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1st Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Territories - 2 Lira

1st Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Territories - 2 Lira

Year
1940
Face Value
2
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
50000
Themes
Exhibition

Catalogs References

Michel
IT-LY 111
Yvert & Tellier
IT-LY 85
Stanley Gibbons
LY 118

Technical Details

Colors
Lilac carmine
Perforation
14
Printing
Photogravure
This commemorative stamp highlights the 1st Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Territories ("Triennale d'Oltremare"), held in Naples in 1940 to showcase the economic, cultural, and architectural developments within the state's external territories.Within the context of 1940 Libya, the issue serves as a vehicle for state prestige and cultural propaganda, projecting an image of organized administration and structural progress across the Mediterranean.