POST OFFICES ABROAD
ITALY’S PRESENCE IN MAYOR MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES HAD POSTAL IMPLICATIONS WITH POST OFFICES OFTEN BEING OPENED TO PROVIDE POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE MOTHER COUNTRY AND BEYOND. THE FIRST ITALIA POST OFFICE ABROAD WAS THE ONE IN TUNIS INHERITED BY THE KINGDOM OF ITALY IN 1861 FROM THE KINGDOM OF SARDINIA. IN 1863 ALEXANDRIA WAS ADDED, FOLLOWED IN 1869 BY TRIPOLI IN LIBYA. IN 1874 CONSULAR AGENCIES IN BUENOS AIRES AND MONTEVIDEO OPENED POSTAL OUTLETS. IN THAT SAME YEAR ITALY OVERPRINTED DEFINITIVE STAMPS FOR USE IN HER POST OFFICES ABROAD
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