Gronchi Rosa

The Gronchi Rosa is a rare Italian postage stamp design error showing outdated country boundaries between Peru and Ecuador. It was one of the stamps of a 1961 issue for the voyage of president Giovanni Gronchi to three South American countries. Issued on 3 April 1961 but withdrawn the same day after the error was observed. The withdrawn stamp was replaced with a grey version.

Gronchi Rosa
Country of productionItaly
Date of production3 April 1961
Nature of rarityDesign error
No. in existenceunknown
Face valueL. 205

The 205 liras rosa was intended for the stopover in Peru. The artist made a mistake with the boundaries between Peru and Ecuador. The rose-colored stamp was quickly replaced by a grey version with corrected boundaries, but some philatelic souvenirs using the Gronchi Rosa already existed. A forgery of this stamp is known to exist.

Legal validity was due to begin on 6 April 1961, the date of the President's departure, but validity was suspended and the stamp was replaced with the "Gronchi grigio".

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