Italian Colonies and Former Colonies
Contents
Italian East Africa / Italian Colonies (General issues)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia
Libya
The following listings for post-Independence Libya can be found in the Middle East section:
- Kingdom regional issues (1951-1969)
- Kingdom federal issues (1951-1969)
- Republic and People's Republic (1969-present)
Acknowledgments
Published resources
Louis S Alfano, Municipal Stamps of the Italian Colonies (privately published, 1983)
J Barefoot Ltd, British Commonwealth Revenues (8th Edition, privately published, 2008)
J Barefoot Ltd, Italy Revenues (1st Edition, privately published, 2013)
Unificato, Marche da Bollo catalogazione e quotazione, 2016/18 (5th edition, 2016)
Cristiano Bussoli, online catalogue at http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cbussoli (retrieved 3rd September 2009)
Note: some illustrations on Bussoli's website have been created digitally (eg with overprints added to basic stamps) rather than scanned directly from actual stamps, so have not been used to illustrate the www.revrevd.com website
Note: most of the significant research in this field is by Michele Caso and Sergio Luconi, and published in Fiscali, the journal of the Italian revenue society AFISCAL (Associazione Fiscalisti). It is not always clear from the journal headings which of the two writers have authored a given article, so all articles by either or both of them are listed here under their joint names for ease of reference, except the single-page advertisement by Luconi alone.
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Occupazione Britannica delle Colonie Italiane', Fiscali, #3 (March 1987), pp34-36 and #5 (September 1987), pp55-60
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Note e notizie: Occupazione britannica dell'Eritrea', Fiscali, #11 (1989), p24 [Asmara Municipals]
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Marche da bollo Occupazione Britannica Colonie Italiane: Seconda Edizione', Fiscali (Estratto), (publication date unspecified but must be c1990), pp2-12
Note: this is an updated version of Caso & Luconi's 1987 listing. Oddly I have two slightly different copies of this second edition, the only difference (as far as I can see) being that one includes two Asmara values which the other does not (10s on 5c violet and 10s on 25c grey).
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Marche da bollo: Seconda Edizione - Eritrea federata all'Etiopia', Fiscali, (publication date unspecified but must be c1991), pp2-4 [Ethiopian administration of Eritrea]
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Note e notizie: Fiscali postbellici d'Eritrea', Fiscali, #18 (c1992), pp114-115 [Ethiopian administration of Eritrea]
Martin Erler, British Occupation of Italian Colonies WWII Revenue Stamps (ORA-Verlag, 1980)
Ulf J Lindahl, 'Editor's Note', Menelik's Journal, vol 21 no 2 (April-June 2005), p19 [Asmara Municipal issue of 1958]
Sergio Luconi, 'Cerco queste marche fiscali', advertisement in Fiscali, edition and date unknown [Luconi's personal wants list]
Graham C Scott, 'Eritrean Revenue Stamps', Menelik's Journal, vol 21 no 1 (January-March 2005), pp19-20 [Haile Selassie issue]
Graham C Scott, 'British Occupation of Eritrea: Revenue Stamps - Part I: Asmara Municipality Revenue & Part II: Eritrean Inland Revenue', Menelik's Journal, vol 22 no 2 (April-June 2006), pp24-27
Graham C Scott, 'British Occupation of Eritrea: Revenue Stamps - Part III: Eritrean Inland Revenue Stamps 1946-1952', (unpublished manuscript written c2008)
Mohamed Ali Siala, 'Libya: duty/revenue stamps since 1880', London Philatelist, vol 105 (October 1996), pp271-274
Espen Solheim, 'The Eritrean Federation Revenue Stamps picturing Haile Selassie', Menelik's Journal, vol 21 no 2 (April-June 2005), pp18-19
Salvatore Canni, 'Note e notizie: Africa Orientale Italiana', Fiscali, #21 (c1994), pp159-161 [documents from 1937-40]
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Note e notizie: Africa Orientale Italiana', Fiscali, #19 (c1993), p130 [Driving licence stamps of Italian Ethiopia]
Gianni Cavazzoni, 'Catalogo Marche da Bollo delle Colonie Italiane in Africa', Fiscali, #16 (1990), pp1-16 and #17 (1991), pp17-32
Other
Grateful thanks to the late Joe Ross. Thanks also to my father-in-law David for translating the Arabic inscriptions on modern Libyan and Somali revenues.
Published resources
Louis S Alfano, Municipal Stamps of the Italian Colonies (privately published, 1983)
J Barefoot Ltd, British Commonwealth Revenues (8th Edition, privately published, 2008)
J Barefoot Ltd, Italy Revenues (1st Edition, privately published, 2013)
Unificato, Marche da Bollo catalogazione e quotazione, 2016/18 (5th edition, 2016)
Cristiano Bussoli, online catalogue at http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cbussoli (retrieved 3rd September 2009)
Note: some illustrations on Bussoli's website have been created digitally (eg with overprints added to basic stamps) rather than scanned directly from actual stamps, so have not been used to illustrate the www.revrevd.com website
Note: most of the significant research in this field is by Michele Caso and Sergio Luconi, and published in Fiscali, the journal of the Italian revenue society AFISCAL (Associazione Fiscalisti). It is not always clear from the journal headings which of the two writers have authored a given article, so all articles by either or both of them are listed here under their joint names for ease of reference, except the single-page advertisement by Luconi alone.
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Occupazione Britannica delle Colonie Italiane', Fiscali, #3 (March 1987), pp34-36 and #5 (September 1987), pp55-60
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Note e notizie: Occupazione britannica dell'Eritrea', Fiscali, #11 (1989), p24 [Asmara Municipals]
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Marche da bollo Occupazione Britannica Colonie Italiane: Seconda Edizione', Fiscali (Estratto), (publication date unspecified but must be c1990), pp2-12
Note: this is an updated version of Caso & Luconi's 1987 listing. Oddly I have two slightly different copies of this second edition, the only difference (as far as I can see) being that one includes two Asmara values which the other does not (10s on 5c violet and 10s on 25c grey).
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Marche da bollo: Seconda Edizione - Eritrea federata all'Etiopia', Fiscali, (publication date unspecified but must be c1991), pp2-4 [Ethiopian administration of Eritrea]
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Note e notizie: Fiscali postbellici d'Eritrea', Fiscali, #18 (c1992), pp114-115 [Ethiopian administration of Eritrea]
Martin Erler, British Occupation of Italian Colonies WWII Revenue Stamps (ORA-Verlag, 1980)
Ulf J Lindahl, 'Editor's Note', Menelik's Journal, vol 21 no 2 (April-June 2005), p19 [Asmara Municipal issue of 1958]
Sergio Luconi, 'Cerco queste marche fiscali', advertisement in Fiscali, edition and date unknown [Luconi's personal wants list]
Graham C Scott, 'Eritrean Revenue Stamps', Menelik's Journal, vol 21 no 1 (January-March 2005), pp19-20 [Haile Selassie issue]
Graham C Scott, 'British Occupation of Eritrea: Revenue Stamps - Part I: Asmara Municipality Revenue & Part II: Eritrean Inland Revenue', Menelik's Journal, vol 22 no 2 (April-June 2006), pp24-27
Graham C Scott, 'British Occupation of Eritrea: Revenue Stamps - Part III: Eritrean Inland Revenue Stamps 1946-1952', (unpublished manuscript written c2008)
Mohamed Ali Siala, 'Libya: duty/revenue stamps since 1880', London Philatelist, vol 105 (October 1996), pp271-274
Espen Solheim, 'The Eritrean Federation Revenue Stamps picturing Haile Selassie', Menelik's Journal, vol 21 no 2 (April-June 2005), pp18-19
Salvatore Canni, 'Note e notizie: Africa Orientale Italiana', Fiscali, #21 (c1994), pp159-161 [documents from 1937-40]
Michele Caso & Sergio Luconi, 'Note e notizie: Africa Orientale Italiana', Fiscali, #19 (c1993), p130 [Driving licence stamps of Italian Ethiopia]
Gianni Cavazzoni, 'Catalogo Marche da Bollo delle Colonie Italiane in Africa', Fiscali, #16 (1990), pp1-16 and #17 (1991), pp17-32
Other
Grateful thanks to the late Joe Ross. Thanks also to my father-in-law David for translating the Arabic inscriptions on modern Libyan and Somali revenues.
