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Italian lira (Vatican City usage only)


Name: Italian lira
Defn: 100c=1l
Symbol: ₤
Code: ITL
Desc:
Units of money:
centesimo (pl: centesimi) c 1
lira (pl: lire) l 100

Users of this currency: Italian occupation of Austria (28 stamps, 1918), Castellorizo (36 stamps, 1922-1932), Corfu (8 stamps, 1923), Cyrenaica (139 stamps, 1923-1934), Dalmatia (1 stamp, 1922), Italian occupation of Ethiopia (7 stamps, 1936), Fiume (124 stamps, 1919-1924), German occupation of the Ionian Islands (2 stamps, 1943), Italian occupation of the Ionian Islands (13 stamps, 1941), Italian Colonies (87 stamps, 1932-1934), Italy (2813 stamps, 1862-2001), Italian Social Republic (48 stamps, 1944), Aegean Islands (118 stamps, 1912-1940), Calchi (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Calino (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Caso (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Coo (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Lero (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Lisso (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Nisiro (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Patmo (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Piscopi (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Rhodes (138 stamps, 1912-1945), Scarpanto (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Simi (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Stampalia (26 stamps, 1912-1932), Italy, AMG (12 stamps, 1943), Austrian occupation of Italy (37 stamps, 1918), Italian offices abroad (17 stamps, 1874-1881), Italian offices in Tripoli (14 stamps, 1909-1915), Italian offices in Peking (11 stamps, 1917), Italian offices in Tientsin (11 stamps, 1917), Italian offices in Crete (17 stamps, 1906-1912), Durazzo (1 stamp, 1916), Scutari (1 stamp, 1916), Valona (1 stamp, 1916), Trieste (302 stamps, 1947-1954), Venezia Giulia (31 stamps, 1945-1947), Libya (252 stamps, 1912-1942), German occupation of Montenegro (14 stamps, 1943), Italian occupation of Montenegro (26 stamps, 1941-1943), Saseno (8 stamps, 1923), Tripolitania (154 stamps, 1923-1934), Vatican City (1407 stamps, 1929-2001), German occupation of Ljubljana (35 stamps, 1944-1945), Istria & Slovene Coast (46 stamps, 1945-1947), Trieste Zone B (12 stamps, 1948-1949) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Vatican City in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
5c 13   8/1/1929 dkbrn&pnk issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) ... 2/20/1946 yelbrn&brn issue=Council of Trent 400th d=Cathedral of St Vigilio Trent
10c 8   8/1/1929 dkgrn<grn issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) ... 2/20/1939 dkgrn<grn issue=interregnum 1939 d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=SEDE VACANTE//MCMXXXIX oc=blk on=1929-10c
12 1/2c 1   5/31/1933 dkgrn&blk issue=1933 d=Vatican palace
20c 8   8/1/1929 vio&lil issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) ... 1/9/1946 sl issue=1946 provisional oc=blk on=issue=1945-5c-sl
25c 16   8/1/1929 dkbl<bl issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) ... 2/20/1946 vio&brn issue=Council of Trent 400th d=Saint Angela Merici
25c+10c 1   4/1/1933 grn issue=Holy Year 1933 d=cross & orb in oval
30 1   10/13/1967 issue=Fatima Apparitions
= 30c 5   8/1/1929 blk&yel issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) ... 3/5/1945 dkbrn issue=1945
40c 2   1931 blk&yel issue=1931 due d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=SEGNATASSE//40 oc=blk on=8/1/1929-30c, 6/16/1934 carrose issue=1934 surcharges d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=≡ 40 ≡ oc=blk on=1929-80c
50 1   10/13/1967 issue=Fatima Apparitions
= 50c 8   8/1/1929 ind&salbuff issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) ... 2/20/1946 dporg&dkbrn issue=Council of Trent 400th d=St Anthony MZaccaria
60c 1   1931 olbrn issue=1931 due d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=CENT. 60//SEGNATASSE oc=blk on=8/1/1929-2l-olbrn
75c 10   8/1/1929 carlake&gray issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) ... 2/20/1946 blk&brn issue=Council of Trent 400th d=St Ignatius of Loyola
75c+15c 1   4/1/1933 scar issue=Holy Year 1933 d=cross & orb in oval
80c 14   8/1/1929 carrose issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ... 8/16/1945 blk&rose issue=1945 due d=Greyish Paper
80c+20c 1   4/1/1933 redbrn issue=Holy Year 1933 d=cross & orb with scroll
1l 11   5/31/1933 vio&blk issue=1933 d=Pope Pius XI (1933) ... 3/7/1949 dkbrn dt=basilicas
1.10l 1   1931 redorg issue=1931 due d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=LIRE 1.10//SEGNATASSE oc=blk on=8/1/1929-2.50l-redorg
1.25l 12   8/1/1929 dpbl issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ... 11/20/1944 grayvio&bl issue=Academy of Virtuosi 400th d=Charles Maratti
1.25l+25c 1   4/1/1933 ultra issue=Holy Year 1933 d=cross & orb with scroll
1.30l 1   6/16/1934 dpbl issue=1934 surcharges d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=≡ 1.30 ≡ oc=blk on=1929-1.25l
1.50l 3   3/5/1945 car&blk issue=1945 ... 2/20/1946 redorg&brn issue=Council of Trent 400th d=St John Fisher
200 1   10/13/1967 issue=Fatima Apparitions
= 2l 11   8/1/1929 olbrn issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ... 2/20/1946 grn&brn issue=Council of Trent 400th d=Cardinal Madrussi
2.05l 1   6/16/1934 olbrn issue=1934 surcharges d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=≡ 3,05 ≡ oc=blk on=1929-2l-olbrn
2.50l 7   8/1/1929 redorg issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ... 2/20/1946 bl&brn issue=Council of Trent 400th d=Cardinal RPole
2.55l 1   6/16/1934 redorg issue=1934 surcharges d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=≡ 2.55 ≡ oc=blk on=1929-2.50l-redorg
2.75l 2   5/31/1933 dkpur&blk issue=1933 d=Pope Pius XI (1933), 3/12/1940 pur&blk issue=1940 d=Pius XII facing left
3l 6   9/12/1945 car d=POW MCMXLIV ... 5/26/1954 vio issue=Marian year
3.05l 1   6/16/1934 dkgrn issue=1934 surcharges d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=≡ 3.0 ≡ oc=blk on=1929-5l
3.50l 1   3/2/1945 car&bl
3.70l 1   6/16/1934 olblk issue=1934 surcharges d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=≡ 3.70 ≡ oc=blk on=1929-10l
4l 6   2/20/1946 yel&brn issue=Council of Trent 400th d=Cardinal GM del Monte ... 3/21/1957 issue=St Domenico Savio death 100th
5l 28   8/1/1929 dkgrn issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ... 3/8/1966 blkbrn&graybrn dt=reliefs of artisans
6l 8   1/9/1946 car&bl d=++on=3.50l-111 ... 3/21/1957 issue=St Domenico Savio death 100th
8l 2   3/7/1949 grn dt=basilicas, 12/21/1949 bl&grn issue=Holy Year d=Boniface VIII announces the first Holy Year
10l 41   8/1/1929 olblk issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ... 5/28/1968 blk issue=1968 due
12l 5   1/9/1946 bl&grn d=++on=5l-112 ... 5/26/1954 blgrn issue=Marian year
13l 1   3/7/1949 grn dt=basilicas
15l 37   11/10/1947 vio issue=1947 air ... 4/23/1974 issue=Bible - Book of Books
16l 1   3/7/1949 olgray dt=basilicas
20l 30   5/31/1933 grayblk&grn issue=1933 d=St Peter's Basilica ... 5/22/1975 yelbrn&blk issue=European Architectural Heritage Year d=Fountain of St Peters Square
25l 44   11/10/1947 grn issue=1947 air ... 4/23/1974 issue=Bible - Book of Books
30l 18   1/9/1946 grn&blk issue=1946 provisional oc=blk on=issue=1945-20l ... 9/30/1976 dt=paintings by Rafael
35l 28   3/7/1949 redpur dt=basilicas ... 11/8/1960 dt=corporal works of mercy
40l 32   3/7/1949 bl dt=basilicas d=Santa Maria Maggiore ... 9/30/1976 dt=paintings by Rafael
45l 1   4/23/1953 ol&blk dt=popes & views
50l 50   11/10/1947 gray issue=1947 air ... 3/20/1997 dt=Popemobiles
55l 14   9/12/1950 redbrn issue=Palatine Guard 100th d=Parade of the Palatine Guard ... 5/23/1973 yel&blk issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Theresa of Jesus
60l 31   12/21/1949 dkbrn&red issue=Holy Year d=Pius XII opened the Holy Door ... 5/28/1968 blk issue=1968 due
65l 1   4/23/1953 car&blk dt=popes & views
70l 20   4/30/1954 blk&redbrn issue=1954 due ... 10/11/1979 issue=50th Anniversary of the Vatican State
75l 5   11/8/1960 red&sep issue=1960 espresso ... 2/27/1973 issue=40th Eucharistic Congress
80l 4   3/7/1949 brn issue=1949 espresso ... 6/22/1981 issue=42th International Congress
85l 1   4/23/1953 org&brn issue=1953 espresso
90l 22   12/4/1962 issue=Christmas 1962 ... 5/22/1975 yel&blk issue=European Architectural Heritage Year d=Belvedere Courtyard
100l 53   11/10/1947 orgred issue=1947 air ... 3/20/1997 dt=Popemobiles
110l 2   2/29/1960 car issue=St Antoninus death 500th, 3/16/1970 issue=EXPO 70 d=Mount Fuji (1970 Vatican City)
115l 5   6/3/1951 issue=Pius X beatification ... 10/16/1963 brn issue=Coronation of Pope Paul VI
120l 9   11/23/1976 ltgrn&dkgrn dt=views of Rome ... 12/3/1981 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II
130l 14   3/8/1966 blk&grayblk dt=reliefs of artisans ... 5/9/1978 issue=100th Anniversary of the Death of Pope Pius IX
135l 1   11/16/1964 issue=Christmas 1964
150l 26   10/6/1961 issue=St Patrick death 1500th ... 4/9/1991 issue=Restoration of the Sistine Chapel
160l 3   5/8/1963 dkpur issue=Presentation of the Balzan Price of Peace to Pope John XXIII ... 3/16/1965 vio issue=Martyrs of Uganda
170l 7   3/10/1977 issue=750th Anniversary of the Death of Francis of Assisi ... 10/16/1980 issue=Bernini death 300th
180l 15   3/8/1966 issue=1966 espresso ... 6/25/1979 issue=100th Anniversary of the Death of Angelo Secchi
200l 46   10/27/1959 graybrn issue=1959 air dt=obelisks ... 9/25/2001 issue=Remission of Debts of Poor Countries
220l 12   5/3/1966 dkbrn issue=1000th Anniversary of Christianity in Poland d=Paul VI in Poland ... 3/21/1980 issue=St Benedict 1500th
225l 1   11/24/1966 brn issue=Christmas 1966
250l 22   12/28/1948 grayblk issue=1948 air ... 11/20/1996 issue=Pope John Paul II 1996
300l 41   12/3/1949 ultra issue=UPU 75th ... 2/4/2000 dt=popes of the Holy Years 1300-2000 d=Benedict XIV
350l 19   5/20/1977 blk issue=600th Anniversary of the return of Pope Gregory XI to Rome ... 3/15/1996 issue=700th Anniversary of the Return of Marco Polo from China
400l 33   7/2/1976 issue=41st International Eucharistic Congress ... 9/25/2001 issue=Remission of Debts of Poor Countries
450l 15   10/11/1979 issue=50th Anniversary of the Vatican State ... 5/19/1998 issue=Frescoes of Angels by Melozzo da Forli, 1438-1494
500l 50   12/28/1948 bl issue=1948 air ... 9/25/2001 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001
520l 1   6/25/1979 issue=1600th Anniversary of the Death of Saint Basilio
550l 19   2/28/1984 issue=500th Anniversary of the Death of the Holy Kasimir ... 10/12/1996 issue=Holy Year 1996
600l 25   2/12/1981 issue=50th Anniversary of Radio Vatican ... 2/4/2000 dt=popes of the Holy Years 1300-2000 d=Pius IX
650l 12   4/14/1986 issue=International Year of Peace ... 5/19/1998 issue=Frescoes of Angels by Melozzo da Forli, 1438-1494
700l 23   12/3/1981 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II ... 2/4/2000 dt=popes of the Holy Years 1300-2000 d=Leo XIII
750l 24   6/6/1988 issue=Year of Mary 1988 ... 4/23/1997 issue=A Look Back at the Classics
800l 34   11/9/1989 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 1989 ... 11/22/2001 issue=Christmas 2001
850l 25   12/12/1988 issue=Christmas 1988 b ... 4/23/1997 grayvio issue=1000th Anniversary of the Death of St. Adalbert d=Adalbert of Prague
900l 16   12/3/1981 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II ... 11/24/1999 issue=Christmas 1999
1000l 68   12/3/1949 grn issue=UPU 75th ... 9/1/2000 issue=Travels of Pope John Paul II 2000
1200l 24   6/14/1983 grn&graygrn issue=500th Anniversary of Raphael ... 11/22/2001 issue=80th Anniversary of Giuseppe Toniolo Institute
1250l 15   10/3/1995 issue=50th Anniversary of the United Nations ... 5/27/1997 issue=46th International Eucharistic Congress d=Wroclaw Cathedral & Holy Spirit
1300l 9   9/15/1997 issue=Holy Year 1997 ... 10/12/1999 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 1999
1350l 1   11/9/1989 issue=200th Anniversary of The Church Hierarchy in the United States
1500l 36   3/13/1962 bl issue=1962 air ... 11/22/2001 issue=Christmas 2001
1700l 1   5/7/1985 issue=1100th Anniversary of the Death of the Holy Methodius
2000l 46   7/11/1978 issue=Telecommunication ... 11/22/2001 dt=Etruscan Museum Gold Objects
2200l 1   4/7/1987 issue=1600th Anniversary of the Conversion and the Christianing of Sct. Augustus
2300l 1   6/15/1985 issue=43rd International Eucharistic Congress
2400l 4   6/2/1987 issue=800th Anniversary of the Introduction of Evangelism in Latvia ... 11/9/1989 issue=200th Anniversary of The Church Hierarchy in the United States
2500l 19   2/21/1974 ... 5/19/1998 issue=Exposition of the Shroud of Turin
2800l 1   4/5/1990 issue=St Angela Merici death 450th
3000l 23   7/11/1978 issue=Telecommunication ... 9/25/2001 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001
3500l 3   9/29/1987 issue=Opening of The Stamp and Coin Museum of the Vatican State ... 11/11/1991 issue=Journey of Pope John Paul II 1991
3600l 2   9/15/1997 issue=Holy Year 1997, 5/25/1999 issue=Kosovo War Victims d=refugees
4000l 9   10/2/1984 issue=World Journey of Pope John Paul II ... 2/15/2001 issue=Sistine Chapel Restoration
5000l 8   11/10/1983 issue=World Communications Year d=Preaching of St Paul ... 9/25/2001 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001
6000l 1   11/22/1992 issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 1992

Used by 1407 stamps of Vatican City: (See all uses as list)
8/1/1929 5c dkbrn&pnk issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 10c dkgrn<grn issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 20c vio&lil issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 25c dkbl<bl issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 30c blk&yel issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 50c ind&salbuff issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 75c carlake&gray issue=1929 d=papal arms (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 80c carrose issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 1.25l dpbl issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 2l olbrn issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 2.50l redorg issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 5l dkgrn issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) perf=14
8/1/1929 10l olblk issue=1929 d=Pope Pius XI (1929) perf=14
special delivery 8/1/1929 2l carrose issue=1929 espresso dt=Horizontal format d=Pope Pius XI (1929 espresso) perf=14
special delivery 8/1/1929 2.50l dkbl issue=1929 espresso dt=Horizontal format d=Pope Pius XI (1929 espresso) perf=14
postage due 1931 5c issue=1931 due ovpt=SEGNATASSE oc=blk on=issue=1929-1/1/1929-5c
postage due 1931 10c dkgrn<grn issue=1931 due d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=SEGNATASSE oc=blk on=8/1/1929-10c perf=14
postage due 1931 20c vio&lil issue=1931 due d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=SEGNATASSE oc=blk on=8/1/1929-20c perf=14
postage due 1931 40c blk&yel issue=1931 due d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=SEGNATASSE//40 oc=blk on=8/1/1929-30c perf=14
postage due 1931 60c olbrn issue=1931 due d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=CENT. 60//SEGNATASSE oc=blk on=8/1/1929-2l-olbrn perf=14
postage due 1931 1.10l redorg issue=1931 due d=Pope Pius XI (1929) ovpt=LIRE 1.10//SEGNATASSE oc=blk on=8/1/1929-2.50l-redorg perf=14
parcel post 1931 5c dkbrn&pnk issue=1931 parcel a d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=PER PACCHI oc=blk on=8/1/1929-5c perf=14
parcel post 1931 10c dkgrn<grn issue=1931 parcel a d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=PER PACCHI oc=blk on=8/1/1929-10c perf=14
parcel post 1931 20c vio&lil issue=1931 parcel a d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=PER PACCHI oc=blk on=8/1/1929-20c perf=14
parcel post 1931 25c dkbl<bl issue=1931 parcel a d=papal arms (1929) ovpt=PER PACCHI oc=blk on=8/1/1929-25c perf=14
... skipping 1357 ...
5/22/2001 800l issue=100th Anniversary of the Death of Giuseppe Verdi perf=13.25x14.25
5/22/2001 1500l issue=100th Anniversary of the Death of Giuseppe Verdi perf=13.25x14.25
5/22/2001 2000l issue=100th Anniversary of the Death of Giuseppe Verdi perf=13.25x14.25
5/22/2001 800l issue=Europa 2001 perf=13.5x13.25
5/22/2001 1200l issue=Europa 2001 perf=13.5x13.25
5/22/2001 1500l issue=International Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations
9/25/2001 500l issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001 perf=13.25
9/25/2001 800l issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001 perf=13.25
9/25/2001 1200l issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001 perf=13.25
9/25/2001 1500l issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001 perf=13.25
9/25/2001 5000l issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001 perf=13.25
9/25/2001 3000l issue=Journeys of Pope John Paul II 2001
9/25/2001 200l issue=Remission of Debts of Poor Countries perf=13.25
9/25/2001 400l issue=Remission of Debts of Poor Countries perf=13.25
9/25/2001 1200l issue=Remission of Debts of Poor Countries perf=13.25
9/25/2001 1200l issue=Remission of Debts of Poor Countries perf=13.25
9/25/2001 1500l issue=Remission of Debts of Poor Countries perf=13.25
11/22/2001 800l dt=Etruscan Museum Gold Objects perf=13.25
11/22/2001 1200l dt=Etruscan Museum Gold Objects perf=13.25
11/22/2001 1500l dt=Etruscan Museum Gold Objects perf=13.25
11/22/2001 2000l dt=Etruscan Museum Gold Objects perf=13.25
11/22/2001 800l issue=Christmas 2001 perf=13x13.5
11/22/2001 1200l issue=Christmas 2001 perf=13x13.5
11/22/2001 1500l issue=Christmas 2001 perf=13x13.5
11/22/2001 1200l issue=80th Anniversary of Giuseppe Toniolo Institute perf=12.5

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