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A historic collection of 405 Somalia postage stamps
✨ Discovery of the day
Year: 1954
Adoption of the National Flag - 1.2 somalo
On October 12, 1954, the Territorial Council of the Trust Territory of Somaliland (under Italian administration, AFIS) officially adopted the national flag of Somalia, designed by the Somali scholar and statesman Mohammed Awale Liban. Created in anticipation of full national sovereignty, the flag features a sky-blue field honoring the United Nations for establishing the trusteeship pathway to self-determination, centered by a five-pointed white star. Each point of the star of unity (Xiddigta Midnimada) historically symbolized the five regions inhabited by ethnic Somalis across the Horn of Africa (Italian Somaliland, British Somaliland, French Somaliland, the Ogaden region, and the Northern Frontier District). The composition commemorates the historic adoption date (12 OTTOBRE 1954) as a defining milestone in the Somali independence movement. The foreground depicts the new national flag flying tall from a flagpole against a backdrop of traditional coastal architecture and minarets in Mogadishu. Behind the banner, a spherical globe highlights the geographical emergence and political rebirth of Somalia on the world stage, marking a crucial step toward its unification and full independence in 1960.
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Piazza del Popolo in Rome - 7.5 lire
Piazza del Popolo in Rome - 7.5 lire
The Capitoline Hill in Rome - 1.85 lire
The Roman Aqueducts - 90 centesimo
Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome - 60 centesimo
King Victor Emmanuel III - 1 lira
King Victor Emmanuel III - 60 centesimo
King Victor Emmanuel III - 25 centesimo
King Victor Emmanuel III - 20 centesimo
King Victor Emmanuel III - 10 centesimo
King Victor Emmanuel III - 5 centesimo
Crest of the House of Savoy- 2 centesimo
Allegory of Sovereignty and Communication- 2.5 lira
Allegory of Sovereignty and Communication- 70 centesimo
King Victor Emmanuel III - 10 lira
King Victor Emmanuel III - 5 lira
King Victor Emmanuel III - 2.5 lira
King Victor Emmanuel III - 2 lira
King Victor Emmanuel III - 1.25 lira
King Victor Emmanuel III - 75 centesimo
Allegory of Agricultural and Martial Progress 1.05 lira
Allegory of Agricultural and Martial Progress 65 centesimo
Allegory of Agricultural and Martial Progress 45 centesimo
