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Year: 1934
Coastline - 50 centesimo
This blue and orange 25-centesimi airmail stamp ("POSTA AEREA") was issued in 1934 to promote the 2nd International Exposition of Colonial Art ("IIª Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Coloniale"), hosted in Naples, Italy. Designed by artist Umberto Rondini, the graphic vignette contrasts a traditional Somali figure walking along a rocky, palm-fringed tropical coastline with a modern monoplane flying overhead. The composition purposefully juxtaposes regional coastal geography with contemporary Italian aviation infrastructure. Natively inscribed for Somalia Italiana and featuring bilingual value panels at the base ("Cent. 25"), this issue highlighted the expansion of the imperial air postal network connecting the Mediterranean center with the Horn of Africa.
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Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 27.75 lira
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 11.8 lira
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 6 lira
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 3 lira
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 2 lira
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 1.4 lira
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 90 centesimo
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 60 centesimo
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 40 centesimo
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 35 centesimo
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 30 centesimo
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 25 centesimo
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 15 centesimo
Royal Visit of King Victor Emmanuele III to Somalia - 10 centesimo
King Victor Emmanuel III - 25 centesimo
Saint Anthony with the Christ Child and the Destitute
Saint Anthony Receiving the Franciscan Habit - 20 centesimo
Saint Anthony Receiving the Franciscan Habit - 20 centesimo
King Victor Emmanuel III - 50 centesimo
Virgil Bi-Millenary: Turnus and the Italian Youth
Virgil Bi-Millenary: The Hearth and Pastoral Music
Virgil Bi-Millenary: Sighting the Coast of Italy
Virgil Bi-Millenary: The Joys of Family and Home
