ITA 1944 MiNr0666X mt B002

Stamp of italy (kingdom, government badoglio); 1944; definitive stamp of the so-called "bari issue" (name goes back to bari, the location of the first selling of the stamps of his government); stamp motive shows a "capitoline she-wolf statue" ("lupa di roma"). Mint stamp note: pietro badoglio (1871-1956) was among others chief of the italian government under allied supervision during the period from 2 july 1943 until 8 june 1944 ("allied military sanctionared provisional government of italy"). Stamp: michel: no. 666x: yvert & tellier: no. 451; scott: no. 440 color: violet on dull yellowish grey paper with ornamented underpress watermark: italy no. 2 (horizontal hexagons) (= type "x", without watermark = type "y") nominal value: 50 cent. (centesimi) postage validity: from 18 january 1944 until 31 december 1948, initially only in the four italian provinces "lecce", "taranto", "brindisi", and "bari" stamp picture size (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 23. 0 x 26. 0 mm. Date: 18 January 1944 (first issue day of the stamp).