The Government Palace at Mogadishu - 50 centesimo

The Government Palace at Mogadishu - 50 centesimo

Year
1934
Face Value
50
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
15000
Themes
Sites and landscapes

Catalogs References

Michel
IT-SO 191
Yvert & Tellier
IT-SO 182
Stanley Gibbons
SO 181

Technical Details

Colors
Violet
Perforation
14
Printing
Photogravure
This deep ultramarine 35-centesimi issue from the same 1932 definitive pictorial series highlights the administrative center of the colonial capital. The horizontal design showcases the expansive, beachfront facade of the Government Palace (Palazzo del Governo) in Mogadishu, situated overlooking the Indian Ocean. Built with prominent neo-Mamluk and Arabic architectural arches to blend Italian design with regional coastal styles, the building served as the supreme headquarters for territorial planning and governance. Natively inscribed with the "SOMALIA" title and containing a lower-right Arabic value tablet ("بيسات ٣٥"), this stamp projected a message of institutional structure, coastal commerce, and modern state presence across the local postal network.