Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa was formed from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland in 1936.  File:Ital E Africa gazelle.jpg|1938 2c gazelle from the first pictorials. File:Ital E Africa air.jpg|1938 50c airmail. File:Ital E Africa AOI due.jpg|1941 5c postage due. File:Ital E Africa unisss due.jpg|1942 10c unissued postage due. 
 * Its first stamps were not issued until 1938. They were inscribed AFRICA ORIENTALE ITALIANA. This included airmails ans special delivery stamps.
 * Italian postage dues were overprinted A.O.I. in 1941.
 * In 1942, a postage due set was printed but never released.
 * By 1942, British forces were occupying most of Italian East Africa. See: Middle East Forces.

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