ITALY Venezia Guilia 1945 issues and Yugoslavian occupation of Istria, Fiume and Trieste

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Yugoslavian occupation of Istria, Fiume and Trieste

Some stamps of Italy were overprinted 'ISTRA', 'FIUME RIJEKA' or 'TRIESTE TRST' in 1945.

 

19445 Stamps of Italy, overprinted 'ISTRA' and surcharged

On destroyed monuments set

  'L.0,10' on 5 c brown 
  'L.0,50' on 25 c green (first type, '25' at bottom right)
  'L.0,50' on 25 c green (second type, '25' at upper left)
  'L.1,00' on 50 c violet 
  'L.1,50' on 75 c red
  'L.2,00' on 1 L violet
  'L.6.-' and bars on 'L.1,50' on 75 c red
  'L.10.-' and bars on 'L.0,10' on 5 c brown

On Italy Imperial issue of 1929

  'L.2,00' on 1 L violet
  'L.4.-' and bars on 'L.2,00' on 1 L violet

On Italy Imperial issue of 1929 with overprint 'REPUBLICA SOCIALE ITALIANE'

  'L.0,50' on 75 c red (overprint vertically)
  'L.1,00' on 50 c violet
  'L.20.-' and bars on 'L.1,00' on 50 c violet

On Bandiera Brothers issue
  'L.0,50' on 25 c green
  'L.2,00' on 1 L violet
  'L.5,00' on 2.50 L red

On airmail stamp of the Imperial issue of 1929

  'L.0,50' on 25 c green
  'L.1.00' on 50 c brown
  'L.2.00' on 1 L violet

I've seen several inverted overprints.


Inverted overprint

 

1945 Stamps of Italy (destroyed monuments set), overprinted '3-V-1945 FIUME RIJEKA', star, sun and surcharged

  2 L on 25 c green (first type, '25' at bottom right
  4 L on 1 L violet
  5 L on 10 c brown
  6 L on 10 c brown
  10 L on 25 c green (second type, '25' at upper left)
  16 L on 75 c red

Larger overprint
  20 L on 1.25 L green (express stamp)

 

1945 Stamps of Italy (destroyed monuments set), overprinted '1.V.1945 TRIESTE TRST'

  20 c + 1 L on 5 c brown (red overprint and surcharge)
  25 c + 1 L green (blue overprint and surcharge, second type, '25' upper left)
  30 c + 1 L brown (blue overprint and surcharge)
  50 c + 1 L violet
  1 L + 1 L violet
  1.25 L + 2 L blue (red overprint and surcharge)
  2 L + 2 L on 25 c green (red overprint, first type, '25' bottom right) 
  2 L + 3 L green (red overprint and surcharge)
  5 L + 5 L on 1 L violet (red overprint and surcharge)
  10 L + 10 L on 30 c brown (red overprint and surcharge)
  20 L + 20 L on 5 c brown (blue overprint and surcharge)

I have seen various shifted, double and inverted overprints:


Misprints, inverted overprint and double overprint

Stamps of Yugoslavia, with overprint or inscription 'VUJA-STT' or 'STT VUJNA' were issued for Trieste (Zone B). Other stamps with inscription 'T.L. TRIESTE VUJA' or 'S.O. TRSTA VUJA' were issued for the same Zone B (1950).

 

Fiscal Stamps

Fiscal stamps of Italy, overprinted with star, 'Istra, Slov. Prim. Rijeka' and surcharged

  'L.0.50' on 20 L lilac (King Victor Emanuel III in an ellipse)
  'Lira 1.-' on 20 c red (star in the middle)
  'Lire 2.-' on 1 L brown (star in the middle)
  'L.5.-' on 1 L brown 
  'L.10.-' on 5 c brown
  'Lira 20.-' on 4 L green (King Victor Emanuel III in a square)
  'L.30.-' on 5 c brown
  'L.100.-' on 10 c green
  'L.130.-' on 20 c red
  'L.300.-' on 3 L orange
  'L.1000.-' on 50 c blue

Further surcharged
  'L. 1.-' and bars on 'L.150.-' on 3 L orange
  'L. 5.-' and thick bar on 'L.130.-' on 20 c red
  '10.-' (vertically) on two thick small bars on 'L.130.-' on 20 c red

 

I've also seen some fiscal stamps of Italy ('MARCA DA BOLLO'), with an overprint 'VUJA' and arms on the face of the king, together with a surcharge:

  'L.5.-' on 4 L green (King Victor Emanuel III in a square)
  'L.10' on 10 c green (King Victor Emanuel III in a circle)

I've also seen a fiscal Marca da Bollo stamp of Italy (King Victor Emanuel III in a circle) with a red 'JUGOSLAVIJA SLOVENIJA' and red overprint (all in red): 4 L green (with already a red 'PROVINCIA DI LJUBIANA' overprint).

 

FIUMANO - KUPA

Stamps of Yugoslavia of 1939, overprinted 'ZONA OCCUPATA FIUMANO KUPA' and 'ZOFK' printed multiple times at the bottom and top of the stamps


Reduced size

  0.25 D brown
  0.50 D orange
  1 D green
  1.50 D red
  3 D brown

Further overprinted 'Pro Maternita e Infanzia' in an arc
  0.50 D orange (red overprint)
  1 D green (lilac overprint)
  1.50 D red (blue overprint)

 

Fiscal stamps of Croatia, arms (inscription 'BANOVINA HRVATSKA TAKSENA MARKA'), overprinted 'Intendenza Civile Territori annessi Fiumano - Kupa' and surcharged

On fiscal stamps with arms in circle
  'Lire 0,05' on 10 p orange and yellow
  'Lire 0,10' on 20 p green and yellow
  'Lire 0,10' on 25 p brown and yellow
  'Lire 0,40' on 1 D blue and grey
  'Lire 0,80' on 2 D brown and yellow
  'Lire 1,20' on 3 D lilac and grey
  'Lire 2,-' on 5 D green and olive
  'Lire 8,-' on 20 D blue and violet
  'Lire 40,-' on 100 D red and orange
  
On fiscal stamp with arms in rectangle
  'Lire 0,20' on 50 p orange
  'Lire 2.-' on 5 D blue and grey ('PORESKA MARKA')

 

Fiscal stamps of Croatia, value in circle (inscription 'BANOVINA HRVATSKA SUDSKA TAKSENA MARKA'), overprinted 'Intendenza Civile Territori annessi Fiumano - Kupa' and surcharged

  'Lire 0,20' on 50 p orange and grey
  'Lire 0,40' on 1 D blue and grey

 

Fiscal stamps of Serbia (various designs with eagle), overprinted 'Intendenza Civile Territori annessi Fiumano - Kupa' and surcharged

  'Lire 0,05' on 10 p lilac
  'Lire 0,10' on 20 p green
  'Lire 0,10' on 25 p violet
  'Lire 0,20' on 50 p blue
  'Lire 0,40' on 1 D orange
  'Lire 0,80' on 2 D brown
  'Lire 1,20' on 3 D green
  'Lire 2,-' on 5 D green
  'Lire 4,-' on 10 D blue
  'Lire 20,-' on 50 D lilac

 

Fiscal stamps of Yugoslavia (various designs with eagle, inscription 'TAKSENA MARKA SAVSKA BANOVINA'), overprinted 'BANOVINA HRVATSKA' obliquely, 'Intendenza Civile Territori annessi Fiumano - Kupa' and surcharged

  'Lire 0,10' on 25 p light brown
  'Lire 0,20' on 50 p orange
  'Lire 0,40' on 1 D green
  'Lire 1,20' on 3 D black ('BANOVINA HRVATSKA' in red)
  'Lire 4,-' on 10 D brown and grey

 

Inscription 'INTENDENZA CIVILE PER I TERRITORI ANNESSI DEL FIUMANO E DELLA CUPA', various designs of cities in the center

Overprinted 'Imposta sull'entrata'

  1 L orange
  2 L green
  4 L lilac
  100 L (LIRE CENTO') olive
  105 L ('CENT.CINQUE') light brown
  140 L ('CENT QUARANTA') blue

With further overprint 'Upravno Povjerenictvo Susak-Krk' in three lines
  2 L green
  105 L light brown
  140 L blue

All the above stamps seem to have been printed alternately with and without a star in the upper left corner.

With overprint 'Upravno Povjerenictvo Susak-Krk' only
  5 c light brown
  20(?) c red

Overprinted 'Fiume-Rijeka Bollo - Biljeg' bars on old country name and red star

  'Lire 5.-' on 105 light brown 

 


Yugoslavian issues for Istria and Slovene Coast

1946 Inscription 'ISTRA SLOVENSKO PRIMORJE ISTRA LITTORALE SLOVENO', different sizes and subjects

  0,25 dark green (grapes)
  0,50 brown (donkey)
  1 red (village in ruins)
  1 green (village in ruins)
  1.50 grey (tree with fruits)
  2 dark green (Duino, house on clifs overseeing sea)
  3 red (Duino, design as 2)
  4 blue (Pula harbour: ship and amphitheatre)
  4 red (Pula harbour)
  5 black (the house of Vladimir Gortan)
  6 blue (Pula harbour, design as 4)
  10 brown (ploughing)
  20 violet (tuna fish)
  20 blue (tuna fish)
  30 lilac (Solkan bridge)

Surcharged
  '1 =' on 20 blue
  '2 =' on 30 lilac

Specialists distinguish between Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade printings. The Ljubljana printing has perforation 10 1/2 x 11 1/2 (0,25; 0,50, 1 red, 1.50, 2, 4 blue, 5, 10, 20 violet and 30). The Zagreb printing has perforation 12 (0,25; 0,50, 1 green, 1.50, 2, 4 red, 5, 10, 20 blue and 30) and the Belgrade printing has perforation 11 1/2 (1 green, 2, 3 and 6).


Unissued stamps

Non issued stamps: 1 L red and 1 L brown (same design: cathedral of Trieste); the design of these stamps was rejected. I've only seen them imperforate.

I've seen the values 2 and 5 imperforate.

I've also seen a postcard in a similar design, with the palace of the governor in Rijeka and a bridge, inscription 'VOJNA UPRAVA JUGOSLOVENSKE ARMIJE ZA JUL KRAJINU, ISTRU, RIJEKU I SLOV. PRIMORJE DIPISNICA - Cartolina postale' next to the design; value 3 L green.

 

Postage Due Stamps

1946 Postage stamps of 1946, overprinted 'PORTO' and surcharged

  '1. Lit' on 0,25 green
  '2. Lit' on 30 lilac (two types, '2' different)
  '4. Lit' on 0,50 brown
  '8. Lit' on 0,50 brown
  '10. Lit' on 0,50 brown
  '20. Lit' on 0,50 brown
  '50. Lit' on 20 violet

  'Lira 1.-' on 1 green (two types dot behind '1' squarish or round)
  'Lira 2.-' on 1 green (two types dot behind '2' squarish or round)
  'Lira 4.-' on 1 green (two types dot behind '4' squarish or round)
  'Lira 10.-' on 30 lilac
  'Lira 20.-' on 30 lilac
  'Lira 30.-' on 30 lilac

  '1.- Lira' on 0,25 green 
  '2.- Lira' on 0,25 green
  '4.- Lira' on 0,25 green
  'Lira 10.-' on 20 blue
  'Lira 20.-' on 20 blue
  'Lira 30.-' on 20 blue 

 

Military stamps

1947 Stamps of Yugoslavia, overprinted 'VOJNA OPRAVA JUGOSLAVENSKE ARMIJE' and surcharged

On lilac stamps (partisan): postage stamps
  'L 1 =' on 9 lilac
  'L 2 =' on 9 lilac
  'L 5 =' on 9 lilac
  'L 10 =' on 9 lilac
  'L 35 =' on 9 lilac

On blue arms stamp: official stamps
  '= L 1.50 =' on 0,50 blue
  '= L 3 =' on 0,50 blue
  '= L 6 =' on 0,50 blue
  '= L 15 =' on 0,50 blue
  '= L 50 =' on 0,50 blue

 

1947 Postage due stamps of Yugoslavia, overprinted 'Vojna Oprava Jugoslavenske Armije' and surcharged

  '= L 1 =' on 1 D blue
  '= L 2 =' on 1 D blue
  '= L 6 =' on 1 D blue 
  '= L 10 =' on 1 D blue 
  '= L 30 =' on 1 D blue 

Fiscal Stamps

Some fiscal stamps of Yugoslavia were overprinted 'Co.Ci.' for Slovenia in 1941.



ITALY Venezia Guilia, Allied Military Goverment ('A.M.G. V.G.' issue)

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Yugoslavia left Trieste and the territory became under the administration of the Allied Military Government. Some stamps of Italy were used, overprinted 'A.M.G. V.G.' (Allied Military Government Venetia Guilia).

1945 Italy Imperial issue of 1929 overprinted 'A.M.G. V.G.'; issued by the Allied Military Government of the United States and Great Britain for use in Venezia Giulia


5 L red without fasces with 'A.M.G. V.G.' overprint

  10 c brown (Augustus with fasces)
  20 c red (Julius Ceasar with fasces)
  20 L green (Julius Ceasar with fasces) 

On stamps without fasces
  10 c brown (Augustus)
  20 c red (Julius Ceasar)
  60 c orange (woman's head)
  60 c green (King Victor Emanuel III)
  1 L violet (Julius Ceasar)
  2 L red (woman's head)
  5 L red (wolf)
  10 L violet (woman's head)


I have seen inverted and double overprints.

 

1946 Stamps in the reconstruction set design of Italy of 1945, exist with overprint 'A.M.G. V.G.' and were issued by the Allied Military Government of the United States and Great Britain for use in Venezia Giulia

  
  25 c blue (hand holding torch of freedom)
  2 L brown ((man pruning tree))
  3 L red (design as 25 c)
  4 L orange (design as 25 c) 
  6 L violet (hand planting tree)
  20 L violet (design as 25 c)
  25 L green (broken tree with goddess of Italia in background, larger size)
  50 L brown (design as 25 L)
  100 L red (family design, but larger size)

On the 100 L value the overprint is larger (see image above).


Airmail ('A.M.G. V.G.' issue)

1945 Overprinted 'A.M.G. V.G.' on various airmail stamps

On horse design stamp(small size, small overprint)
  50 c brown (horse with wings)

On 1946 airmail stamps (hands with aeroplane and swallows)
'A.M.G. V.G.' overprint larger (as on the 100 L postage stamp of 1945)
  1 L black (shaking hands)
  2 L blue (swallows)
  5 L green (swallows)
  10 L red (shaking hands)
  25 L blue (swallows)
  25 L olive (swallows)
  50 L green (shaking hands) 

 


Express stamps ('A.M.G. V.G.' issue)

1946 Express stamps of Italy of 1945, overprinted 'A.M.G. V.G.' in large type (as on the 100 L postage stamp of 1945)

  10 L blue (man with horse)
  30 L violet (foot with wings)

Fiscal Stamps

Fiscal stamps of Italy 'PESI MISURE E MARCHIO' overprinted 'AMG-VG'

  60 L lilac and blue (red overprint)
  300 L orange and blue
  400 L brown and blue (red overprint)

 

Other fiscal stamps of Italy with 'AMG-VG' overprint in one line

'IMPOSTA SULL'ENTRATA INDUSTRIA E COMMERCIO', large sized stamp with wolf
  100 L red

 

Other fiscal stamps of Italy with 'AMG VG' overprint in two lines

'MARCA DA BOLLO' with Roman head
  1 L brown
  2 L lilac

'IMPOSTA SULL'ENTRATA INDUSTRIA E COMMERCIO', wolf
  2 L orange
  3 L grey
  10 L brown

'IMPOSTA SULL'ENTRATA INDUSTRIA E COMMERCIO', Roman head
  5 L blue
  10 L brown

Other values might exist.


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