Italy 1933 University Games

• Edition : "Poste del Regno d'Italia"; commemorative stamps of the issue "International University Games, 1933 in Turin"; 1933 = the year XI of the Fascist calendar; issue of 4 stamps
• Catalogue Number: Michel: No. 448-451; Yvert et Tellier: No. 321-324; Scott: No. 306-309
• Issue Date : 16 August 1933
• Color : brown - red - violet - blue
• Watermark : Italy No. 1 (crown)
• Nominal Value : 10 Cent. (Centesimi)- 20 Cent. (Centesimi) - 50 Cent. (Centesimi) - 1.25 Lire
• Postage Validity : to 31-12-1933
• Designed by : A. Pesci
• Printed by : "IPS Officina Carte Valori", Rome ("IPS" = "Istituto Poligrafico di Stato")
• Print Process : rotogravure (photogravure)
• Perforations : block perforation, B 14
• Stamp Size : (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 20.5 x 37.0 mm
• Print Run :

- 10 C.: 10,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps

- 20 C..: 15,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps

- 50 C..: 15,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps

- 1.25 L.: 2,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps

Commemorative stamp of the issue International University Games, 1933 in Turin"

Michel No. 448, 10 C., mint	Michel No. 448, 10 C., postmarked
Michel No. 449, 20 C., mint	Michel No. 449, 20 C., postmarked
Michel No. 450, 50 C., mint	Michel No. 450, 50 C., postmarked
Michel No. 451, 1.25 L., mint	Michel No. 451, 1.25 L., postmarked

The stamp motive shows each a Mussolini-obelisk behind a man-statue.
10 C.: The depicted stamp was postmarked in Bolzano (German: "Bozen", South Tyrol) on 11-10-1933.
1.25 L.: The depicted stamp was postmarked in Lanusei (Sardinia, Prov.Nuoro) in 09-1933.