Revenue stamps of Eritrea
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Eritrea first issued revenue stamps under the Italian Eritrea administration. It continued to issue revenues under British and Ethiopian occupation, as well as when it became an independent state. The
The Asmara City Hall which appeared on the city's last revenue stamps of 1960.
Italian Empire
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The Italian colonial empire, sometimes known as the Italian Empire, was a colonial empire that existed between 1882 and 1960. It comprised the colonies, protectorates, concessions and dependencies of
Francesco Crispi promoted Italian colonialism in Africa in the late 1800s.
Italian settlement at Assab, 1880
Italian soldiers and Eritrean askaris defeating Mahdists at Agordat during the Mahdist War, 1893
Italian possessions and spheres of influence in the Horn of Africa in 1896