Lot 307

1938 65th Infantry Division “”Granatieri di Savoia”” from Shanghai to Genova, f.w. Italian stamp x8, tied by scarce and neat “”REGIE POSTE / COMANDO / BATT. GRANATIERI SAVOIA / IN ESTREMO-ORIENTE”” oval h.s. in violet. 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

938年意大利第65步兵師“Granatieri di Davoia”自上海寄熱那亞，貼意大利票8枚，銷稀罕之“REGIE POSTE / COMANDO / BATT. GRANATIERI SAVOIA / IN ESTREMO-ORIENTE”橢圓形戳記。 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。