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In 1933 the Italian Flying
Armada visited Iceland enroute from Rome to Chicago. The three stamps
on the sheet are Scott Numbers C12-14 which picture Christian X of
Denmark, which governed Iceland until 1944. The stamps are surcharged
for the postage on items mailed from Iceland to the United States via
the Italian seaplanes. The sheet commemorates the 60th anniversary of
the visit.
The map of Europe in the background of the souvenir
sheet is presented on a mercator projection. There is no indication of
the year of publication of the map, or of anything significant about
it, other than that it shows both Iceland and Italy.

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