Italy, Scott #383, (Sassone #422), used (o), 1937, Commemorating the Bimillennium of the Birth of Caesar Augustus (earlier Octavianus), stamp shows a sculpture of the downward glazing Augustus Caesar (popular among collectors as the ‘Worried Caesar’), stamp inscription translates as: ‘By my command and under my auspices, war was executed in Ethiopia’, (perhaps a historical reference and justification for Italy’s war of aggression fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937 - the Second Italo-Abyssinian War), stamp was issued on the occasion of an Exhibit opened by Il Duce Benito Mussolini in Rome, 75 centesimi, photogravure printed, perforated: 14, watermarked: crown (Scott watermark #140)(Sassone filagrana corona), scarlet, Scott 2019 catalog value: $4.75, slightly off-centered, very light, black-inked, double-rimmed, nearly a classic full circular, half counter-clockwise turned, socked-on-the-nose cancellation with nearly complete mailing details over the lower half of the stamp, the lightness of the cancel leaves the main image largely clear, sound back, penciled inverted Scott identification marks on the back, good perforations; image clear cancel with mailing details warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch' offering. The stamp you see will be the stamp you receive.
Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.55 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.68 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, bu
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