Emilio Diena

Dr. Emilio Diena (January 26, 1860 – October 9, 1941), was an Italian philatelist who specialized in the postage stamps of Italy and published substantial research on the subject.

[1] Diena collected and studied classic and rare postage stamps and postal history of Italy as well as the Italian states which issued their own postage stamps prior to Italian unification in the 19th century.

Diena accumulated a large library of Italian-related philatelic literature which is still maintained by his family today in Rome, Italy.

In addition to writing numerous articles in philatelic journals, Diena wrote in great detail on stamps of Modena, Romagna, Sicily, Parma, and Naples during the 1920s and 1930s.

Diena was an original signatory to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921 and he received the Lindenberg Medal in its first year (in 1906).