ITALY 1985

Italian Republic stamps from 1985, available worldwide at Io Collezionista. January 1985, the year to which the Italian Republic stamps in this subcategory refer, is probably remembered by many as the month of the exceptional cold wave, or of the snowfall of the century across central and northern Italy. Few areas were spared the snow, which reached Cagliari and other parts of Sardinia and fell for almost 72 hours, pushing minimum temperatures down to 20 degrees below zero in Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. Among the most interesting issues offered by Io Collezionista is a souvenir sheet of 4,000 Lire from 1985 dedicated to the international philatelic exhibition Italia 85. The main Stamps category also offers other subcategories devoted to specific historical periods, such as Italian States Stamps and Italian Colonies Stamps.