Stadio dei Marmi - Rome, Italy
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hykesj
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Rome’s Stadio dei Marmi was less than a year old when this stamp, commemorating the Graf Zeppelin’s 1933 flight to Italy, was issued.
Waymark Code: WM18ADZ
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 06/27/2023
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Stadio dei Marmi translates to Stadium of the Marbles: a reference to the sixty larger-than-life marble statues of sports figures that surround it. It was one of four sports venues built in the late 1920s through the early 1930s in an area called Foro Mussolini (now renamed Foro Italico). The sports complex was part of the ruling Fascist party’s commitment to physical education as well as an attempt to bolster Rome’s bid for the 1944 Olympics. Those games, of course, never happened due to World War II.
The stamp was part of a set of six designs issued in conjunction with the 1933 flight of Germany’s Graf Zeppelin to Italy. The Graf Zeppelin had been making commercial trans-Atlantic flights since 1927 and was about to embark on another South American flight upon its return to Germany from Italy. The six stamps paid six different rates for mail carried on the airship. This particular stamp’s 10 lire paid the postcard rate to Brazil.
The Stadio dei Marmi had just opened in October of 1932 and was less than a year old when the stamps were issued. The other five designs feature structures that date from the Roman Empire. Seen behind the Stadio dei Marmi today is Rome’s Stadio Olimpico. It was built at the same time as the Stadio dei Marmi but has been enlarged, redesigned and has had a roof added so that today, it dominates the background of the scene.
Stamp Issuing Country: Italy
Date of Issue: 24-Apr-1933
Denomination: 10 l
Color: carmine & dark blue
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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