ITA 1890 Definitives with overprint
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- Edition : "Poste del Regno d'Italia", definitive stamps of the issue "Effigy of King Umberto I of Italy", first issue of 1879 with overprint (3 values in 1890)
- Catalogue Numbers: Michel: No. 58, 56, 57 (= No. 37A, 41A, 42A from 1879 with overprint); Yvert et Tellier: No. 53-56 (= No. 33, 37, 38 from 1879 with overprint; Scott: No. 64-66 (= No. 45, 49, 50 from 1879 with overprint)
- Issue Date : 1 May 1890 and 1 June 1890
- Color : green - brown - violet, each with black overprint
- Watermark : Italy No. 1 (crown)
- Nominal Value : 2 Cmi. (Centesimi) on 5 Centesimi - 20 Cmi. (Centesimi) on 30 Centesimi - 20 Cmi. (Centesimi on 30 Centesimi
- Postal Validity : to 31 December 1891
- Designed by :
- Ludovico Bigola (1822-1905) (design)
- Alberto Repettati (engraving)
- Ludovico Bigola (1822-1905) (design)
- Printed by : "Officina carte valori", Turin
- Print Process : letterpress printing
- Perforation : comb perforation, K 14
- Stamp Size : (printed area of a single stamp): 18.5 x 22.5 x mm
Commemorative stamp of the issue "Effigy of King Umberto I of Italy", first issue of 1879 with overprint (3 stamps in 1890)
The stamp motives show an effigy with a frontal portrait of King Umberto I of Italy in standing oval with inscriptions and ornaments in the drawing of the 1879-issue with black overprint of a new value.