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Stamp of the Kingdom of Italy; 1925; definitive overprint stamp of the so-called "Michetti-issue - third series"; portrait of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with view to left after a painting of Francesco Paolo Michetti (in lateral mirroring) without water-drawing, but with the coat of arms of Savoy in the upper left corner; two-lines overprint of a new nominal value on stamp from 1908; old value four-fold fessed; print type: normal standard on watermark paper; upper inscriptions in negative colors (white characters on colored background); postmarked

- overprint type I: The bar area with the four fesses has a hight of 3.8 mm.
- overprint type II: The bar area with the four fesses has a hight of 2.8 mm. (or another hight as 3.8 mm)

Stamp: Michel: No. 219II (= No. 92 from 1908 with overprint type II); Yvert & Tellier: No. 172; Scott: No. 154
Color: purple to violet
Watermark: Italy No. 1 (crown)
Nominal value: 30 Cent. (Centesimi) (overprint on 50 Cent.)

Postage validity: from April 1925 until 31 May 1926
date QS:P,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1925-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1926-05-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 22.0 x 18.0 mm
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Author Poste del Regno d'Italia (Post of the government of Italy)
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Picture description Portrait of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with view to left after a painting of Francesco Paolo Michetti (in lateral mirroring) without water-drawing, but with the coat of arms of Savoy in the upper left corner; two-lines overprint of a new nominal value on stamp from 1908; old value four-fold fessed; print type: normal standard on watermark paper; upper inscriptions in negative colors (white characters on colored background)
First day of issue
Publisher Poste del Regno d'Italia (Post of the government of Italy)
Design
Francesco Paolo Michetti  (1851–1929)  wikidata:Q3081044 q:it:Francesco Paolo Michetti
 
Francesco Paolo Michetti
Alternative names
Francesco Paolo Michetti
Description Italian painter and photographer
Date of birth/death 4 August 1851 / 2 October 1851 Edit this at Wikidata 5 March 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Tocco da Casauria (Italy) Francavilla al Mare (Italy)
Work period 1866 Edit this at Wikidata–1914 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Italy
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creator QS:P170,Q3081044
Printer "Officina Carte Valori", Turin
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 35,000,000 (in sheets à 100 stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14
MICHEL Nr. Italien, Nr. 219II
SCOTT Nr. Italy, No. 154

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