File:ITA 1916 MiNr0125 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of the Kingdom of Italy; 1916; definitive stamp of the so-called "Michetti-issue - first series - type III"; portrait of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with view to right after a painting of Francesco Paolo Michetti; drawing with visible star on the left collar; no point at "Cent"; stamp without watermark; upper inscription with inverted (negative) letters (white characters on colored background); postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 125; Yvert et Tellier: No. 103; Scott: No. 112
Color: orange to brown orange
Watermark: none (= difference to issue from 1917)
Nominal value: 20 Cent (Centesimi)

Postage validity: from 8 December 1916 until 31 December 1925
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1916-12-08T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1925-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.0 x 22.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Poste del Regno d'Italia (Post of the government of Italy)
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{{PD-Italy}} does not apply to Italian stamps: the designer's death year of 1929 and the engraver's death year is unknown

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Picture description Portrait of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with view to right after a painting of Francesco Paolo Michetti (print type III)
First day of issue
Publisher Poste del Regno d'Italia (Post of the government of Italy)
Design Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851-1929) (design)

Alberto Repettati (engraving)

Printer "Officina Calcografia Italiana", Rome
Printing technique Recess printing or

calcography (German: "Chalkographie = Kupferstichtiefdruckverfahren")

Circulation ?
Perforation Line or comb perforation, L 13½ : 13¼ or K 13½ : 13¼ (= type I)

Line or comb perforation, L 13¼ or K 13¼ (= type II = Scott type II)
Line or comb perforation, L 13 : 13½ or K 13 : 13½ (= type III)
Line or comb perforation, L 13¼ : 13¾ or K 13¼ : 13¾ (= type IV = Scott type I)
sheets à 100 à 2 stamps

MICHEL Nr. Italien, Nr. 125 (perforation type II)
SCOTT Nr. Italy, No. 112 (perforation type II)

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