pigdoc
19 Nov 2020
05:26:23pm | re: AFV on Italy #598
Hi Bob,
Looks like "AEV", and looks like it is part of the cancellation on the stamp.
Below that, also in all-caps, I see _ERGE and below that I also see LIBRO (book).
Some kind of slogan cancel, I guess...
I tried googling Italian words that end in AEV, and came up empty. The stamp honors Luigi Vanvitelli, architect.
I can't associate the cancellation with any significant event in 1952 Italy...
Thanks for the fun puzzle!
-Paul
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partsguy
19 Nov 2020
11:02:12pm | re: AFV on Italy #598
Now this is a loooong shot, but here goes...
AEV (or AAEV, if this is only part of the cancel) could refer to "Archivio Architetto Enzo Venturelli", a private archive with the Turin State Archives, or to the architect himself. Venturelli was a prominent Italian architect during the 1950's, so a contemporary architecture subject wouldn't be out of place as a cancellation on a stamp celebrating an 18th century architect. An archive could also explain the "libro" reference.....
I may not be very good at puzzles, but I have fun smashing pieces in where they don't really fit!
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