ITALY ITALIA - Occupation Somalia     1928 SOMALIA PACCHI POSTALE  Cent 50 MH Parcel Post    Sassone Cat. 58   Diena CERTIFICATE    See certificate PHOTO for full Diena description         Italy gained control a small strip of land on the coast from the Sultan of Zanzibar In the 1880's,  eventually creating a colony in southern Somalia into an area called "Somalia Italiana" The colony was one of the most developed in Africa for both the colonists and local inhabitants.  By 1940, the Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi had a population of 12,000 people enjoying a notable level of development with a small manufacturing area with agricultural industries.  In 1941 British forces occupied Italian Somaliland.  In 1960, the former Italian Somaliland the former British Somaliland were united as The Somalia Republic with Mogadishu as the nation's capital     Pacchi Postale - Parcel Stamps were first issued in 1884.  After which, for a while, they were withdrawn.  Then issued in a new format in 1914 as a pair of small stamps, one half of which is used for a receipt.  The first issue of the two part stamp had scrolls with a line of three stars in between the two halves   I will refund this item if the description is found to be inaccurate.
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