1934 Scott 76 50c purple & brown "Native Village Scene" Second Colonial Arts Exhibition, Naples Quick History Tripolitania, located in North Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, and including the important coastal city of Tripoli, is historically part of western Libya. Location of Tripolitania Italy captured the Ottoman Tripolitania Vilayet (province) during the Italo-Turkish War in 1911. The sub-provinces (sanjaks) at the time were Fezzan, Cyrenaica, and the city of Tripoli. Altogether, they...