Italy 1956 Avogadro
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- Edition : "Poste Italiana S.p.A."; 1956; commemorative stamp of the issue "100th Anniversary of death of Amedo Avogadro"; meant is Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Carreto (1776-1856, Italian physicist and chemist); issue of 1 stamp
- Catalogue number: Michel: No. 972; Yvert et Tellier: 730; Scott: No. 714
- Issue Date : 08 September 1956
- Color : grey
- Watermark : Italy No 4-II (multiple stars, 65° tilted to left and right)
- Nominal value : 25 L. (Lire)
- Postage validity : to 31 December 1957
- Designed by : G. Savini
- Printed by : "IPS Officina Carte Valori", Rome ("IPS" = "Istituto Poligrafico di Stato")
- Print Process : rotogravure (photogravure)
- Perforations : block perforation, B 14 : 14¼
- Stamp Size : printed area of a single stamp : 36.0 x 20.0 mm
- Print Run : 10,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps
Commemorative stamps of the issue "100th Anniversary of death of Amedo Avogadro"
(issue of 1 stamp)
The stamp motive shows a portrait of Amedo Avogadro and a verbal formulating of his "Avoadro's Law" from 1811 in Italian language,.
