The exhibit's goal is to
reconstruct, through postal documents, lesser-known aspects of
the history of Italy's eastern territories. With this objective
in mind, the "Postal History of Friuli, Venezia Giulia, and
Dalmatia" exhibition opened today at the Postal and Telegraphic
Museum of Mitteleuropa in Trieste.
According to Poste Italiane, the exhibition has become a
periodic event where members of the Postal History Association
of Friuli and Venezia Giulia display selected pieces from their
collections. The association, founded in 2002, aims to unite and
deepen knowledge of the postal history of the Friuli Venezia
Giulia region. Its members include collectors and scholars from
Germany and Slovenia.
On display are overprinted stamps from 1947 that narrate the
transition from the Allied occupation of Venezia Giulia
(1945-47) to the establishment of the Free Territory of Trieste
(1947-54). Also featured are commercial correspondence from
Zadar between 1918 and 1943, the last Austrian postal issues
used in the Gorizia area until the end of World War I, and the
subsequent annexation of Venezia Giulia to Italy.
Additionally, there are stamps and postal documents from the
B zone of Venezia Giulia, which was under Yugoslav occupation at
the end of World War II.
"The aim is to promote philately and postal history, seeking
to engage a curious audience eager to learn more about the
origins of the vast world of communications, in which the postal
service plays a leading role," explained Poste Italiane.
The exhibition is open to the public until January 18, from
Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 1 PM.
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