ITALY 1933 RARE 2.75 Lire March on Rome R-Cover ROMA to Germany , Italia,Italien

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Payment | Shipping | Policies ITALY 1933 RARE 2.75 Lire March on Rome R-Cover ROMA to Germany , Italia,Italien Album Album Album Album This is one item out of a collection we just break on EbayHigh Value 2.75 Lire " Marcia su Roma = March on Rome " Stamp on RARE commercial Registered Cover mailed abroad from Roma / Italy to Bonn / Germany ! The March on Rome ( Marcia su Roma ) was a march by which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party ( Partito Nazionale Fascista , or PNF) came to power in the Kingdom of Italy ( Regno d'Italia ). The march took place from 22 to 29 October 1922. March The quadrumvirs leading the Fascist Party, General Emilio De Bono , Italo Balbo (one of the most famous ras ), Michele Bianchi and Cesare Maria de Vecchi , organized the March while the Duce stayed behind for most of the march, though he allowed pictures to be taken of him marching along with the Fascist marchers. Generals Gustavo Fara and Sante Ceccherini assisted to the preparations of the March of 18 October. Other organizers of the march included the Marquis Dino Perrone Compagni and Ulisse Igliori. On 24 October 1922, Mussolini declared before 60,000 people at the Fascist Congress in Naples : "Our program is simple: we want to rule Italy." Meanwhile, the Blackshirts , who had occupied the Po plain, took all strategic points of the country. On 26 October, former prime minister Antonio Salandra warned current Prime Minister Luigi Facta that Mussolini was demanding his resignation and that he was preparing to march on Rome. However, Facta did not believe Salandra and thought that Mussolini would govern quietly at his side. To meet the threat posed by the bands of fascist troops now gathering outside Rome, Luigi Facta (who had resigned but continued to hold power) ordered a state of siege for Rome. However, King Victor Emmanuel III refused to sign the military order. On 28 October, the King handed power to Mussolini, who was supported by the military, the business class, and the right-wing. The march itself was composed of fewer than 30,000 men, but the king in part feared a civil war since the squadristi had already taken control of the Po plain and most of the country, while Fascism was no longer seen as a threat to the establishment. Mussolini was asked to form his cabinet on 29 October 1922, while some 25,000 Blackshirts were parading in Rome. Mussolini thus legally reached power, in accordance with the Statuto Albertino , the Italian Constitution. The March on Rome was not the conquest of power which Fascism later celebrated but rather the precipitating force behind a transfer of power within the framework of the constitution. This transition was made possible by the surrender of public authorities in the face of fascist intimidation. Many business and financial leaders believed it would be possible to manipulate Mussolini, whose early speeches and policies emphasized free market and laissez faire economics. This proved overly optimistic, as Mussolini's corporatist view stressed total state power over businesses as much as over individuals, via governing industry bodies ("corporations") controlled by the Fascist party, a model in which businesses retained the responsibilities of property, but few if any of the freedoms. Mussolini pretended to be willing to take a subalternate ministry in a Giolitti or Salandra cabinet, but then demanded the presidency of the Council. Fearing a conflict with the fascists, the ruling class thus handed power to Mussolini, who went on to install the dictatorship after the 10 June 1924 assassination of Giacomo Matteotti - who had finished writing The Fascist Exposed: A Year of Fascist Domination - executed by Amerigo Dumini , leader of the Ceka , the secret police agency precursor to the OVRA . Very low starting price ! For condition see and enlarge all photos ! ! PayPal eBay's service to make fast, e... read more

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