SCUTARI - ITALIAN P.O. ALBANIA

Specific stamps for use by the Italian Post Offices in Albania had been issued in 1902 (see specific section). Italian definitive stamps overprinted Scutari di Albania” were issued in 1909. This office was closed in September 1911 as a result of the war between Italy and Turkey. Reopened in February 1913 the Italian P.O. in Shkoder was finally closed on 31 December 1922. During this second period only two overprinted stamps issued in 1915 and 1916 were used on mail