Virgil & St. Anthony

St. Anthony of Padua, also known as St. Anthony of Lisbon since that’s where he was born, was a Franciscan priest. In 1226, he became the Provincial Superior of Northern Italy, apppointed by Pope Gregory IX. He decided to reside in Padua, which is somewhat the center of Northern Italy, if you consider the weight of Venice compared to that of Milan and Torino combined.

Virgil

The bottom set of stamps page showing ancient scenes are related in some way to Publius Vergilius Maro, better known as Virgil. He was from Ancient Rome, from what is now Mantua, Italy. He lived from 70 to 19 b.c.e. and was a famous writer, a poet of his time – and still famous, although I’ve never read anything he wrote. One of his best works, written in Latin, was the Aeneid. It’s an epic poem about the legendary Aeneas, a Trojan who left Troy when it fell and went to Rome. He was the ancestor of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.

Note

This page is finished. I have all of the stamps and added the stories about them. There’s nothing left for this album page.

Contains 16 spots: own 16 – 16 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Feb 8, 2025

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

St. Anthony of Padua

1.1	✓	92	St. Anthony with Poor	5+2.50₤ (may 1931) semi-postal, sepia
1.2	✓	86	Entering Franciscan Order	20c (jun 1931) comm., brown
1.3	✓	87	The Miracle of the Fish	25c (may 1931) comm., green
2.1	✓	88	Hermitage of Olivares	30c (may 1931) comm., brown black
2.2	✓	89	Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua	50c (may 1931) comm., lilac
3.1	✓	90	St. Antony Dying	75c (may 1931) comm., black grey
3.2	✓	91	Liberation of Slaves	1.25₤ (may 1931) comm., grey blue

Virgil

4.1	✓	77	Helenus Greets Aeneas	15c (dec 1930) comm., violet black
4.2	✓	78	Aeneas Receives Mandate	20c (dec 1930) comm., red brown
4.3	✓	79	Aeneas Landed on Tiber	25c (dec 1930) comm., green
5.1	✓	80	Greetings to Italy	30c (dec 1930) comm., dark brown
5.2	✓	81	Wealth of Farmers	50c (dec 1930) comm., violet
5.3	✓	82	The Family	75c (dec 1930) comm., carmine rose
6.1	✓	83	Anchises & Italy	1.25₤ (dec 1930) comm., green blue
6.2	✓	84	Pastoral Life	5+1.50₤ (dec 1930) semi-postal, dark lilac
6.3	✓	85	Turn Encourages His Men	10+2.50₤ (dec 1930) semi-postal, brown

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.