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Stamp of the Kingdom of Italy; 1903; express stamp of the "First issue - King Victor Emmanuel III"; drawing with an effigy of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in standing oval (left area) and inscription "ESPRESSO" in upper-case characters (right central area); postmarked in Bologna in 1914
Stamp: Michel: No. 85; Yvert et Tellier: No. E1
Color: scarlet to rosy red
Watermark: Italy No. 1 (crown)
Nominal value: 25 Cent. (Centesimi)

Postage validity: from 1 June 1903 until 31 March 1924
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1903-06-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1924-03-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 38.0 x 22.0 mm

Postmark: Bologna (town in the Region Emilia-Romagna),
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Author Poste del Regno d'Italia (Post of the government of Italy)
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The country of origin of this photograph is Italy. It is in the public domain there because its copyright term has expired. According to Law for the Protection of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights n.633, 22 April 1941 and later revisions, images of people or of aspects, elements and facts of natural or social life, obtained with photographic process or with an analogue one, including reproductions of figurative art and film frames of film stocks (Art. 87) are protected for a period of 20 years from creation (Art. 92). This provision shall not apply to photographs of writings, documents, business papers, material objects, technical drawings and similar products (Art. 87). Italian law makes an important distinction between "works of photographic art" and "simple photographs" (Art. 2, § 7). Photographs that are "intellectual work with creative characteristics" are protected for 70 years after the author's death (Art. 32 bis), whereas simple photographs are protected for a period of 20 years from creation.
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Picture description Framed ornamental drawing with an effigy of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in standing oval (in left area) and inscription "ESPRESSO" in upper-case characters in the right central area
First day of issue
Publisher Poste del Regno d'Italia (Post of the government of Italy)
Design G. Carpanetti (design)

Alberto Repettati (engraving)

Printer "Officina Carte Valori", Turin
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14
MICHEL Nr. Italien, Nr. 85

Note: Original wording from a decree of King Victor Emmanuel III signed in Rome on May 3, 1903:
“The stamp shall be printed upon a little rectangular piece of paper, measuring 23 mm in height and 38 mm in width; it shall be scarlet in color and shall bear our Royal effigy, surrounded by various ornamentation and the inscriptions "Poste Italiane — Espresso — Cent 25."”

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