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Near the end of World War I, Italy captured the Austrian territories of Trentino and Venezia Giulia.

In 1918, Italy issued overprinted stamps for these areas.

Stamps sold at Trieste were overprinted " Regno d ' Italia / Venezia Giulia / 3.

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" on Austrian stamps of 1916, and then just " Venezia / Giulia " on Italian stamps, while in the Trentino the overprint was " Regno d Italia / Trentino / 3 nov 1918 " on Austrian stamps and then just " Venezia / Tridentina " on Italian stamps.

In January 1919 the Italians issued overprinted stamps for all of the occupied territories, the overprint consisting of, for instance, " 5 / centesimi / di corona ".

This lasted until September, when the Trentino was permanently assigned to Italy and used Italian stamps thereafter, while Trieste became a free city.