Catalogue Fiume

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1919 Inscription "PRO FONDAZIONE Dr GROSSICH"

  25 c + 2 L blue

Overprinted 'Valore globale' and surcharged

  25 c on 25 c + 2 L blue

1920 Poet d'Annunzio, inscription "HIC MANEBIMUS OPTIME"

  5 c green and yellow
  10 c red and yellow
  15 c grey and yellow
  20 c orange and yellow
  25 c blue and yellow
  30 c brown and yellow
  45 c olive and yellow
  50 c violet and yellow
  55 c brown and yellow
  1 L black and yellow
  2 L lilac and yellow
  3 L green and yellow
  5 L brown and yellow
  10 L grey and yellow

Overprinted "Governo Provvisorio" (1921)

  5 c green and yellow
  10 c red and yellow
  15 c grey and yellow
  20 c orange and yellow
  25 c blue and yellow
  30 c brown and yellow
  45 c olive and yellow
  50 c violet and yellow
  55 c brown and yellow
  1 L on 30 c brown
  1 L black and yellow
  2 L lilac and yellow
  3 L green and yellow
  5 L brown and yellow
  10 L grey and yellow

I've seen these stamps overprinted with "BOLLO" and further surcharged. They are fiscal stamps.

Deceptive forgeries of these stamps exist. I presume the next stamp is such a forgery, the 'O' of 'POSTALE" is much more elliptic than in the genuine stamps. These forgeries exist with overprint 'Governo Provvisorio'.

1920 Inscription "XII SETTEMBRE MCMXIX", various designs

Forgeries (at least two different sets) exist of the above stamps (including overprints).

1923 New designs, various types

Ship  
  5 c green
  10 c violet
  15 c brown

Gate
  20 c red
  25 c grey
  30 c green

Woman figure
  50 c blue
  60 c red
  1 L blue

Pillar
  2 L brown
  3 L olive
  5 L brown

Overprinted "ANNESSIONE ALL'ITALIA" (1924)

  5 c green
  10 c violet
  15 c brown
  20 c red
  25 c grey
  30 c green
  50 c blue
  60 c red
  1 L blue
  2 L brown
  3 L olive
  5 L brown

Oveprinted 'REGNO D'ITALIA' (1924)

  5 c green
  10 c violet
  15 c brown
  20 c red
  25 c grey
  30 c green
  50 c blue
  60 c red
  1 L blue
  2 L brown
  3 L olive
  5 L brown

Two types of forgeries exist of the ship and gate design (possibly also of the other types). If anybody has more information, please contact me!

3 L forgery, if I'm well informed the 'O' of 'POSTE' is more like an ellipse in this forgery and this is the case for a whole set of forgeries (all values in all designs including forged overprints).

Most likely these forgeries were made by the forger Imperato (see V.E.Tyler, Focus on Forgeries). A forgery of the ship design is described in Tyler's book.

Newspaper stamps

1919 Triangular stamp with eagle

  2 c brown

1920 Triangular stamp with steamship

  1 c green

Express stamps

1920 Inscription "ESPRESSO"

  30 c grey
  50 c red

Overprinted "Governo Provvisorio" (1921)

  30 c grey
  50 c red

Forgeries exist of these stamps (including overprints). The head of the person under the 'E' of 'FIUME' clearly printed in the genuine stamps, it is blur in the forgeries.

1923 New design, view of Fiume, inscription "ESPRESSO"

  60 c red
  2 L blue
  
Overprinted 'ANNESSIONE ALL'ITALIA' (1924)
  60 c red
  2 L blue
 
Overprinted 'REGNO D'ITALIA' (1924)
  60 c red
  2 L blue

Postage due stamps

1919 Eagle, inscription "SEGNATASSE"

  2 c brown 
  5 c brown

1921 Postage stamps, overprinted "Segnatasse" and surcharged

Genuine stamp, front and backside, the backside also has a pattern printed on it together with three lines of 'POSTA DI FIUME'

  0.02 on 15 c
  0.04 on 10 c
  0.05 on 25 c
  0.06 on 20 c
  0.10 on 20 c
  0.20 on 45 c
  0.30 on 1 cor
  0.40 on 80 c
  0.50 on 60 c 
  0.60 on 45 c
  0.80 on 45 c
  1.00 on 2 cor

Fiscal Stamps

Fiscal stamps of Hungary with "1914" overprinted "FIUME" and stars on top. Some 'misprints' exist with the one of the stars on top rotated a bit.

In this "1914" design I have seen:
Crown design: 6 f brown and grey, 10 f green and grey
Horse and rider facing the left: 14 f green and light blue, 24 f orange and grey, 26 f violet and yellow, 30 f blue and yellow
Horse and rider facing the right: 38 f green and red, 64 f violet and yellow
Knight: 1 K 26 f brown and grey, 1 K 75 f violet and red, 1 K 88 f brown and lilac

FIUME, General issues, part 2