File:ITA 1923 MiNr0171 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of the Kingdom of Italy; 1923; definitive overprint stamp of the so-called "Michetti-issue - second series"; portrait of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with view to left after a painting of Francesco Paolo Michetti (in lateral mirroring) with the coat of arms of Savoy in the upper left corner; two-lines overprint of a new nominal value on stamp from 1906; old value four-fold fessed; print type: normal standard on watermark paper; upper inscription in inverted colors (white characters on colored background); postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 171 (= No. 91 from 1906 with overprint); Yvert et Tellier: No. 132
Color: brown to yellowish dark brown with black overprint
Watermark: Italy No. 1 (crown)
Nominal value: 50 Cent. on 40 Cent. (Centesimi)

Postage validity: from 4 August 1923 until 31 December 1925
date QS:P,+1923-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1923-08-04T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1925-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.5 x 22.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
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Author Poste del Regno d'Italia (Post of the government of Italy)
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{{PD-Italy}} does not apply to Italian stamps: the designer's death year of 1929 and the engraver's death year is unknown

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Picture description Effigy of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with view to left, after a detail from a painting of Francesco Paolo Michetti in lateral mirroring; drawing with water and the coat of arms of Savoy in the upper left picture corner; overprinted
First day of issue
Publisher Poste del Regno d'Italia (Post of the government of Italy)
Design Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851-1929) (design)

Alberto Repettati (engraving)

Printer "Officina Carte Valori", Turin
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Line or comb perforation, L 14 or K 14
MICHEL Nr. Italien, Nr. 171

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