About us - The War of Lions

Victor is no longer with us, however we are still a close family.  He is survived by eight grandchildren, our mother Luigina, Robert and I, and we are looking forward to embrace Victor once again on the day of his Resurrection, which is the Christian belief which was very dear to him.
Victor and Luigina in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1968 ... with their sons George and Robert (Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1968)	Victor Perantoni at age 25

VICTOR'S FATHER CARLO.V.PERANTONI - SEE LARGE VIEW

SEE LARGE VIEW - CARLO V. PERANTONI AT STRATEGIC OBSERVATION POST IN NORTH ITALY DURING WW1

LA DIFESA SUL PIAVE (50th anniv) SEE LARGE VIEW LA DIFESA SUL PIAVE (50th anniv) SEE LARGE VIEW	50th anniversary of Italy's defense on the banks of north Italy's Piave river, against the advancing army of Austria-Hungary in 1917. Click for larger view. See below Victor's narration of this historical WW1 event and about a unique philatelic opportunity taken by a military Polish mail officer of the Austria-Hungary army.
See Victor's 1992 presentation in Winter Park (FL) with George. VICTOR'S 36-MIN VIDEO PRESENTATION WITH GEORGE VICTOR'S 36-MIN VIDEO PRESENTATION WITH GEORGE

Click picture below to view   Lieutenant Covasech's 72   rare military stamps used   by the Austria-Hungarian   Army in October 1917.

Summary of Victor's presentation   to the Winter Park Stamp Club  In October 1917 the Austria-Hungarian Army occupied eighteen small towns in Northern Italy following the battle of Caporetto, but their army mail van had been burned and destroyed.  After the battle, encamped Austrian occupation soldiers sent letters back home using provisional stamps created by their mail officer, Lieutenent Covasech.  He created  18 sets of four stamps each (complete series of 72 stamps) in order to commemorate the 18 towns they had recently won in battle.  He created stamps using local matchbook tax seals overprinted as "Ortspostmarke." Most of his supply of provisional stamps were destroyed by him 2 days later when a new replacement mail van had been furnished by Vienna headquarters. These very rare stamps were used by soldiers  only about two days. After the conclusion of WW1, Covasech became President of the Lwów Stamp Club and struck a friendship with Victor Perantoni who traded Italian stamps for these eighteen rare sets of provisional stamps.

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See Victor's 1992 presentation in Winter Park (FL) with George.

The "Covasech 72"  Tax-seal stamps:  CLICK HERE for excerpts from "Arrivederci Leopolis The Lions War" ©2011, by Amazon.

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	1 : Click here for the Introduction to Victor's Philatelic Presentation. (1 min) 2 : Click here for Victor's explanation of the Rare WW1 Stamp Issue. (4 min) 3 : Victor gives a brief explanation on how the First World War began. (3 min) 4 : Victor narrates the Battle of Caporetto between Austria and Italy. (2 min) 5 : Two opposing armies are camped on both banks of the Piave river. (1 min) 6 : The Austria-Hungarian Army is in critical need of Postage Stamps. (3 min) 7 : Polish Lt. Covasech creates his own provisional Postage Stamps. (2 min) 8 : How Polish Lieutenant Covasech designed his provisional Stamps. (3 min) 9 : Lieutenant Covasech is ordered to destroy the Provisional Stamps. (2 min) 10 : Lt Covasech saves some provisional stamps and returns to Lwow (2 min) 11 : In 1930 Victor meets Covasech president of the Lwow Stamp Club (7 min) 12 : A few of Covasech's remaining issues re-appear in Italy 1988-1991 (4 min) 13 : Victor's Closing Display - Stamp Club of Winter Park Florida 1992 (4 min)
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Mentioned in clip #13, the image on left (below) shows the last catalog listing in Michel 1940 that Lieutenant Covasech's rare 72-stamp creation had been published prior to the height of WWII.  About 70 years later, facilitated by modern technology, the Lieutenant's creation began to reappear in 21st-century catalogs as depicted in the extracted image from Sassone-2014 on right. Victor Perantoni would've been very happy to have seen his 72 tax-seal stamps listed once again in today's catalogs.  Sadly, Victor passed away in 2002.

MICHEL 1940 CATALOG MICHEL 1940 CATALOG

SASSONE 2014 CATALOG SASSONE 2014 CATALOG

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