Italian East Africa
7th February 1938
perf 14, crown wmk,
Printed at the Govt. Printing Works, Rome.
|2 centesimi orange-vermilion||1||1||1|
|50c bright violet||3||10||10|
|1 lira grey-olive||6||12||12|
|1l 25c blue||3||13||13|
|1l 75c orange||4||14||14|
|2l 55c sepia||6||16||16|
|3l 70c bright violet||1||17||17|
On 1st June 1936, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland were combined to form Italian East Africa. Italian troops surrendered to British and British African forces on 20th May 1941. Ethiopia regained its independence; Eritrea was federated with Ethiopia in 1952 and gained its independence in 1993; Italian Somalia joined with British Somalia in 1960 and became an independent republic.