that the League was weak and couldn't settle disputes when a great power confronted a small one. The authority of the League had been openly defied by Italy, a founding member of the League and a permanent member of the council. The Italian Fascist regime had managed to prevail in its first major international confrontation. The crisis was also a failure for the policy of Great Britain, which had appeared as the greatest champion of the League during the crisis. As the Greeks became focused on securing the return of Corfu, the Dodecanese islands issue faded into the background, and the Greek government ceased to protest the continued Italian occupation of the islands, which Mussolini formally annexed to Italy in 1925. In addition, it showed the purpose and tone of Fascist foreign policy. Italy's invasion of Corfu was Mussolini's most aggressive move of the 1920s. The reputation of Mussolini in Italy was enhanced. Stamps An Italian Post Office opened on September 11, 1923 in Corfu, issuing a set of 8 Italian stamps overprinted "CORFÙ" which were placed on sale on the 20th. Three additional stamps overprinted in Greek currency arrived on 24th. The third stamp was 2.40 drachma on 1 lire. The Post Office closed at midday on 26 September 1923, only remaining open to dispatch the morning mail. The office had been open for 15 days. Three further values arrived on the day the Post Office closed, and were never issued. They eventually became available for sale at the postal ministry in Rome. Many used copies of these stamps have forged postmarks, but it is known that the Corfu cancel was applied to hundreds of stamps before the Post Office closed. People in key roles in Greece and Italy Greece Stylianos Gonatas, Prime Minister. Nikolaos Politis, Greek representative to the League of Nations. Georgios Papandreou, Minister of Internal Affairs. Italy Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister. Antonio Salandra, Italian representative to the League of Nations. Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy. General Armando Diaz, Minister of War. Giulio Cesare Montagna, the Italian ambassador in Athens. Colonel Perone di San Martino, the Italian military attaché. Admiral Emilio Solari, commander of the Italian troops in Corfu. Admiral Diego Simonetti, commander of the Italian fleet in Lower Adriatic, he was appointed as Corfu governor during the occupation. Captain Antonio Foschini, chief of the naval staff, the man who presented the ultimatum about the Italian