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Saseno

April 1923

Italian colony 6

Saseno 1 to 8
  1-8 xxx

perf 14

Description   Scott SG Mi Y&T  
Stamps of Italy 1901-22 overprinted
10 centesimi claret   1 1      
15c slate   2 2      
20c brown orange   3 3      
25c blue   4 4      
30c yellow brown   5 5      
50c violet   6 6      
60c carmine   7 7      
1 lira brown and green   8 8      

An island, 2 square miles in area, in the Adriatic Sea. Italy occupied it in 1914, issued one set of Italian overprints and used Italian stamps thereafter. Occupation continued until 1943 and Italy renounced its claims under the Treaty of Paris, 1947. Possession returned to Albania under the name of Sazan.
Gibbons [1] lists this under Albania, Italian occupation.

Sources: ScS, SGP2.

Image from ebay.

FI ref: 533 Page credit: NB

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