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1912 (Jan 16) Plain envelope to Firenze bearing Italy strip 3x 5c tied hooded Posta Militaire/1 Divisione/Tripolitania & with on reverse Firenze (20 Jan)arrival cds & alongside black postmans 43 hand stamp….The Italian-Turkish war instigated by Italy on the pretext of maltreatment of it’s citizens lasted from 11 September 1911 until 15 Oct 1912 when the treaty of Ouchy was signed & confirmed at Lausanne 18 Oct when the Italians promised to leave the Dodecanese Islands as soon as the Turks withdrew from Tripolitania. The Turks with there hands full due to the impeding Balkan War complied, the Italians did not