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Year: 1919
Somalia Postage - Segnatasse Overprint - 60 centesimo
This stamp represents the institutional development and fiscal administration of Italian Somaliland during the early 20th century. Rather than featuring a pictorial theme, the design focuses entirely on functional typography and numerical value, which is highly symbolic of bureaucratic organization, legal authority, and the establishment of structured postal tariffs in East Africa. The bold "Somalia Italiana" overprint on the standard Italian postage due design serves as a direct indicator of colonial governance, highlighting the period when the Italian Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs was systematically expanding its institutional framework into the Horn of Africa. This utilitarian approach to stamp design carries a clear message of administrative modernization and economic control, reflecting the transition of the territory from a series of coastal protectorates into an organized colonial economy dependent on standardized communication networks.
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3rd Somalia Trade Fair (3ª Fiera della Somalia, 1955) - 1.2 somalo
3rd Somalia Trade Fair (3ª Fiera della Somalia, 1955) - 0.45 somalo
3rd Somalia Trade Fair (3ª Fiera della Somalia, 1955) - 0.3 somalo
3rd Somalia Trade Fair (3ª Fiera della Somalia, 1955) - 0.25 somalo
Common Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
Soemmerring’s Gazelle (Nanger soemmerringii / Gazella soemmeringi)
Gerenuk / Waller's Gazelle (Litocranius walleri)
Speke's Gazelle (Gazella spekei)
Phillips's Dik-Dik (Madoqua phillipsi)
Haggard’s Oribi (Ourebia haggardi)
Erythrina melanacantha
Gardenia lutea
Sesamothamnus busseanus
Pancratium trianthum
Calotropis procera
Delonix elata (Poinciana elata)
Crinum scabrum
Scadoxus multiflorus (Haemanthus multiflorus)
Adenium somalense
Adoption of the National Flag - 1.2 somalo
Adoption of the National Flag - 25 centesimo
Fight Against Leprosy - 2 somalo
Fight Against Leprosy - 1.2 somalo
