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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Tripolitania, now part of Libya. Tripolitana is a historic region of western Libya , centered on the coastal city of Tripoli . Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire , Tripolitania was captured by Italy in 1911 during the Italo-Turkish War .
A 1930 stamp issued at the Tripoli International Fair. From 1924 to 1934 Tripolitania and Cyrenaica also had their own stamps, before being unified in 1934, with Fezzan, as the Italian colony of Libya. Stamps of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were used concurrently with those of Italian Libya.
Libyan passport stamps on a 1998 visa. Libya first issued revenue stamps when it was an Italian colony in 1913 and continues to do so to this day. The provinces of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan as well as the municipality of Tripoli also had separate revenue issues until the 1950s and 1960s.
Stamps of Italy were issued from 1912 overprinted Libia and later Italian colonial issues were issued specifically for Libya. The first definitives were issued in 1921, inscribed Libia Colonie Italiane. [2] [3] From 1924 to 1934 Tripolitania and Cyrenaica also had their own stamps before being unified in 1934, with Fezzan, as the Italian colony ...
Philately is the study of revenue or postage stamps. This includes the design, production, and uses of stamps after they are issued. A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. Postal history is the study of postal systems of the past. It includes the study of rates charged, routes followed, and special handling of letters.
A map showing the location of Cyrenaica. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Cyrenaica, now part of Libya.. Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya and also an ex-province or state ("muhafazah" or "wilayah") of the country (alongside Tripolitania and Fezzan) in the pre-1963 administrative system.
Matraire's stamps were reprinted several times, and those printed after 17 March 1861 are usually considered the first stamps of the Kingdom of Italy. An 1863 stamp of the Kingdom of Italy. Perforated stamps of the fourth standard edition of the Sardinian kingdom with an embossed profile of Victor Emmanuel II were issued in 1862. Starting on 1 ...
A 1-lire airmail stamp, depicting an Arab horseman pointing to an airplane passing overhead. Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were formed in 1911, during the conquest of Ottoman Tripolitania in the Italo-Turkish War. Despite a major revolt by the Arabs, the Ottoman sultan ceded Libya to the Italians by signing the 1912 Treaty of Lausanne.