Category:Stamps of Italian Somaliland

Stamps of Italian Somaliland 1888-1960

The Italian colony Italian Somaliland (Italian: "Somalia italiana", Arabic: "الصومال الإيطالي‎ Al-Sumal Al-Italiy", Somali: "Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaaliya") existed 1888-1941 in North-East Africa in what is now modern Somalia. 1941 - Nov. 1949 was Italian Somaliland occupated by British and South African troups. In the time 1950 - 1960 was "Italian Somaliland" an United Nations trusteeship area administrated with Italian mandate (= "AFIS-territory", from "Ammistrazione Fiduciana Italiana della Somalia"); independence of Somalia:

Map of Italian Somaliland in 1911
Mogadishu in 1936



Somalia Italiana




Currency:

- 1888 - 1941: 1 Lira (plural: "Lire", ₤) = 100 Centesimi (singularː Centesimo)
- 16-05-1950 - 31-05-1960: 1 Somalo (plural: "Somali") = 100 Centesimi (singular: Centesimo)

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.