Imperialism

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.

The top set of 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

This page is finished in that I have all of the stamps for which I allocated space. And I’ve described the primary set of stamps. But I haven’t said anything about the thirteen Tripoli trade fair. I’ll add that later.

Contains 12 spots: own 12 – 12 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jul 9, 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

2000th Anniversary of Augustus Caesar

1.1	✓	152	Augustus	5c (apr 1938) comm., olive brown
1.2	✓	153	Victory	10c (apr 1938) comm., brown red
2.1	✓	154	Augustus	25c (apr 1938) comm., green
2.2	✓	155	Victory	50c (apr 1938) comm., dark lilac
2.3	✓	156	Augustus	75c (apr 1938) comm., red
2.4	✓	157	Victory	1.25₤ (apr 1938) comm., light blue

Thirteenth Tripoli Trade Expo.

3.1	✓	158	Cultivated land	5c (apr 1939) comm., olive brown
3.2	✓	159	Ghadames by night	20c (apr 1939) comm., red brown
4.1	✓	160	Cultivated land	50c (apr 1939) comm., lilac
4.2	✓	161	Ghadames by night	75c (apr 1939) comm., red
4.3	✓	162	Cultivated land	1.25₤ (apr 1939) comm., blue

Libyan Pictorials II

5.1

✓

163

Winged Victory

5₤ (feb 1940)
definitive, black & dark blue

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.
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