Italy 1944 Definitives with overprint

• Edition : Postal administration of the Italian Social Republic, definitive stamps of the issue "Imperiale con soprastampa", series of 5 stamps, stamps with fascios and watermark 1 (crown) from 1929 with overprint
• Catalogue Numbers: Michel: No. 642-646 (= No. 304X-308X from 1929 with overprint); Yvert et Tellier: No. 21-25 (= No. 229-233 from 1929 with overprint); Scott: No. 1-5 (= No. 218-222 from 1929 with overprint)
• Issue Date : 22 January 1944 or 24 January 1944
• Color : green with black overprint - brown with red overprint - violet with red overprint - red with black overprint - blue with red overprint (mostly red, sometime black overprint)
• Watermark : Italy No. 1 (crown)
• Nominal Value : 25 Cent. (Centesimi) - 30 Cent. (Centesimi) - 50 Cent. (Centesimi) - 75 Cent. (Centesimi) - 1.25 Lire
• Postage Validity : to 31-12-1945
• Designed by :
  

Paolo Paschetto (1885-1963) (design of the side portrait)

Giulio Cisari (1892-1979) (design of the frontal portrait)

• Printed by : "Officina carte valori", Rome (original stamps)
• Print Process : rotogravure
• Perforations : block perforation, B 14
• Stamp Size : (printed area of a single stamp): 16.5 x 20.5 mm

Definitifes stamps of the issue "Imperiale con soprastampa" with fascios, watermark and overprint

Michel No. 642, 25 C., postmarked

Michel No. 643, 30 C., postmarked

Michel No. 644, 50 C., postmarked with Rome 29, 6 June 1944

Michel No. 645, 75 C., mint

Michel No. 646, 1.25 L., mint

- 25 C.: Effigy with a side portrait of King Victor Emanuel III of Italy, view to left, issue with fascios and watermark, black overprint of a "fascetta" (= fascio with tape) and the country name "REPUBBLICCA / SOCIALE / ITALIANA" as overprint.
- 30 C.: Effigy with a frontal portrait of King Victor Emanuel III of Italy, issue with fascios and watermark, red overprint of a "fascetta" (= fascio with tape) as overprint.
- 50 C.: Effigy with a frontal portrait of King Victor Emanuel III of Italy, issue with fascios and watermark, red overprint of the country name "REPUBBLICCA / SOCIALE / ITALIANA" as overprint.
- 75 C.: Effigy with a side portrait of King Victor Emanuel III of Italy, view to left, issue with fascios and watermark, black overprint of a "fascetta" (= fascio with tape) and the country name "REPUBBLICCA / SOCIALE / ITALIANA" as overprint.
- 1.25 L.: Effigy with a side portrait of King Victor Emanuel III of Italy, view to left, issue with fascios and watermark, red overprint of a "fascetta" (= fascio with tape) as overprint.