Drainage of fields.

Text: LE PALUDI REDENTE.
Liberation from the swamps

Three shawls digging. In the background a tower, a house and fields.

Larger part of the region south-west of Rome, by example the Pontine Marches, were dominated by unhealthy swamps. The regime initiated large-scale drainage, converting them into agricultural fields with villages.

Michel 423, Sassone 3330, AFA 363

Date of issue: 1932

Face value: 60 c.

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Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:48