項次 3197

1938 65th Infantry Division “Granatieri di Savoia” from Shanghai to Genova, f.w. 2000th Anniv of the Birth of Augustus 75c + Famous Artists 20c + Italian Etiopia Emmanuel III 50c + Italian Eritrea 5lr, tied by scarce and neat “REGIE POSTE / COMANDO / BATT. GRANATIERI SAVOIA / IN ESTREMO-ORIENTE” oval h.s. in violet. Very scarce franking of Etiopia and Eritrea stamps used in China. During the Second Sino-Japanese War Italy dispatched the I Grenadier Battalion of the 10th Regiment to China on 23 August 1937 to help guard the Shanghai International Settlement during the Battle of Shanghai. The battalion returned to Addis Ababa on 28 December 1938.

1938年意大利第65步兵師“Granatieri di Savoia”自上海寄熱那亞，貼奧古斯都誕辰二千週年75分 + 著名藝術家20分 + 埃塞俄比亞伊曼紐三世50分 + 厄利垂亞5里拉，銷稀罕之“REGIE POSTE / COMANDO / BATT. GRANATIERI SAVOIA / IN ESTREMO-ORIENTE”橢圓形戳記。極少見之埃塞俄比亞及厄利垂亞票於中國貼用例子。 淞滬會戰期間，意大利於1937年8月23日派出一個營保護上海意租界，後來於1938年12月28日返回埃塞俄比亞。