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typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ITA_1863_MiNr0015II_mt_B002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ITA_1863_MiNr0015II_mt_B002.jpg/220px-ITA_1863_MiNr0015II_mt_B002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ITA_1863_MiNr0015II_mt_B002.jpg/330px-ITA_1863_MiNr0015II_mt_B002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/ITA_1863_MiNr0015II_mt_B002.jpg/440px-ITA_1863_MiNr0015II_mt_B002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="543" /></a><figcaption>An 1863 stamp of the Kingdom of Italy depicting the profile of King Victor Emanuel II and the inscription "Postale italiano"</figcaption></figure> <p>This is an introduction to the postal and philatelic history of Italy. </p><p>As <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> was not unified until 1861, its early <a href="/wiki/Postal_history" title="Postal history">postal history</a> is tied to the various kingdoms and smaller realms that ruled in the peninsula. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-unification">Pre-unification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Pre-unification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" 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You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2011</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Tuscany" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Tuscany">Postage stamps and postal history of Tuscany</a></div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres_-_Joseph-Antoine_Moltedo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres_-_Joseph-Antoine_Moltedo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/135px-Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres_-_Joseph-Antoine_Moltedo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres_-_Joseph-Antoine_Moltedo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/202px-Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres_-_Joseph-Antoine_Moltedo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres_-_Joseph-Antoine_Moltedo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/270px-Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres_-_Joseph-Antoine_Moltedo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3139" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Joseph-Antoine Moltedo, head of the Roman postal service, 1803–1814</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Napoleonic_Italy_(1805–1814)"><span id="Napoleonic_Italy_.281805.E2.80.931814.29"></span>Napoleonic Italy (1805–1814)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Napoleonic Italy (1805–1814)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, the geopolitical instability of the region led to a wide variety in postal systems.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Napoleonic)" title="Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)">Kingdom of Italy</a>, the short-lived <a href="/wiki/Italian_Republic_(Napoleonic)" title="Italian Republic (Napoleonic)">Italian Republic</a>, and other dependent regions, Napoleon appointed postal administrators loyal to him.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1814)" title="Treaty of Paris (1814)">Treaty of Paris in 1814</a>, the independent Italian kingdoms regained control of their postal systems. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1814–1860"><span id="1814.E2.80.931860"></span>1814–1860</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1814–1860"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Cavallini" title="Cavallini">Cavallini</a></i> ("little horses") of <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a> was an early private <a href="/wiki/Mail" title="Mail">mail</a> service, notable for the introduction of prepaid stamped <a href="/wiki/Letter_sheet" title="Letter sheet">lettersheets</a> in 1819. </p><p>The first postage stamps in Italy were also issued by the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Piedmont-Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia">Sardinian kingdom</a>. In 1850, Count <a href="/wiki/Camillo_Cavour" class="mw-redirect" title="Camillo Cavour">Camillo Cavour</a> drafted a report to the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Kingdom_of_Sardinia)" title="Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Sardinia)">Chamber of Deputies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Piedmont-Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia">Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia</a> proposing postal reform along the lines of that which had been adopted in several European states, and providing for the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamps</a>, for which a new word - <i>francobollo</i> - was coined. The reform became law in November, and went into effect 1 January 1851. </p><p>After some casting around for expertise in the newfangled art of stamp printing, the government settled on the house of <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Matraire" title="Francesco Matraire">Francesco Matraire</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>. Postage stamps of the Sardinian kingdom with the <a href="/wiki/Embossing_(paper)" class="mw-redirect" title="Embossing (paper)">embossed</a> profile of <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Emmanuel II of Italy">Victor Emmanuel II</a> without indicating the name of the state were printed by Matraire and issued on January 1, 1851. </p><p>Following Sardinia, other Italian states also issued stamps. These include <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany" title="Grand Duchy of Tuscany">Tuscany</a> (April 1851), the <a href="/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States">Papal States</a> (January 1852), <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Modena_and_Reggio" title="Duchy of Modena and Reggio">Modena</a> (June 1852), <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Parma" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Parma">Parma</a> (June 1852), <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies">Kingdom of the Two Sicilies</a> (Naples - January 1858; Sicily - January 1859), <a href="/wiki/Romagna" title="Romagna">Romagna</a> (September 1859) . In the <a href="/wiki/Lombardy%E2%80%93Venetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lombardy–Venetia">Lombardo-Venetian</a> kingdom under the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austrian Empire</a>, stamps were also issued with denominations in the local currency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery_of_Italian_Stamps,_1814–1860"><span id="Gallery_of_Italian_Stamps.2C_1814.E2.80.931860"></span>Gallery of Italian Stamps, 1814–1860</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery of Italian Stamps, 1814–1860"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1850issue_15centes_rot_typeIIIa_LV_Verona_Mi3Xc.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, 1850"><img alt="Stamp of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, 1850" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1850issue_15centes_rot_typeIIIa_LV_Verona_Mi3Xc.jpg/104px-1850issue_15centes_rot_typeIIIa_LV_Verona_Mi3Xc.jpg" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1850issue_15centes_rot_typeIIIa_LV_Verona_Mi3Xc.jpg/155px-1850issue_15centes_rot_typeIIIa_LV_Verona_Mi3Xc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1850issue_15centes_rot_typeIIIa_LV_Verona_Mi3Xc.jpg/207px-1850issue_15centes_rot_typeIIIa_LV_Verona_Mi3Xc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="380" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, 1850</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:StampSardinia1851Michel1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Kingdom of Sardinia, 1851"><img alt="Stamp of the Kingdom of Sardinia, 1851" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/StampSardinia1851Michel1.jpg/106px-StampSardinia1851Michel1.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/StampSardinia1851Michel1.jpg/159px-StampSardinia1851Michel1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/StampSardinia1851Michel1.jpg/211px-StampSardinia1851Michel1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="278" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sardinia" title="Kingdom of Sardinia">Kingdom of Sardinia</a>, 1851</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_Parma_1852_5c.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The first stamp of the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, 1852"><img alt="The first stamp of the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, 1852" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Stamp_Parma_1852_5c.jpg/98px-Stamp_Parma_1852_5c.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Stamp_Parma_1852_5c.jpg/147px-Stamp_Parma_1852_5c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Stamp_Parma_1852_5c.jpg/196px-Stamp_Parma_1852_5c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="390" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The first stamp of the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, 1852</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Italy_Modena_1852_Mi.4II.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Duchy of Modena, 1852"><img alt="Stamp of the Duchy of Modena, 1852" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Italy_Modena_1852_Mi.4II.jpg/105px-Italy_Modena_1852_Mi.4II.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Italy_Modena_1852_Mi.4II.jpg/158px-Italy_Modena_1852_Mi.4II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Italy_Modena_1852_Mi.4II.jpg/211px-Italy_Modena_1852_Mi.4II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1053" data-file-height="1199" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Duchy of Modena, 1852</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuscany_1853_1C_Mi4by.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, 1853"><img alt="Stamp of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, 1853" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Tuscany_1853_1C_Mi4by.jpg/102px-Tuscany_1853_1C_Mi4by.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Tuscany_1853_1C_Mi4by.jpg/153px-Tuscany_1853_1C_Mi4by.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Tuscany_1853_1C_Mi4by.jpg/204px-Tuscany_1853_1C_Mi4by.jpg 2x" data-file-width="979" data-file-height="1150" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, 1853</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_Naples1858.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp for Naples in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1858"><img alt="Stamp for Naples in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1858" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Stamp_of_Naples1858.jpg/118px-Stamp_of_Naples1858.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Stamp_of_Naples1858.jpg/177px-Stamp_of_Naples1858.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Stamp_of_Naples1858.jpg/236px-Stamp_of_Naples1858.jpg 2x" data-file-width="269" data-file-height="273" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp for Naples in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1858</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:StampSicilia1859.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp for Sicily in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1859"><img alt="Stamp for Sicily in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1859" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/StampSicilia1859.jpg/108px-StampSicilia1859.jpg" decoding="async" width="108" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/StampSicilia1859.jpg/162px-StampSicilia1859.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/StampSicilia1859.jpg/216px-StampSicilia1859.jpg 2x" data-file-width="263" data-file-height="292" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp for Sicily in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1859</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:StampRomagna1859Michel1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Papal State of Romagna, 1859"><img alt="Stamp of the Papal State of Romagna, 1859" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/StampRomagna1859Michel1.jpg/102px-StampRomagna1859Michel1.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/StampRomagna1859Michel1.jpg/154px-StampRomagna1859Michel1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/StampRomagna1859Michel1.jpg/205px-StampRomagna1859Michel1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Papal State of Romagna, 1859</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papalstate2centesimi1867scott12.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Papal States, 1867"><img alt="Stamp of the Papal States, 1867" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Papalstate2centesimi1867scott12.jpg/120px-Papalstate2centesimi1867scott12.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Papalstate2centesimi1867scott12.jpg/180px-Papalstate2centesimi1867scott12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Papalstate2centesimi1867scott12.jpg/240px-Papalstate2centesimi1867scott12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="609" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Papal States, 1867</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Kingdom_of_Italy">The Kingdom of Italy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Kingdom of Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StampItaly1862Michel9.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/StampItaly1862Michel9.jpg/150px-StampItaly1862Michel9.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/StampItaly1862Michel9.jpg/225px-StampItaly1862Michel9.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/StampItaly1862Michel9.jpg/300px-StampItaly1862Michel9.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption>An 1862 stamp of the Sardinian kingdom, considered the first stamps of the Kingdom of Italy</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Unification_of_Italy" title="Unification of Italy">unification of Italy</a> during 1860 and 1861, stamps in use in each of the territories that joined Italy were withdrawn from circulation and replaced with the stamps of the Sardinian kingdom. The transition took place in Modena, Parma and Romagna on February 1, 1860, in Naples on September 15, 1862 (although local authorities had previously printed stamps depicting the coat of arms of <a href="/wiki/Savoy" title="Savoy">Savoy</a>), and in the Papal States - only in 1870. Matraire's stamps were reprinted several times, and those printed after 17 March 1861 are usually considered the first stamps of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ITA_1863_MiNr0019_pm_B002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/ITA_1863_MiNr0019_pm_B002.jpg/150px-ITA_1863_MiNr0019_pm_B002.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/ITA_1863_MiNr0019_pm_B002.jpg/225px-ITA_1863_MiNr0019_pm_B002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/ITA_1863_MiNr0019_pm_B002.jpg/300px-ITA_1863_MiNr0019_pm_B002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption>An 1863 stamp of the Kingdom of Italy.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Perforated" class="mw-redirect" title="Perforated">Perforated</a> stamps of the fourth standard edition of the Sardinian kingdom with an embossed profile of Victor Emmanuel II were issued in 1862. Starting on 1 January 1863, uniform postal rates went into effect. </p><p>In 1862 Count Ambjörn Sparre won the stamp contract, but his designs were not liked, and he seemed unable to produce the stamps. In danger of running out of stamps altogether, at the end of 1862 the Italian government once again turned to Matraire, who quickly produced a stamp with a nominal value of 15 centesimo by <a href="/wiki/Lithography" title="Lithography">lithography</a>, depicting the profile of King Victor Emanuel II and the inscription "Postale italiano". </p><p>The contract with Count Sparre was annulled in March 1863, and a new contract was given to the British printing house <a href="/wiki/De_La_Rue" title="De La Rue">De La Rue</a>. A series of eight stamps with the inscription "Poste italiane" in denominations from 1 <a href="/wiki/1_Centesimo_(Italian_coin)" title="1 Centesimo (Italian coin)">centesimo</a> to 2 <a href="/wiki/Lira" title="Lira">lira</a> was issued on December 1, 1863. </p><p>Italy joined the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a> on 1 July 1875. Until 1877, Italian stamps were used in <a href="/wiki/San_Marino" title="San Marino">San Marino</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Garibaldi1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Garibaldi1910.jpg/150px-Garibaldi1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Garibaldi1910.jpg/225px-Garibaldi1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Garibaldi1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="361" /></a><figcaption>A 1910 stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Expedition_of_the_Thousand" title="Expedition of the Thousand">Expedition of the Thousand</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Humbert_I">Humbert I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Humbert I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Umberto_I_of_Italy" title="Umberto I of Italy">Humbert</a> succeeded his father in 1878, which necessitated a new issue of stamps. First appearing on 15 August 1879, they were the first stamps of the kingdom to be entirely designed, engraved, and printed by Italians. Since considerable stocks of Victor Emmanuel stamps were left over and finances were poor, the old stamps continued in use for some years, and some values of Humbert's stamps were little-used during his reign. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_Italy_1917airmailC1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Stamp_Italy_1917airmailC1.png/220px-Stamp_Italy_1917airmailC1.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Stamp_Italy_1917airmailC1.png/330px-Stamp_Italy_1917airmailC1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Stamp_Italy_1917airmailC1.png/440px-Stamp_Italy_1917airmailC1.png 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>A 1917 Italian <a href="/wiki/Airmail" title="Airmail">airmail</a> stamp for the Troins-Rome flight</figcaption></figure> <p>The new series incorporated rates and colors mandated by the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victor_Emmanuel_III">Victor Emmanuel III</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Victor Emmanuel III"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first stamps with a portrait of <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emanuel_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Emanuel III">Victor Emanuel III</a> appeared in July 1901. The first series of commemorative stamps was issued in April 1910 to mark the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Expedition_of_the_Thousand" title="Expedition of the Thousand">Expedition of the Thousand</a>. The world's first <a href="/wiki/Airmail_stamp" title="Airmail stamp">airmail stamps</a> were issued in 1917<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when <a href="/wiki/Poste_italiane" class="mw-redirect" title="Poste italiane">Poste italiane</a> <a href="/wiki/Overprint" title="Overprint">overprinted</a> their existing <a href="/wiki/Special_delivery_(postal_service)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special delivery (postal service)">special delivery</a> stamps.<sup id="cite_ref-linns_anywhere_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-linns_anywhere-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fascist_regime">Fascist regime</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fascist regime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Imperial_Series"><i>The Imperial Series</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Imperial Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 1929, all definitive stamps were issued with the portrait of the king or the coat of arms. In April 1929, the so-called "Imperial Series" ("Serie Imperiale") was released, the first definitive series of <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>'s fascist government. The stamp designs featured images of the <a href="/wiki/Capitoline_Wolf" title="Capitoline Wolf">Capitoline she-wolf</a> with <a href="/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus" title="Romulus and Remus">Romulus and Remus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Octavian_Augustus" class="mw-redirect" title="Octavian Augustus">Octavian Augustus</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Italia_turrita" title="Italia turrita">Italia</a></i>, and contained the <a href="/wiki/Fasces" title="Fasces">fasces</a>, symbol of the fascist regime. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Italian_Social_Republic">Italian Social Republic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Italian Social Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1943, the Germans set up the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Italian Social Republic</a> (RSI) in northern Italy, a Nazi <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state" title="Puppet state">puppet state</a> with Mussolini installed as leader after he was <a href="/wiki/Gran_Sasso_raid" title="Gran Sasso raid">rescued</a> by German paratroopers. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ancona,_cattedrale_di_S._Ciriaco_-_francobollo_della_Repubblica_Sociale_Italiana.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944"><img alt="Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ancona%2C_cattedrale_di_S._Ciriaco_-_francobollo_della_Repubblica_Sociale_Italiana.jpg/101px-Ancona%2C_cattedrale_di_S._Ciriaco_-_francobollo_della_Repubblica_Sociale_Italiana.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ancona%2C_cattedrale_di_S._Ciriaco_-_francobollo_della_Repubblica_Sociale_Italiana.jpg/152px-Ancona%2C_cattedrale_di_S._Ciriaco_-_francobollo_della_Repubblica_Sociale_Italiana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ancona%2C_cattedrale_di_S._Ciriaco_-_francobollo_della_Repubblica_Sociale_Italiana.jpg/203px-Ancona%2C_cattedrale_di_S._Ciriaco_-_francobollo_della_Repubblica_Sociale_Italiana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="241" data-file-height="285" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ITA_1944_MiNr0655Y_mt_B002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944"><img alt="Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/ITA_1944_MiNr0655Y_mt_B002.jpg/100px-ITA_1944_MiNr0655Y_mt_B002.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/ITA_1944_MiNr0655Y_mt_B002.jpg/150px-ITA_1944_MiNr0655Y_mt_B002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/ITA_1944_MiNr0655Y_mt_B002.jpg/200px-ITA_1944_MiNr0655Y_mt_B002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="599" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ITA_1944_MiNr0657Y_mt_B002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944"><img alt="Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ITA_1944_MiNr0657Y_mt_B002.jpg/102px-ITA_1944_MiNr0657Y_mt_B002.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ITA_1944_MiNr0657Y_mt_B002.jpg/153px-ITA_1944_MiNr0657Y_mt_B002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/ITA_1944_MiNr0657Y_mt_B002.jpg/204px-ITA_1944_MiNr0657Y_mt_B002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="594" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ITA_1944_MiNr0659Y_mt_B002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944"><img alt="Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/ITA_1944_MiNr0659Y_mt_B002.jpg/101px-ITA_1944_MiNr0659Y_mt_B002.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/ITA_1944_MiNr0659Y_mt_B002.jpg/152px-ITA_1944_MiNr0659Y_mt_B002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/ITA_1944_MiNr0659Y_mt_B002.jpg/203px-ITA_1944_MiNr0659Y_mt_B002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="526" data-file-height="623" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp of the Italian Social Republic, 1944</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian_Republic">Italian Republic</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Italian Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Italy became a republic after a <a href="/wiki/Italian_constitutional_referendum,_1946" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian constitutional referendum, 1946">referendum</a> held on 2 June 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fiume_stamp_controversy"><i>Fiume</i> stamp controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Fiume stamp controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, the issue of an Italian stamp featuring the <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatian</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Rijeka" title="Rijeka">Rijeka</a> caused a controversy.<sup id="cite_ref-stampnews_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stampnews-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stamp referred to the city in its usual <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> name of <i>Fiume</i>, claiming it was former Italian territory. This is seen as offensive in <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aegean_Islands_issues">Aegean Islands issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Aegean Islands issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Italian_Islands_of_the_Aegean" title="Italian Islands of the Aegean">Italian Islands of the Aegean</a> were the Italian possession in the <a href="/wiki/Dodecanese" title="Dodecanese">Dodecanese</a> from 1912 to 1945. Italian stamps overprinted "Egeo" and "Isole Italiane dell' Egeo" were issued for the Islands. Stamps were also issued for the individual islands: <a href="/wiki/Halki_(Greece)" title="Halki (Greece)">Calchi</a> (Karki), <a href="/wiki/Kalymnos" title="Kalymnos">Calino</a> (Calimno), <a href="/wiki/Kasos" title="Kasos">Kasos</a> (Caso), <a href="/wiki/Kos" title="Kos">Cos</a> (Coo), <a href="/wiki/Leros" title="Leros">Leros</a> (Lero), <a href="/wiki/Leipsoi" title="Leipsoi">Leipsoi</a> (Lisso), <a href="/wiki/Nisyros" title="Nisyros">Nisyros</a> (Nisiro), <a href="/wiki/Patmos" title="Patmos">Patmos</a> (Patmo), <a href="/wiki/Tilos" title="Tilos">Tilos</a> (Piscopi), <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a> (Rodi), <a href="/wiki/Karpathos" title="Karpathos">Karpathos</a> (Scarpanto), <a href="/wiki/Symi" title="Symi">Symi</a> (Simi), and <a href="/wiki/Astypalaia" title="Astypalaia">Astypalaia</a> (Stampalia). </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francobollo_di_Rodi_-_50_cent_-_1929_-_serie_pittorica.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A stamp for the island of Rodi"><img alt="A stamp for the island of Rodi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Francobollo_di_Rodi_-_50_cent_-_1929_-_serie_pittorica.jpg/102px-Francobollo_di_Rodi_-_50_cent_-_1929_-_serie_pittorica.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Francobollo_di_Rodi_-_50_cent_-_1929_-_serie_pittorica.jpg/152px-Francobollo_di_Rodi_-_50_cent_-_1929_-_serie_pittorica.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Francobollo_di_Rodi_-_50_cent_-_1929_-_serie_pittorica.jpg 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="189" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A stamp for the island of Rodi </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piscopi_Briefmarke.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A stamp for the island of Piscopi"><img alt="A stamp for the island of Piscopi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Piscopi_Briefmarke.jpg/120px-Piscopi_Briefmarke.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Piscopi_Briefmarke.jpg/180px-Piscopi_Briefmarke.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Piscopi_Briefmarke.jpg/240px-Piscopi_Briefmarke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="199" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A stamp for the island of Piscopi</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venezia_Giulia_issues">Venezia Giulia issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Venezia Giulia issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Italy annexed <a href="/wiki/Venezia_Giulia" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezia Giulia">Venezia Giulia</a> - including the <a href="/wiki/Istrian_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Istrian peninsula">Istrian peninsula</a> and the cities of <a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gorizia" title="Gorizia">Gorizia</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Rapallo_(1920)" title="Treaty of Rapallo (1920)">Treaty of Rapallo (1920)</a>. With the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Rome_(1924)" title="Treaty of Rome (1924)">Treaty of Rome (1924)</a> the city of <a href="/wiki/Fiume" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiume">Fiume</a> was also annexed. </p><p>After the war, from 1945 to 1947, Venezia Giulia was occupied by Allied Anglo-American troops (Zone "A" - the territory with the city of Trieste) and troops of the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army" title="Yugoslav People's Army">Yugoslav People's Army</a> (Zone "B" - <a href="/wiki/Istria" title="Istria">Istria</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Slovene_Littoral" title="Slovene Littoral">Slovene Littoral</a>). The zones of occupation were demarcated along the so-called <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Line" title="Morgan Line">Morgan Line</a>. In Zone A, Italian stamps were overprinted "A.M.G./V.G." (Allied Military Government/Venezia Giulia) in September 1945. In 1947, following the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Peace_with_Italy,_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947">Paris Peace Treaties</a>, Italy ceded most of these lands to Yugoslavia. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StampVenezia-Giulia1945Michel1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/StampVenezia-Giulia1945Michel1.jpg/150px-StampVenezia-Giulia1945Michel1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/StampVenezia-Giulia1945Michel1.jpg/225px-StampVenezia-Giulia1945Michel1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/StampVenezia-Giulia1945Michel1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption>A 1945 stamp for Allied occupied Venezia Giulia</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Free_Territory_of_Trieste">Free Territory of Trieste</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Free Territory of Trieste"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The peace treaty established <a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a> and the surrounding area as the <a href="/wiki/Free_Territory_of_Trieste" title="Free Territory of Trieste">Free Territory of Trieste</a>, also divided into zones A and B, under <a href="/wiki/Allied_Military_Government_for_Occupied_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories">Allied military administration</a> and Yugoslav military administration, respectively. In Zone A, Italian stamps overprinted "A.M.G./F.T.T." were issued between 1947 and 1954. The Free Territory was divided between Italy and Yugoslavia in 1954, with Zone A joining Italy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campione_d'Italia_issues"><span id="Campione_d.27Italia_issues"></span>Campione d'Italia issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Campione d'Italia issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Campione_d%27Italia" title="Campione d'Italia">Campione d'Italia</a> is a small Italian <a href="/wiki/Exclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclave">exclave</a> surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> near <a href="/wiki/Lake_Lugano" title="Lake Lugano">Lake Lugano</a>. The municipal council issued its own stamps in May 1944. The stamps were inscribed "RR Poste italiane / Comune de Campione" and denominated in the Swiss currency.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Campione stamps were withdrawn in 1952. Since then, mail may be sent using either Swiss stamps or Italian stamps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian_post_offices_abroad">Italian post offices abroad</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Italian post offices abroad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Italy_Estero_1874_Sc10u.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Italy_Estero_1874_Sc10u.jpg/150px-Italy_Estero_1874_Sc10u.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Italy_Estero_1874_Sc10u.jpg/225px-Italy_Estero_1874_Sc10u.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Italy_Estero_1874_Sc10u.jpg/300px-Italy_Estero_1874_Sc10u.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="608" /></a><figcaption>An 1874 Italian stamp for the post offices abroad</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_services_abroad#Italian_Post_Abroad" title="List of postal services abroad">List of postal services abroad § Italian Post Abroad</a></div> <p>The first stamps for the Italian post offices abroad were issued on January 1, 1874, overprinting "Estero" ("Abroad") on Italian stamps. </p> <ul><li>Italian post offices in Benghazi 1901–1912</li> <li>Italian post offices in Tripoli 1909–1912</li> <li>Italian post offices in Beijing 1917–1922</li> <li>Italian post offices in Tianjin 1917–1922</li> <li>Italian post offices in Crete</li> <li>Italian post offices in Egypt</li> <li>Italian post offices in the Ottoman Empire 1873–1923</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:StampCreteItaly1901Michel2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp for the Italian post offices in Crete"><img alt="Stamp for the Italian post offices in Crete" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/StampCreteItaly1901Michel2.jpg/100px-StampCreteItaly1901Michel2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/StampCreteItaly1901Michel2.jpg/150px-StampCreteItaly1901Michel2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/StampCreteItaly1901Michel2.jpg/200px-StampCreteItaly1901Michel2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="302" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp for the Italian post offices in <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ITA-LV_1907_MiNrLV007_pm_B002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp for the Italian post offices in the Ottoman Empire"><img alt="Stamp for the Italian post offices in the Ottoman Empire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/ITA-LV_1907_MiNrLV007_pm_B002.jpg/102px-ITA-LV_1907_MiNrLV007_pm_B002.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/ITA-LV_1907_MiNrLV007_pm_B002.jpg/153px-ITA-LV_1907_MiNrLV007_pm_B002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/ITA-LV_1907_MiNrLV007_pm_B002.jpg/204px-ITA-LV_1907_MiNrLV007_pm_B002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="627" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp for the Italian post offices in the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francobollo_Regno_d%27Italia_-_Pechino_-_1_Cent.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp for the Italian post offices in Beijing"><img alt="Stamp for the Italian post offices in Beijing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Francobollo_Regno_d%27Italia_-_Pechino_-_1_Cent.jpg/101px-Francobollo_Regno_d%27Italia_-_Pechino_-_1_Cent.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Francobollo_Regno_d%27Italia_-_Pechino_-_1_Cent.jpg/152px-Francobollo_Regno_d%27Italia_-_Pechino_-_1_Cent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Francobollo_Regno_d%27Italia_-_Pechino_-_1_Cent.jpg/203px-Francobollo_Regno_d%27Italia_-_Pechino_-_1_Cent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="289" data-file-height="342" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp for the Italian post offices in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TientsinItalianStamp.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp for the Italian post offices in Tianjin"><img alt="Stamp for the Italian post offices in Tianjin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/TientsinItalianStamp.jpg/99px-TientsinItalianStamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/TientsinItalianStamp.jpg/149px-TientsinItalianStamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/TientsinItalianStamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="181" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp for the Italian post offices in <a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tripoli_di_Barberia_5c_1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp for the Italian post offices in Tripoli"><img alt="Stamp for the Italian post offices in Tripoli" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Tripoli_di_Barberia_5c_1909.jpg/100px-Tripoli_di_Barberia_5c_1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Tripoli_di_Barberia_5c_1909.jpg/150px-Tripoli_di_Barberia_5c_1909.jpg 1.5x, 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Italian history">Timeline of Italian history</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Italian_citizenship" title="History of Italian citizenship">Citizenship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_coins_in_Italy" title="History of coins in Italy">Currency and coinage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Italy" title="Economic history of Italy">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Italian_fashion" title="History of Italian fashion">Fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Italian_flags" title="List of Italian flags">Flags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetic_history_of_Italy" title="Genetic history of Italy">Genetic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_states_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" 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href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Italy" title="Prehistoric Italy">Prehistory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Italy" title="Neolithic Italy">Neolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villanovan_culture" title="Villanovan culture">Villanovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terramare_culture" title="Terramare culture">Terramare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rinaldone_culture" title="Rinaldone culture">Rinaldone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apennine_culture" title="Apennine culture">Apennine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuragic_civilization" title="Nuragic civilization">Nuragic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golasecca_culture" title="Golasecca culture">Golasecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canegrate_culture" title="Canegrate culture">Canegrate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latial_culture" title="Latial culture">Latial</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_peoples_of_Italy" title="List of ancient peoples of Italy">Ancient peoples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italic_peoples" title="Italic peoples">Italic peoples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latins_(Italic_tribe)" title="Latins (Italic tribe)">Latins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osci" title="Osci">Osci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picentes" title="Picentes">Picentes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samnites" title="Samnites">Samnites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umbri" title="Umbri">Umbri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Veneti" title="Adriatic Veneti">Veneti</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruscan_civilization" title="Etruscan civilization">Etruscans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cisalpine_Gaul" title="Cisalpine Gaul">Celts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magna_Graecia" title="Magna Graecia">Magna Graecia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligures" title="Ligures">Ligures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messapians" title="Messapians">Messapians</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Ancient Rome</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Kingdom" title="Roman Kingdom">Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_expansion_in_Italy" title="Roman expansion in Italy">Roman conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Italy" title="Roman Italy">Roman Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Empire</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" title="Western Roman Empire">Western Empire</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Middle Ages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italy_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Italy in the Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> <ul><li>Italy under <a href="/wiki/Odoacer#King_of_Italy" title="Odoacer">Odoacer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ostrogothic_Kingdom" title="Ostrogothic Kingdom">Ostrogoths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Italy" title="Byzantine Italy">Byzantium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Lombards" title="Kingdom of the Lombards">Lombards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States">Papal States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Holy_Roman_Empire)" title="Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)">the Holy Roman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardinian_medieval_kingdoms" title="Sardinian medieval kingdoms">the Sardinian Judicates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Islam_in_southern_Italy" title="History of Islam in southern Italy">Arabs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_southern_Italy" title="Norman conquest of southern Italy">Normans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines" title="Guelphs and Ghibellines">Guelphs and Ghibellines</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lombard_League" title="Lombard League">Lombard League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Sicilian_Vespers" title="War of the Sicilian Vespers">War of the Sicilian Vespers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples" title="Kingdom of Naples">Kingdom of Naples</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Early modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_city-states" title="Italian city-states">Italian city-states</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Florence" title="Republic of Florence">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Siena" title="Republic of Siena">Siena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Milan" title="Duchy of Milan">Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_republics" title="Maritime republics">Maritime republics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Pisa" title="Republic of Pisa">Pisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Amalfi" title="Duchy of Amalfi">Amalfi</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sardinia_(1720%E2%80%931861)" title="Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)">Kingdom of Sardinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany" title="Grand Duchy of Tuscany">Grand Duchy of Tuscany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Savoy" title="Duchy of Savoy">Duchy of Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Renaissance" title="Italian Renaissance">Renaissance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Wars" title="Italian Wars">Italian Wars</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_early_modern_Italy" title="History of early modern Italy">Early Modern period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Napoleonic)" title="Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)">Napoleonic Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Lombardy%E2%80%93Venetia" title="Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia">Austrian occupation and Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Kingdom of the Two Sicilies">Kingdom of the Two Sicilies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Late modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unification_of_Italy" title="Unification of Italy">Unification</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Italian_War_of_Independence" title="First Italian War of Independence">First War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Italian_War_of_Independence" title="Second Italian War of Independence">Second War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C3%A7ard_exodus" title="Niçard exodus">Niçard exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expedition_of_the_Thousand" title="Expedition of the Thousand">Expedition of the Thousand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy">Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Italian_War_of_Independence" title="Third Italian War of Independence">Third War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Rome" title="Capture of Rome">Capture of Rome</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Kingdom_of_Italy_(1861%E2%80%931946)" title="History of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)">Monarchy and the World Wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Empire" title="Italian Empire">Colonial Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_I" title="Military history of Italy during World War I">World War I</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_entry_into_World_War_I" title="Italian entry into World War I">Fourth War of Independence</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fascist_Italy" title="Fascist Italy">Fascist Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Italy during World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Fascist_regime_in_Italy" title="Fall of the Fascist regime in Italy">Fall of the Fascist regime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_resistance_movement" title="Italian resistance movement">Resistance</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_Social_Republic" title="Italian Social Republic">Social Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Civil_War" title="Italian Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.2em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Contemporary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Italian_Republic" title="History of the Italian Republic">Republic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Italian_institutional_referendum" title="1946 Italian institutional referendum">Institutional referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istrian%E2%80%93Dalmatian_exodus" title="Istrian–Dalmatian exodus">Istrian–Dalmatian exodus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_economic_miracle" title="Italian economic miracle">Economic Boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Years_of_Lead_(Italy)" title="Years of Lead (Italy)">Years of Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxi_Trial" title="Maxi Trial">Maxi Trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_pulite" title="Mani pulite">Mani pulite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Italy" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Italy">Coronavirus pandemic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Italy" title="Geography of Italy">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italy_(geographical_region)" title="Italy (geographical region)">Italian geographical region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Peninsula">Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Italy" title="Climate of Italy">Climate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Italy" title="Climate change in Italy">Climate change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Italy" title="Geology of Italy">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Italy" title="Fauna of Italy">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Italy" title="Flora of Italy">Flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Italy" title="List of mountains in Italy">Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpine_foothills" title="Alpine foothills">Prealps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apennine_Mountains" title="Apennine Mountains">Apennines</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volcanism_of_Italy" title="Volcanism of Italy">Volcanism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Italy" title="List of volcanoes in Italy">Volcanoes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Italy" title="List of beaches in Italy">Beaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_canals_in_Italy" title="List of canals in Italy">Canals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_caves_in_Italy" title="List of caves in Italy">Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Italy" title="List of earthquakes in Italy">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Italy" title="List of islands of Italy">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Italy" title="List of lakes of Italy">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Marine_Protected_Areas_of_Italy" title="List of Marine Protected Areas of Italy">Marine protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Italy" title="List of national parks of Italy">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regional_parks_of_Italy" title="List of regional parks of Italy">Regional parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Italy" title="List of rivers of Italy">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_valleys_of_Italy" title="List of valleys of Italy">Valleys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Italy" title="Politics of Italy">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Italy" title="Constitution of Italy">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Italy" title="Elections in Italy">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Italy" title="Foreign relations of Italy">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Italy" title="Government of Italy">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Italy" title="Human rights in Italy">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Italy">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Italy" title="Judiciary of Italy">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Italy" title="Law of Italy">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Italy" title="Law enforcement in Italy">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Armed_Forces" title="Italian Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_nationality_law" title="Italian nationality law">Nationality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Parliament" title="Italian Parliament">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Italy" title="List of political parties in Italy">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Italy" title="President of Italy">President</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Italy" title="List of presidents of Italy">List</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy" title="Prime Minister of Italy">Prime Minister</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Italy" title="List of prime ministers of Italy">List</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Italy)" title="Council of Ministers (Italy)">Council of Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Italy" title="Regions of Italy">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Italy" title="Provinces of Italy">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_cities_of_Italy" title="Metropolitan cities of Italy">Metropolitan cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Italy" title="List of cities in Italy">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comune" title="Comune">Comune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Italy" title="List of municipalities of Italy">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_intelligence_agencies" title="Italian intelligence agencies">Security and intelligence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Italy" title="Economy of Italy">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Italy" title="Economy of Italy">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Italian_regions_by_GDP" title="List of Italian regions by GDP">Italian regions by GDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Italy" title="Agriculture in Italy">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Italy" title="Automotive industry in Italy">Automotive industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Italy" title="Banking in Italy">Banking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Italy" title="List of banks in Italy">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Italy" title="Bank of Italy">Central Bank</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Italian_brands" title="List of Italian brands">Brands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Italy" title="List of companies of Italy">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Italy" title="Energy in Italy">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_exports_of_Italy" title="List of exports of Italy">Exports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Italy" title="Science and technology in Italy">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_question" title="Southern question">Southern question</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borsa_Italiana" title="Borsa Italiana">Stock exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Italy" title="Taxation in Italy">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Italy" title="Telecommunications in Italy">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Italy" title="Tourism in Italy">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_trade_unions_in_Italy" title="List of trade unions in Italy">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Italy" title="Transport in Italy">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Italy" title="List of airports in Italy">air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Italy" title="Rail transport in Italy">rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_Italy" title="Roads in Italy">road</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_welfare_state" title="Italian welfare state">Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_wine" title="Italian wine">Wine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Italy" title="Category:Society of Italy">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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title="Healthcare in Italy">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Italy" title="Immigration to Italy">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Italian_inventions_and_discoveries" title="List of Italian inventions and discoveries">Inventions and discoveries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Italy" title="List of people from Italy">People</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Italy" title="Languages of Italy">Languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Italian" title="Regional Italian">Regional</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Italian_provinces_by_life_expectancy" title="List of Italian provinces by life expectancy">Life expectancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Italy" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Italy">Orders, decorations, and 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