Italy 1952 Armed Forces Day

• Edition : "Poste Italiane S.p.A."; commemorative stamps of the issue "Armed Forces Day 1952"; issue of 3 stamps
• Catalogue Number: Michel: No. 871-873; Yvert et Tellier: No. 637-639; Scott: No. 613-615
• Issue Date : 03 November 1952
• Color : dark green - brownish grey - azure/black
• Watermark : Italy No. 3-III ("Routa DB" (winged wheel with wings right to below) or "Routa-SA" (whinged wheel with wings left to upper))
• Nominal Value : 10 Lire - 25 Lire - 60 Lire
• Postage Validity : to 31-12-1953
• Designed by :
  

O. Grassetti (10 L., 25 L.)

R. Glaudus (60 L.)

• Printed by : "IPS Officina Carte Valori", Rome ("IPS" = "Istituto Poligrafico di Stato")
• Print Process : rotogravure (photogravure)
• Perforations : block perforation, B 14 : 14¼ (10 L.) or B 14¼ : 14 (25 L., 60 L.)
• Stamp Size :
  

10 L.: (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 17.0 + 21.0 mm

25 L., 60 L.: (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 27.5 x 22.0 mm

• Print Run :

- 10 L.: 140,904,504 in sheets à 100 Stamps

- 25 L.: 67,325,411 in sheets à 60 stamps

- 60 L..: 4,835,712 in sheets à 60 stamps in sheets à 50 stamps

Commemorative stamp of the issue Armed Forces Day, 1952"

Michel No. 871, 10 L., mint	Michel No. 871, 10 L., postmarked
Michel No. 872, 25 L., mint	Michel No. 872, 25 L., postmarked
Michel No. 873, 60 L., mint	Michel No. 873, 60 L., postmarked

10 L.: The stamp motive shows a wing, an Italian steel helmet, and an anchor before a concentric divergent bundle of rays.
25 L.: The stamp motive shows a face of a marine-seaman (jacky), an airman and an army soldier, side-by-side, each in military uniform of the Italian forces.
60 L.: The stamp motive dhows an aircraft, a speedboat of the marine and a tank.