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Portrait of Francesco Ferrucci

Portrait of Francesco Ferrucci

Year
1930
Face Value
7
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
20000
Themes
Personalities

Catalogs References

Michel
IT-SO 141
Yvert & Tellier
IT-SO 134
Stanley Gibbons
SO 133

Technical Details

Colors
Carmine
Size
24 x 40 mm
Perforation
14
Printing
Photogravure
This high-value carmine-red stamp features a striking, stylized profile portrait of Francesco Ferrucci wearing a classical Renaissance combat helmet, documenting the historical timeline 1530–1930. Originally printed as an expensive 5-lire Italian issue, it was modified for use in Italian Somaliland with the bold black "SOMALIA ITALIANA" overprint and a structural value conversion surcharge reducing the rate to 2 lire. Flanked at the bottom by the official crowned emblem of the House of Savoy, this stamp anchored the territorial communications infrastructure within a highly visible symbol of historic Italian military heritage and state authority.