344 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2006
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

ITALY FORERUNNER
FOR POSTAGE STAMPS WITH SURCHARGE:
extra tax, solidarity and specialization for philatelists

The volume is divided into 20 chapters which deal with the surcharges relevant to Italy, Italian colonies, possessions and occupations.
1910-1911 postage stamps with surcharges: 50th anniversary of Risorgimento in Sicily and of the Unity of Italy - Issues in favour of the Red Cross, occupations and colonies - Fascism: propaganda and search for contributions - Contributions for religion - Celebrations of famous people (Vittorio Emanuele II, Garibaldi, Bellini, Giotto, Ferrucci, Virgilio, Orazio, Augusto, Tito Livio) - Stamps for institutions and events (Dante, Rijeka, football, medals, summer camps) - Postal stationery of the Kingdom - Postage stamps in the Italian Republic - Issue for the colonies - Tripolitania and Cyrenaica - Tripoli exhibitions - Eritrea and Somalia - Italian possessions in the Aegean (Dodecanese, Rhodes, Castelrosso) - Libya and Italian East Africa - Rijeka and Italian Albania - Italian occupations (Albania, war areas) - Foreign occupations (Yugoslavia, German of the Aegean, Albania, Montenegro, Ljubljana and Polish) - Italian Trust Administration of Somalia (a.f.i.s)