Italy 1937 Famous Italian Artists

• Edition : commemorative stamps and semi-postal stamp of the issue "Famous Italian People"
• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 591-600; Yvert & Tellier: No. 406-415; Scott: No. 387-396
• Issue Date : 25 October 1937
• Postage validity : to 30-09-1938
• Watermark : Italy No. 1 (crown)
• Colors :
  

brown - red - green - sepia - violet -

red - azure - orange - green - brown

• Nominal values :
  

10 Cent. (Centesimi) - 20 Cent. (Centesimi) - 25 Cent. (Centesimi) -

30 Cent. (Centesimi) - 50 Cent. (Centesimi) - 75 Cent. (Centesimi) -

1.25 Lire - 1.75 Lire - 2.55+2.00 Lire - 2.75+2.00 Lire

• Designed by : Romolo Pierbattista
• Printed by : "IPS Officina Carte Valori", Rome ("IPS" = "Instituto Poligrafico di Stato")
• Print Process : rotogravure
• Perforations : block perforation, B 14
• Stamp Size : 20.5 x 37.9 mm (printed area without below names line); 24 x 40 mm (entire stamp)
• Print Runs :
  

Michel No.591: 5,000,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.592: 5,000,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.593: 3,000,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.594: 2,000,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.595: 3,000,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.596: 1,500,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.597: 1,000,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.598: 1,500,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.599: 75,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No.600: 75,000 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Michel No. 591, mint stamp	Michel No. 591, stamp postmarked	Michel No. 592, mint stamp	Michel No. 592, stamp postmarked Ortisei (Province of Bolzano, Region Trentino-South Tyrol), 1937
Michel No. 593, mint stamp	Michel No. 593, stamp postmarked in Ortisei (Province of Bolzano, Region Trentino-South Tyrol), 1937	Michel No. 594, mint stamp	Michel No. 594, stamp postmarked
Michel No. 595, mint stamp	Michel No. 595, stamp postmarked	Michel No. 596, mint stamp	Michel No. 596, stamp postmarked in Martello (Province of Bolzano, Region Trentino-South Tyrol)
M# 597	M# 598	M# 599	M# 600

- 10 C., 1.75 L. : Portrait of Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851) in half-oval (Italian composer)
- 20 C., 2.55+2.00 L. : Portrait of Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) (Italian violin maker)
- 25 C., 50 C. : Portrait of Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) (Italian philosopher and writer)
- 30 c., 75 C. : Side portrait of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) in half oval (Italian composer)
- 1.25 L., 2.75+2.00 L : Portrait of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) (Italian painter and architect)