Italy Postage Due, Carmine & Slate

Italy · 1934 · 10 Lira

This postage due stamp features a large numeral '10' indicating the amount to be collected upon delivery, set within an ornate, decorative frame. The design is bicolored, with the central numeral and 'LIRE' inscription printed in carmine and the surrounding frame in slate, a common style for Italian postage due issues of this period.

Issued in 1934, this high-denomination postage due stamp was used to collect significant amounts of unpaid postage on mail, often for parcels or international letters, during a period of economic and political change in Italy under Mussolini's regime.