Virgil Bi-Millenary: Turnus and the Italian Youth

This high-value, olive-bistre semi-postal stamp carries a premium face value of 10 lire plus a 2.50-lire charitable surcharge. Overprinted with a crisp black "SOMALIA" inscription, the majestic engraving illustrates a martial scene from the latter half of the Aeneid (Book XI). The composition highlights the proud Rutulian prince, Turnus, standing in full armor with a spear next to a heavy war chariot, rallying his local warriors to defend their native soil. The lower tablet bears his defiant declaration: "Et opes nobis et adhuc intacta iuventus" ("We have resources, and a youth still unbroken"), using a powerful classical symbol of regional defense, strategic unity, and military honor to authorize high-rate territorial communications.