's Encyclopedia of Stamps & Philatelic Links
ITALY / ITALIANE
- Italy -
- was part of the Holy Roman Empire under Otto in 962. Napoleon I was crowned king of Italy in 1805. Unification was achieved under Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia, aided by Camillo Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi. Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922, Abyssinia was conquered, 1935-1936, and Albania was annexed in 1939. Alliance with Hitler during World War II led to the end of the Italian Empire. The monachy was abolished and Italy became a republic in 1946. (the names above have links at this site to a biography of people on stamps - a great work! - aj)
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Postage stamps have been issued since 1862
Ufficio Principale Filatelico
Via Mario de' Fiori, 103/A
00187 Rome, Italy
- CIA Data on Italy :
- Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia
Independence: 17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed)
- FSFI - Federazione fra le Società Filateliche Italiane
- Casella postale 227
47900 RIMINI RN- Telefono e Fax: 0541.28420
- E-mail: info@fsfi.it
- Philatelic Museums & Libraries data - Italy
- Italian issues - Linn's: Base Atlantica (1943-44)
- During World War II, the Supreme Commander of Italian submarine forces authorized the overprinting of a number of Italian stamps for use by Italian military personnel stationed in Bordeaux, France.
- Antichi Stati Italiani / Old Italian States
Stamps of the Italian Social Republic- by Giorgio Bifani - A short history of World War II in English (edited by yours truly) and Italian.
Catalogs and Albums
- Italy (& Specialized) - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
- Including: Italy, Italian: States, Colonies, Italian East Africe
Free Album Pages? This site is sort of like "shareware" software.- Italian catalogs: APS's WPID data is in ASCII comma delimited format
- Incuding
- MAIN catalog to 1/1989 with
- Occupation Issues:
Austria, Germany, Croatia, Yugoslavia- Social Republic 1943-44
- Selected Colonies:
Castelrosso, Aegean Islands, Ethiopia, Saseno- Allied Military Gov. Occupation
- Local Issues
- Offices Abroad (General Issues):
China, Crete, Africa (Libya), Ottomon (Turkish) Empire- Polish Corps in Italy 1945-46
- Two Sicilies 1861: Neopolitan Provinces of the Kingdon of the Two Sicilies (dead country; all issues)
...The data can be imported into a database program such as Access, Approach, dBase, Foxpro, Paradox etc.
Also the data has not been updated in a number of years... - others are needed to continue this task.
ftp sites for the WPID data:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/mail/stamps/wpid/; use this one. ftp://ftp.cviog.uga.edu/pub/exchange/jackson/miscel/
To enter new information contact the co-ordinator J. M. Myerson (71054.546@compuserve.com.)
Computers in Philately Committee
c/o Lois M. Evans-de Violini, Chairperson
P. O. Box 5025, Oxnard, CA 93031 USA
e-mail: lmevans@rain.org
going Postal...
- Poste Italiane
- Poste Italiane S.p.A.
IT-00144 Rome, Italy
(from a Swedish philatelic site)- Current Italian/Euro Postal Rates
- Postage rates
- Codici di Avviamento Postale Italiani/Italian ZIP Codes
- I Codici di Avviamento Postale Italiani (Italian Zip Codes) - Regioni Province Comuni
- PostEurop
- ITALY
Correspondence: Ente Poste Italiane
Coordination des Activités Internationales
Viale Europa 190
00144 Rome,Italy
Mr Carlo Petrini
Director
Tel: +39.6.5942277, Fax: +39.6.540589
Ms Francesca Coratella
International Mail Service
Tel: +39.6.59583691
Fax: +39.6.5942532
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