Italy's Post Withdraws South Tyrol Stamps – because German Text Is Missing

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The Italian Post has stopped the issue of two special stamps with immediate effect, since they contain only Italian signatures. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Economy is commending improvement.

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The Italian government has withdrawn two newly issued postage stamps depicting landscapes from the autonomous province of South Tyrol because they lacked German language inscriptions.

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The president of the South Tyrolean Alpine Club proposed new names for huts named after German cities. The People's Party strongly criticizes the proposal

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A designation of the shelters according to new criteria would then also be "consistent with the Italian translation", Beikircher said. "The current names of some of the shelters in South Tyrol are no longer consistent, the vice-president confirmed to the "Tiroler Tageszeitung" (Monday edition) its advance. An example of several is the "Kasseler Hütte", which was once built by the Südtirol section of Taufers as Rieserfernerhütte and was later tak…

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BOZEN/INNSBRUCK. S dtiroler Schutzhtten, which bear names mainly from German cities, are "no longer contemporary ".

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Many South Tyrolean huts bear names of German and Italian cities. With the proposal to change this, Alpine Club Vice President Ingrid Beikircher caused a lot of excitement. She continues to stand for her idea.