Express

Caesar Augustus lived from 63 b.c.e. to the year 14 of the common era. During his reign and afterwards, their was supposedly two centuries of peace in the world: Pax Romana. That doesn’t include the frontiers where his troops were conquering and annexing new lands, or the internal fighting and coup suppresions that went on – or any abuses of the people, including the gladiator games and related specatacles.

The Fascists Party of Italy liked Augustus in particular because he built established the Roman empire, made it great. He began by conquering and annexing Dalmatia and around what was then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, as well as Egypt and expanding possessions in Africa. These are all the areas that the Fascists with the approval of King Vittorio Emanuele III pursued to build the Italian empire at this time: Croatia, Ethiopia, Somalia, etc.

These stamps celebrate how Rome ruled the lands and the sea and there was peace and prosperity for all as a result. It basically uses these times as justification and as a model for acquiring colonies for Italy and for participating eventually in a world domination war with Germany.

Note

At least I have most of these stamps. The two air mail stamps at the bottom aren’t too expensive. The express mail stamps for the top row are more difficult to find and cost a bit more. So it might be a while before I get them.

Contains 12 spots: own 8 – 8 unused, 0 used.

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Colonial Express

1.1		E1	Espresso	1.25₤ (04 1938) express, green
1.2		E2	Espresso	2.50₤ (04 1938) express, carmine red

2000th Anniversary of Augustus Caesar

2.1	✓	21	Augustus & Map of Empire	5c (04 1938) comm., dark olive brown
2.2	✓	22	Winged Victory	10c (04 1938) comm., brown carmine
2.3	✓	23	Augustus & Map of Empire	25c (04 1938) comm., blue green
3.1	✓	24	Winged Victory	50c (04 1938) comm., violet
3.2	✓	25	Augustus & Map of Empire	75c (04 1938) comm., dark pink
3.3	✓	26	Winged Victory	1.25₤ (04 1938) comm., dark blue

Colonial Air Mail

4.1		A12	Plow	2₤ (02 1938) air mail, dark blue
4.2		A13	Plow	2.50₤ (02 1938) air mail, brown

Triannual Overseas Fair in Naples

4.3	✓	A14	Eagle catching a snake	50c (04 1938) air mail, olive brown
4.4	✓	A15	Eagle catching a snake	1₤ (04 1938) air mail, blue violet

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.