboli.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 01.06.1985.
Face value: 450 Italian lire.
Design: E. Golyahovsk.
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.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1924.
- Sassone No. 1718.
- Scott No. 1632.
- StampWorld No. 1900.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1879.
- Unificato No. 1727.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1656.

Stromboli is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing Mount Stromboli (926 m or 3,038 ft hight), one of the four active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the eight Aeolian Islands. The island's area is 12.19 square kilometers (4.7 sq mi), and its population was about 500 as of 2016, managed by the Municipality of Lipari. The volcano has erupted many times and is constantly active with minor eruptions, often visible from many points on the island and from the surrounding sea, giving rise to the island's nickname "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean". Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek name, Στρογγύλη (Strongýlē) which was derived from στρογγύλος (strongýlos, "round"), after the volcano's round, conical appearance when seen from a distance. The geological history of the island of Stromboli begins about 200,000 years ago.

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ITALY / ITALIA.

National Parks.
Stelvio National Park and Red Deer Stag (Cervus elaphus).
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 22.04.1967.
Face value: 90 Italian lire.
Design: Corrado Mancioli (1904-1968).
Printed by I.P.S. (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato), Officina Carte e Valori, Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 12,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No.
- Michel No. 1228.
- Sassone No. 1062.
- Scott No. 955.
- StampWorld No. 1204.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1179.
- Unificato No. 1042.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 966.

Stelvio National Park (Italian: Parco nazionale dello Stelvio; German: Nationalpark Stilfser Joch), established in 1935, is located in northeast Italy, and covers part of the regions Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardy, in 24 municipalities. It has borders with the Swiss National Park, Adamello Brenta Natural Park, and Adamello Regional Park; Together, these parks comprise 400,000 hectares (1,500 sq mi) of protected natural environment in the heart of the Alps. The park includes an extensive territory of valleys and high mountains, ranging from 650 m (2,130 ft) to 3,905 m (12,812 ft) in height. In its territory there are large forests, agricultural areas, mountain farms, farmhouses and inhabited towns. In the Park you can find deer, chamois, roe deer, mountain goats, marmots, foxes, stoats, squirrels, hares, badgers and weasels, among other animals.

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National Parks.
Gran Paradiso National Park and Alpina Ibex (Capra ibex).
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 22.04.1967.
Face value: 20 Italian lire.
Design: Corrado Mancioli (1904-1968).
Printed by I.P.S. (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato), Officina Carte e Valori, Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 25,000,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1226.
- Sassone No. 1040.
- Scott No. 953.
- StampWorld No. 1202.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1177.
- Unificato No. 1040.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 964.

Gran Paradiso National Park (Italian: Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso; French; Parc national du Grand Paradis), is located in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions, and borders France in its western part. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in the park; it is contiguous with the French Vanoise National Park. The land the park, created on December 3, 1922, encompasses was initially protected in order to protect the Alpine ibex from poachers. Its area is 703 km² (272 sq mi) of alpine terrain. 9.5% of the park's surface area is occupied by 57 glaciers.

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Completion of the Flumendosa - Mulargia Irrigation System.
Map of Sardinia, Nuraghe Arrubiu dam, and peasant.
Stamp issued on 01.02.1958.
Face value: 25 Italian lire.
Design: Corrado Mancioli (1904-1968) & Amilcare Santini (1910-1975).
Engraving: Mario Colombati (1912-?).
Printed by Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte e Valori, Roma.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 10,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1004.
- Sassone No. 826.
- Scott No. 738.
- StampWorld No. 980.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 961.
- Unificato No. 826.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 753.

The Flumendosa is a river of southern Sardinia. With a length of 127 km (79 mi), it is the second longest river of the island behind the Tirso. Its springs are located in the Gennargentu massif, at the foot of the Monte Armidda; it flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Its path is barred at two different points by massive dams. The first dam, built between 1948 and 1949, forms the Upper Flumendosa Lake. The second dam, built between 1952 and 1958 at the height of the Nuraghe Arrubiu, is used for the production of electricity and irrigation. A 6 km (3.73 mi) long tunnel connects it to the nearby lake Mulargia, where a system of water pipes begins, partly in the tunnel and partly on the surface, which carries water to irrigate the plain at the Campidano di Cagliari and to supplying drinking water to the city of Cagliari and about forty smaller towns.

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SWITZERLAND

SWITZERLAND / SCHWEITZ - SUISSE - SVIZZERA - SVIZRA.

Swiss Alps.
Mount Matterhorn - Cervino - Cervin.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 01.06.1965.
Face value: 10 cents of Swiss franc.
Design: Edi Hauri (1911-1988).
Printed by Courvoisier-Attinger Arts Graphiques S.A., Biel/Bienne.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 10,057,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 820.
- Scott No. 467.
- StampWorld No. 814.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 586.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 753.
- Zumstein No. 433.

The Matterhorn; in Italian, Cervino; in French Cervin, is an isolated mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak whose summit is 4,478 m (14,692 ft) high. The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt, in the canton of Valais, to the north-east and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the south. The first ascent of the Matterhorn was in July 1865 from Zermatt by a party led by Edward Whymper; just three days later, on 17 July 1865, Jean-Antoine Carrel and Jean-Baptiste Bich reached the summit from the Italian side.

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Tourism.
Marmore Falls (Cascata delle Marmore).
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 17.04.1999.
Face value: 800 Italian lire / 0.41 euro.
Design and engraving: Pietro Nicolò Arghittu (b. 1946).
Printed by I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), Roma. 
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 3,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2628.
- Sassone No. 2409.
- Scott No. 2284.
- StampWorld No. 2606.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2551.
- Unificato No. 2445.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2361.

The Marmore Falls (Cascata delle Marmore) is a man-made waterfall created by the ancient Romans. Its total height is 165 m (541 ft), making it the tallest man-made waterfall in the world. Of its three sections, the top one is the tallest, at 83 m (272 ft). It is located 7.7 km (4.78 mi) from Terni, in the Umbria region. Its source is a portion of the waters of the river Velino (the rest of the river flows into a hydroelectric power plant), after flowing through Piediluco lake near the community of Marmore. It pours into the valley below formed by the river Nera. 

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100th Anniversary of Italian Geographical Society.
Stamp issued on 20.03.1967.
Face value: 40 Italian lire.
Design: Luigi Gasbarra.
Printed by Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte-Valori, Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 20,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1220.
- Sassone No. 1034.
- Scott No. 947.
- StampWorld No. 1196.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1171.
- Unificato No. 1034.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 960.

The Italian Geographical Society (Società geografica italiana) was founded in Florence on May 12, 1867 with the aim of promoting the progress of geographical knowledge, scientific research and the organization of activities and study tours. It is currently based in Rome. The management of the Society corresponds to a board made up of twelve elected members, two vice-presidents and the president, to which are added other members appointed by institutions and public administrations. Its Library, of some 400,000 volumes and 2,000 periodicals, plus some 50,000 modern maps, is one of the most important in the world in its specialty. It also has an ancient collection of maps and atlases published between the 15th and 19th centuries, and an eastern collection containing Chinese and Japanese geographical representations made between the 17th and 19th centuries. To all this we must add a file of around 150,000 photographic images.

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Tourist Attractions.
Cortina d'Ampezzo and Monte Cristallo.
Fourth stamp in a set of 6, issued on 31.12.1953.
Face value: 25 Italian lire.
Design: E. Golyahovsk.
Printed by I.P.S. (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato), Officina Carte-Valori, Roma.
Printing: Photogravure,
Print: 9,350,000 copies.
Size: 24 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 903.
- Sassone No. 730.
- Scott No. 644.
- StampWorld No. 878.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 858.
- Unificato No. 730.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 667.

Cortina d'Ampezzo (Ladin: Anpezo or Ampëz; Venetian: Cortina d'Anpezo) is a town in the heart of the southern Dolomitic Alps, situated at the foot of Monte Cristallo (3,221 m / 10,568 ft), on the Boite river, in an alpine valley, at an elevation of 1,224 m (4,016 ft) above sea level. Its stable population, in 2017, was 5,842 inhabitants. In October 2007 the population voted to separate from the Veneto region and join the neighboring region, Trentino-Alto Adige / Südtirol due to cultural ties with the Ladino-speaking community in South Tyrol. Cortina d'Ampezzo is an important winter sports center.

The Dolomites (Italian: Dolomiti; Ladin: Dolomites; German: Dolomiten) are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps. Its main summit is the peak Marmolada, 3,343 m (10,968 ft) above sea level. The Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park and many other regional parks are located in the Dolomites. In August 2009, the Dolomites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The range is named after the French mineralogist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801), who was the first to describe the carbonate rock dolomite mineral.

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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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EUROPA (C.E.P.T.) issue.
Etna Volcano.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 02.05.1977.
Face value: 170 Italian lire.
Design: from a painting of Emidio Vangelli (1871-1949).
Printed by I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 8,000,000 (15,000,000?) copies.
Size: 48 x 40 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1567.
- Sassone No. 1370.
- Scott No. 1261.
- StampWorld No. 1543.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1513.
- Unificato No. 1370.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1299.

Etna is an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, in the territory of the Metropolitan City of Catania. It is about 3322 m (10,899 ft) high, although this varies due to constant eruptions: the mountain is currently 21.6 (70.86 ft) lower than it was in 1865. It is the highest active volcano on the Eurasian Plate. and the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Mount Etna has an area of 1,190 km² (459.46 square miles), with a basal circumference of 140 km (87 miles). In June 2013 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. During the last 2000 years, the activity of Etna has been generally effusive, with occasional explosive eruptions at its summit. The most destructive occurred between March and July 1669 when the town of Nicolosi had to be abandoned. The largest eruptions in recent times occurred in the years 1949, 1971, 1981, 1983 and 1991-1993, 2001, 2002-2003, 2004-2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2021.

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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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ITALY / ITALIA.

Italy regions series. Sardinia.
Simplified map of Sardinia.
Fourth stamp in a set of 4, issued on 16.03.2007.
Face value: 0.60 euro.
Design: Tiziana Trinca.
Printed by Officina Carte Valori dell'I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato) S.p.A., Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 3,500,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 3166.
- Sassone No. 2955.
- Scott No. 2799.
- StampWorld No. 3171.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3071.
- Unificato No. 3005.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2922.

Sardinia (in Italian, Sardegna; in Sardinian, Sardìgna or Sardìnnia; in Catalan, Sardenya), is an island located south of Corsica, from which it is separated by the Strait of Bonifacio, between the seas of Sardinia (to the west) and Tyrrhenian (to the east), both belonging to the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of 24,100 km² (9,305 sq mi) and in 2020 its population was just over 1,600,000 inhabitants. It is an autonomous region of the Italian State, divided into four provinces (Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari and Sud Sardegna) and a metropolitan city (Cagliari, capital of the Region). It has two official languages: Italian and Sardinian (with its dialect variants), and a variant of Catalan in Alghero (l’Alguer). The island is predominantly mountainous, with the Gennargentu range standing out in its center, with Punta La Marmora, at 1,834 m (6,017 ft), as the highest peak. In front of its coasts there are numerous islands and islets; the largest are Sant’Antioco (109 km², 42 sq mi), Asinara (52 km², 20 sq mi), San Pietro (50 km², 19.3 sq mi), La Maddalena (20 km², 7.7 sq mi) and Caprera (16 km², 6.18 sq mi).

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The 100th Anniversary of the Tridentine Alpinist Society, 1872-1972.
Brenta Dolomites mountains.
Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 02.09.1972.
Face value: 50 Italian lire.
Design: Alceo Quieti (1922-2014).   
Printing: Photogravure.
Pinted by the I.P.S. (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato), Roma.  
Print: 15,000,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 40 mm.

Catalogues
- Bolaffi No. 1278.
- Michel No. 1371.
- Sassone No. 1180.
- Scott No. 1071.
- StampWorld No. 1347.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1320.
- Unificato No. 1180.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1105.

The Society of Tridentine Alpinists (Società degli alpinisti tridentini, SAT) is an Italian mountaineering association operating in the province of Trento. It was founded in Madonna di Campiglio on 2 September 1872 with the name of Società alpina del Trentino (Alpine Society of Trentino). The founders were Prospero Marchetti (1822-1884), first president, and Nepomuceno Bolognini (1823-1900). In 1920  became an autonomous section of the Italian Alpine Club (Club Alpino Italiano, CAI).

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ITALY / ITALIA.

Naples Football Club (Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli), Italian Champion.
Simplified map of Italy.
Stamp issued on 30.04.1990.
Face value: 700 Italian lire.
Design: V. Cozzella.
Printing: Rotogravure.
Printed by the Officina Carte Valori dell'I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato).
Print: 3,000,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 40 mm.

Catalogues
- Bolaffi No. 2052.
- Michel No. 2149.
- Sassone No. 1934.
- Scott No. 1811.
- StampWorld No. 2126.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2096.
- Unificato No. 1952.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1881.

The Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, also known as S. S. C. Napoli or simply Napoli, is an Italian football club based in the city of Naples. It was founded on August 1, 1926 as Associazione Calcio Napoli, and its first president was Giorgio Ascanelli. It assumed its current name in 1964 and was re-founded in 2004. In 1990 it won its second "scudetto", that is, the Italian Football League.

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Italy regions series. Old map of Liguria.
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 27.08.2004.
Face value: 0,45 euro.
Diseign: C. Bruscaglia.
Printing: Rotogravure.
Printed by Officina Carte Valori dell'I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), Roma.
Print: 3,500,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Bolaffi No. 2896A.
- Michel No. 2986.
- Sassone No. 2776.
- StampWorld No. 2981.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2791.
- Unificato No. 2814.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2734.

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Braies / Pragser lake (Lago di Braies / Pragser Wildsee); 
and Croda del Becco / Seekofel mount (2810 m / 9,220 ft)
in the Dolomites mountains, South Tyrol, province of Belluno.
Pictorial representation.
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 30.06.1992.
Facial value: 600 lire.
Design: from a painting of Emidio Vangelli (1871-1949).
Engraved by A. M. Maresca.
Printed by I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), Roma.
Print: 3,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 48 mm.

Catalogues
- Bolaffi No. 2140.
- Cei No. 2037.
- Michel No. 2237.
- Sassone No. 2018.
- Scott No. 1901.
- StampWorld No. 2214.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2165.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1969.
- Unificato No. 2041.

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Topografic map of city of Foggia (Apulia).
Treasures of the State Archives (I tesori degli archivi di Stato).
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 27.11.1993.
Face value: 600 lire.
Printed: Rotogravure.
Printed by I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), Roma.
Print: 3,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogues.
- Bolaffi No. 2209.
- Michel No. 2305.
- Sassone No. 2086.
- Scott No. 1944.
- StampWorld No. 2281.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2232.
- Unificato No. 2114.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2037.