Italy – offices abroad

General issues

 * In 1874, stamps were issued for extraterritorial Italian post offices. The stamps, with minor differences from Italian ones, are overprinted EGEO. Several offices were already opened before this time. These offices were:
 * Alexandria (Egypt), 1863-84
 * Assab (Eritrea), 1883-93
 * Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1874-78
 * La Goletta/La Goulette (Tunisia), 1852-97
 * Massaua/Massawa (Eritrea), 1885-93
 * Montevideo (Uruguay), 1874-78
 * Susa, 1880-97 (Soussa, Tunisia?)
 * Tripoli (Libya), 1869-1911
 * Tunis (Tunisia), 1852-97

In 1878-79, two more values were issued.

In 1881-88, overprints were issued on newer Italian stamps.

 File:Italy off abroad 1c.jpg|1874 1c value. File:Italy off abroad.jpg|1881 25c definitive. File:Italy off abroad 2L.jpg|1874 2 lira value. 

Forgeries and fake cancels exist.

Later issues
Later issues were overprinted for specific offices. See:
 * Offices in China
 * Offices in Crete
 * Offices in Africa
 * Offices in the Turkish Empire