Lot 3196

1938 65th Infantry Division “Granatieri di Savoia” from Shanghai to Genova. Italian 15c PSC, uprated by with 7-1/2c x8, tied by scacrce and neat “REGIE POSTE / COMANDO / BATT. GRANATIERI SAVOIA / IN ESTREMO-ORIENTE” oval h.s. in violet. Scarce example of Italian stationery 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。意大利15分郵資片，加貼意大利票7-1/2分x8枚，銷稀罕之“REGIE POSTE / COMANDO / BATT. GRANATIERI SAVOIA / IN ESTREMO-ORIENTE”橢圓形戳記。意大利郵資片於中國實寄較少見。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。