us-005578-irn517451-irn45775
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title: Postage stamp, 25 centimes, issued by Italy to honor the German-Italian wartime alliance
date: 1941 January 10-1941 April 02
identifier: irn45775
type: RecordSet
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Rectangular paper stamp with perforated edges. Front has graphic design in green ink. The central image features realistic portraits of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, bareheaded, facing each other: Hitler is in right profile; Mussolini is in left. Swords, one facing up, the other down, separate their faces. The right border has a fasces and sword. The left border has a swastika and Reichsadler [Reich eagle] atop a column. In the background space between their 2 profiles are 2 soldiers, facing forward and holding rifles; the one behind Hitler wears a German uniform, the one behind Mussolini, an Italian uniform. Italian text is at the top and bottom near center; the denomination 25 is in the lower right center. Reverse is covered with aged yellowed adhesive. Stamp is not canceled.
record resource extent: overall: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm) | Width: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm)
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archival history: The postage stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Terry Friedman.
scope and content: Postage stamp issued by the Fascist government of Italy to celebrate the alliance between Germany and Italy. It depicts Hitler and Mussolini, facing each other in profile, with a German and an Italian soldier in the background. It features the slogan: DUE POPOLI / UNA GUERRA [TWO PEOPLES / ONE WAR].
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