COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS 1970S

This sub-page of franking index is listing all the commemorative stamps issued in Italy between 1970 and 1979. Each link brings to a specific page with a description of the stamp and some examples of object franked with the stamp.

This page continues the list started in the sub-page dedicated to commemorative stamps issued in 1940s,  from 1946 to 1949, in the 1950s and in the 1960s.


Commemorative stamps issued in 1970:
– 50 liras e 90 liras alpine skiing championship,
– 20 liras e 50 liras Raffaello Sanzio,
– 50 liras e 90 liras 50th anniversary of first Rome-Tokio flight,
– 50 liras e 90 liras Europe 1970,
– 50 liras Erasmo da Narni,
– 20 liras e 180 liras Olympic Games for universities in Turin,
– 50 liras Maria Montessori,
– 50 liras 100th anniversary of the union of Rome to the Kingdom of Italy,
– 50 liras Jacopo Tatti “il Sansovino”,
– 20 liras e 50 liras Garibaldi in Dijon,
– 25 liras e 90 liras 30th anniversary of the United Nations,
– 25 liras e 90 liras Rotary Club,
– 25 liras e 90 liras completion of the automatic telephone network,
– 20 liras e 25 liras nature preservation,
– 25 liras 1970 Stamp Day,
– 25 liras Christmas 1970,
– 25 liras Saverio Mercadante.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1971:
– 50 liras Benvenuto Cellini,
– 50 liras Bramante church of San Pietro in Montorio,
– 50 liras e 90 liras European Coal and Steel Community,
– 50 liras e 90 liras Europe,
– 50 liras e 90 liras 25th anniversary of the Italian Republic,
– 25 liras e 90 liras canoe world championship,
– 20 liras e 50 liras Youth Games,
– 50 liras, 90 liras e 150 liras Alitalia,
– 50 liras Grazia Deledda,
– 25 liras e 50 liras Postal Savings,
– 25 liras e 90 liras UNICEF,
– 25 liras stamp day 1971,
– 25 liras e 90 liras Christmas 1971.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1972:
– 25 liras e 50 liras Giovanni Verga,
– 25 liras, 90 liras e 150 liras Giuseppe Mazzini,
– 25 liras, 50 liras e 90 liras Milan Fair,
– 50 liras e 90 liras Europe,
– 25 liras, 50 liras e 90 liras Corpo degli Alpini, Italian Army Mountain Infantry
– 25 liras, 50 liras e 180 liras Alpinisti Tridentini, Alpine Club of Trento
– 50 liras e 90 liras Inter-Parliamentary Union,
– 50 liras Saint Pier Damiani,
– 50 liras Antonio Canova,
– 50 liras, 90 liras e 180 liras printed editions of the Divina Commedia,
– 20 liras, 25 liras e 150 liras Christmas 1972,
– 25 liras stamp day 1972,
– 50 liras Leon Battista Alberti,
– 50 liras e 90 liras Don Lorenzo Perosi,
– 50 liras e 90 liras Don Luigi Orione.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1973:
– 50 liras Hydro-graphic Institute of the Italian Navy,
– 25 liras Luigi Vanvitelli,
– 20 liras, 25 liras, 50 liras, 90 liras e 300 liras Let’s save Venice,
– 50 liras Agricolture Fair of Verona,
– 25 liras Salvator Rosa,
– 20 liras, 25 liras, 50 liras, 90 liras e 180 liras Italian Air Force,
– 25 liras e 90 liras Italian Football Federation,
– 25 liras Alessandro Manzoni,
– 90 liras Andrea Palladio,
– 50 liras Provveditorato Generale dello Stato (Italian institution),
– 50 liras e 90 liras Europe,
– 25 liras e 90 liras Intercontinental baseball cup,
– 25 liras Viareggio carnival,
– 50 liras Don Giovanni Minzoni,
– 50 liras Gaetano Salvemini,
– 90 liras Jacopo Barozzi, il Vignola,
– 25 liras Michelangelo Merisi, il Caravaggio,
– 50 liras Leaning Tower of Pisa,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Sandro Filipepi, il Botticelli,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Giovanni Battista Piranesi,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Giambattista Tiepolo,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Paolo Caliari, il Veronese,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Andrea Di Cione, il Verrocchio,
– Italian fountains: 25 liras Fontana dell’Immacolatella in Naples,
– Italian fountains: 25 liras Fontana Pretoria in Palermo,
– Italian fountains: 25 liras Fontana di Trevi in Rome,
– 20 liras, 25 liras e 150 liras Christmas 1973,
– 50 liras Rotary Club,
– 25 liras stamp day 1973,
– 50 liras Italian Gold Medal of Military Valor,
– 50 liras Enrico Caruso.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1974:
– 20 liras e 50 liras Norman art in Sicily,
– 50 liras Luigi Einaudi,
– 50 liras e 90 liras Guglielmo Marconi,
– 50 liras e 90 liras Europe,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Francesco Borromini,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Rosalba Carriera,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Giovanni Bellini, il Giambellino,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Andrea Mantegna,
– Italian artists: 50 liras Raffaello Sanzio,
– 40 liras, 50 liras, 90 liras e 180 liras Italian Force Guardia di Finanza,
– 40 liras e 50 liras Italian Army marksmen troop “Bersaglieri”,
– 40 liras e 50 liras Athletics European Championship,
– 40 liras e 50 liras Francesco Petrarca,
– Italian vacation spots: 40 liras Portofino,
– Italian vacation spots: 40 liras Gradara,
– 50 liras Niccolò Tommaseo,
– 40 liras Giacomo Puccini,
– 50 liras Ludovico Ariosto,
– 50 liras Marcus Terentius Varro,
– 50 liras Grape vine and wine congress,
– 50 liras e 90 liras Universal Postal Union,
– 50 liras Tommaso d’Aquino,
– 50 liras Italian Bar Association “Ordine Forense”,
– Italian fountains: 40 liras Fontana Maggiore in Perugia,
– Italian fountains: 40 liras Fontana del Nettuno in Bologna,
– Italian fountains: 40 liras Fontana dell’Oceano in Florence,
– 40 liras Christmas 1974,
– 40 liras, 50 liras e 90 liras stamp day 1974,
– arte italiana: 90 liras Giorgio Vasari,
– arte italiana: 90 liras Jacopo della Quercia.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1975:
– 40 liras, 50 liras, 90 liras, 150 liras e 180 liras Catholic Church Jubilee,
– 40 liras, 50 liras e 90 liras Michelangelo Buonarroti,
– 70 liras, 100 liras e 150 liras 30th Anniversary of the Italian Resistance,
– 100 liras e 150 liras Europe,
– 70 liras International Year of the Woman,
– 70 liras San Marco space project,
– Italian vacation spots: 150 liras Cefalù,
– Italian vacation spots: 150 liras Isola Bella,
– Italian vacation spots: 150 liras Montecatini Terme,
– Italian art: 90 liras Guido Reni,
– Italian art: 90 liras Armando Spadini,
– 100 liras Pier Luigi da Palestrina,
– 70 liras Italian emigration,
– 100 liras 100th anniversary of the unified Italian law for Notaries,
– 70 liras Railways congress,
– 100 liras Salvo d’Acquisto,
– 100 liras State Archives,
– Italian fountains: 70 liras fountain of Piazza Fontana in Milano,
– Italian fountains: 70 liras fontana del Rosello in Sassari,
– Italian fountains: 70 liras fontana delle 99 cannelle in Aquila,
– Italian artists: 100 liras Franco Alfano,
– Italian artists: 100 liras Ferruccio Busoni,
– Italian artists: 100 liras Francesco Cilea,
– Italian artists: 100 liras Alessandro Scarlatti,
– Italian artists: 100 liras Gaspare Spontini,
– Italian artists: 100 liras Antonio Vivaldi,
– 70 liras, 100 liras e 150 liras Christmas 1975,
– 70 liras, 100 liras e 150 liras stamp day 1975,
– 100 liras e 150 liras Giovanni Boccaccio.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1976:
– 150 liras Avvocatura dello Stato,
– 150 liras e 180 liras first emission for the “Italia ’76” philatelic exhibition,
– Italian vacation spots: 150 liras Castle of Fenis,
– Italian vacation spots: 150 liras Forio Ischia,
– Italian vacation spots: 150 liras Valle d’Itria,
– 150 liras e 180 liras Europe,
– 100 liras e 150 liras Thirtieth Anniversary of the Italian Republic
– Italian art: 150 liras Umberto Boccioni,
– Italian art: 150 liras Filippo Tommaso Marinetti,
– Italian art: 150 liras Giacomo Serpotta,
– diptych Vittore Carpaccio: 150 liras left stamp, 150 liras right stamp,
– 150 liras Tiziano Vecellio,
– 150 liras San Francesco d’Assisi,
– 70 liras, 100 liras, 150 liras, 200 liras e 400 liras second emission for the “Italia ’76” philatelic exhibition,
– 40 liras, 100 liras, 150 liras stamp day 1976,
– Italian artists: 170 liras Carlo Dolci,
– Italian artists: 170 liras Lorenzo Ghiberti,
– Italian artists: 170 liras Domenico Bigordi “il Ghirlandaio”,
– Italian artists: 170 liras Giovanni Battista Piazzetta,
– Italian artists: 170 liras Giovanni Battista Salvi “il Sassoferrato”,
– 170 liras Silvestro Lega,
– 70 liras e 120 liras Christmas 1976,
– Italian fountains: 170 liras Fontana Antica in Gallipoli,
– Italian fountains: 170 liras Fontana di Madonna Verona in Verona,
– Italian fountains: 170 liras Fontana of Palazzo Doria in Genoa.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1977:
– 120 liras e 170 liras campaign against drugs,
– 170 liras Pietro Micca,
– 70 liras e 120 liras Salesians of Don Bosco missionaries,
– 120 liras e 170 liras 1977 faithful tax declarations,
– 170 liras e 200 liras Europe,
– Italian vacation spots: 170 liras Canossa,
– Italian vacation spots: 170 liras Fermo,
– Italian vacation spots: 170 liras Grotte di Castellana,
– Italian artists: 70 liras Pietro Aretino,
– Italian artists: 70 liras Edoardo Bassini,
– Italian artists: 70 liras Filippo Brunelleschi,
– Italian artists: 70 liras Luigi Cherubini,
– Italian artists: 70 liras Carlo Goldoni,
– Italian art: 170 liras Giuseppe Arcimboldi,
– Italian art: 170 liras Andrea Delitio,
– block of 4 x 170 liras Italian naval construction 1977,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras Fontana Pacassi in Gorizia,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras Fontana Fraterna in Isernia,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras Fontana della Palma in Palmi,
– block of 3 x 120 liras and one appendix, stamp day 1977,
– 70 liras e 120 liras Blood Donors,
– 170 liras Quintino Sella,
– 170 liras Dina Galli,
– 70 liras e 120 liras Christmas.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1978:
– 170 liras e 200 liras Teatro alla Scala in Milan,
– Italian vacation spots: 70 liras Gubbio,
– Italian vacation spots: 200 liras Udine,
– Italian vacation spots: 600 liras Paestum,
– stripe of 4 x 170 liras “The sea must live”,
– 170 liras e 200 liras Europe,
– block of 4 x 170 liras Italian naval construction 1978,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Matilde Serao,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Vittorino da Feltre,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Vittorio Emanuele II,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Pio IX,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Marcello Malpighi,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Antonio Meucci,
– 170 liras 30th anniversary of the Italian Constitution,
– 120 liras photo reporters,
– Italian art: 170 liras Tranquillo Cremona,
– Italian art: 520 liras Bernardo Strozzi,
– 220 liras Shroud of Turin,
– 80 liras e 120 liras Volleyball Championship,
– 170 liras Tommaso Guidi, Masaccio,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras Fontana del Nettuno in Trento,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras Fontana della Fortuna in Fano,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras Fontana Cavallina in Genzano,
– 80 liras e 120 liras Christmas 1978,
– stamp day 1978: 120 liras drawing by student Colazilli,
– stamp day 1978: 120 liras drawing by student Gazzarri,
– stamp day 1978: 120 liras drawing by student Porceddu.

Commemorative stamps issued in 1979:
– 170 liras e 220 liras Italian state printing office “Poligrafico di Stato”,
– 80 liras pro lepers,
– 170 liras e 220 liras Cyclo-cross championship,
– 170 liras Antonello da Messina,
– 520 liras Ardengo Soffici,
– 120 liras Albert Einstein,
– Italian vacation spots: 70 liras Asiago,
– Italian vacation spots: 90 liras Castelsardo,
– Italian vacation spots: 170 liras Orvieto,
– Italian vacation spots: 220 liras Scilla,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Carlo Maderno,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Lazzaro Spallanzani,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Ugo Foscolo,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Massimo Bontempelli,
– famous Italians: 170 liras Francesco Severi,
– 170 liras e 220 liras Europe,
– 170 liras e 220 liras European elections,
– 220 liras Rotary Club,
– 80 liras e 120 liras Basket championship,
– 120 liras Gastrointestinal diseases,
– 170 liras e 220 liras Machinery tools exhibition,
– 120 liras Ottorino Respighi,
– 170 liras e 220 liras Telecommunication exhibition,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras Fontana del Melograno in Issogne,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras La Bollente fountain in Acqui Terme,
– Italian fountains: 120 liras Fontana Grande in Viterbo,
– block of 4 x 170 liras Italian naval construction 1979,
– 220 liras Rowland Hill,
– 120 liras Christmas 1979,
– 70 liras, 120 liras e 150 liras stamp day 1979.


The list continues on the pages dedicated to 1980s and 1990s (including also 2000 and 2001)