Italy postmark Corsico

Corsico is a commune in Italy.

Is the name on this postmark inverted? Or is it the date?

Italy postmark Messina

Messina is a city in Italy.

Italy postmark Roma

San Lorenzo is a district in Rome, Italy.

Italian Socialist Republic

A dead country, the Italian Socialist Republic was formed in 1943 by Benito Mussolini and issued stamps the next year before being abolished in 1945.

That's a drummer boy shown in the stamp above.

Italy she-wolf

This 1944 stamp of Italy depicts a she-wolf suckling the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. You can read about this in Roman mythology.

Italy Arms

Featured on this 1930 stamp: the Arms of Italy.

Italy post horn

These Italian parcel post stamps depict a post horn, which was used to announce the arrival (or departure) of a mail coach in the olden days.

Italy pacchi

These are parcel post stamps of Italy.

There are two parts to each stamp shown above, and these were issued se-tenant.

Italy segnatasse

Italian stamps inscribed SEGNATASSE are postage due issues.

Italy 1998

Mother Teresa is pictured here. 

Italy 1996

Top stamp commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1st Meeting of the European Economic Community, which was held at two locations: Messina and Venice.

Bottom se-tenant pair for the ITALIA '98 International Philatelic Exhibition features the Cathedral of Milan. Yep, you guessed it right, the show was held at Milan.

Italy women in art

Women in Art is the subject of these Italian stamps.

Italy castles

Common in collections of Italian stamps is the castles set.

Eleven examples are exhibited here.

Italy St. George

This is the head part of Donatello's sculpture of St. George, carved from marble.

Donatello was a sculptor from Florence during the Renaissance period in Italy's history and was best known for his statues.

Italy King

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy reigned from 1900 to 1946.

He was 5 feet tall.

Italy Italia

What's nice about the "Italia" series of Italy is that the watermark can be clearly seen with the naked eye--there's no need for a watermark detector.

There are two kinds of watermark designs for these stamps: the "winged wheel" and the "multiple stars".