POSTE ITALIANI from 1901 issued definitive postage stamps of King Victor Emmanual III, King of Italy. The postcard itself, entitled “Jeune Arabe”, depicts a young Beduin woman from Tunisia. Lehnert and Landrock photographed her circa 1905-1906. This particular postcard featured the green 5C stamp of King Victor Emmanual issued initially in 1909. The postmark on this postcard originated from Tripoli (Tripolitana) in 1912, the year the Ottoman Empire ceded Tripolitania to Italy. Interestingly, Italian stamps from Tripolitania were overprinted "Tripoli di Barberia", but this one appears to be either an early Tripoli issue or forgery from Italy passed off as Tripoli. Postmark is too light and faded to really know for certain.
Tripolitana was a historic region of western Libya, centred on the coastal city of Tripoli. Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Tripolitania was captured by Italy in 1911 during the Italo-Turkish War. Italy officially granted autonomy after the war, but gradually occupied the region. Originally administered as part of a single colony, Tripolitania was a separate colony from 26 June 1927 to 1934, when it was merged into "Libya". During World War II, Libya was occupied by the Allies and until 1947 Tripolitania (and the region of Cyrenaica) were administered by Great Britain. Italy formally renounced its claim upon the territory in the same year.
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