Red Cross

In June 1859, Jean-Henri Dunant of Switzerland, went to Soferino, Italy to see the French emperor, Napoleon III, who he was told was there at the time. He wanted to talk to him about doing business in Algeria. When he arrived, he discovered a battle had just ended. It was part of the second Italian war of independence, also known as the Franco-Austrian war, involving the two empires: France and the Austro-Hungarian empires. About 40,000 troops were killed or seriously injured. There was little or no medical services available for the wounded. Dunant was upset by what he saw and dropped his business plans and helped to organize medical assistance for the injured. Aftewards, he wrote a book called, A Memory of Soferino. That led eventually to the Geneva Convention of 1864 regarding the treatment of the injured in battle, which then led to the formation of the Red Cross. The first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dunant for his work in this area.

The top set of stamps on this album page commemorate the Red Cross, which had been established about thirty years before. They were simultaneously made available back in the kingdom, on the Italian peninsula.

Note

As mentioned previously, I redesigned the first six pages of this album. Plus, I found some of the stamps in my stock books and I purchased a few. Although this page is now full, I’m not finished. It has some used stamps I want to replace with new ones. More importantly, I may have made some mistakes when I categorized the stamps in the second set. They’re very similar to a few other sets on the next four pages. I need to study them, carefully. As a result, I’m leery about buying any more Libyan stamps with these designs.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 7 unused, 3 used.
Page is full, but not yet finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Feb 5, 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

Red Cross

1.1	✓	13	Red Cross	10+5c (dec 1915) semi-postal, pink
1.2	✓	14	Red Cross	15+5c (dec 1915) semi-postal, grey & blackish grey
2.1	✓	15	Red Cross	20+5c (mar 1916) semi-postal, grey & blackish grey
2.2	✓	16	Red Cross	20+5c (mar 1916) semi-postal, orange

Libya Pictorials I

3.1	✓	21	Legionnaire	1c (jul 1921) definitive, black & sepia
3.2	✓	22	Legionnaire	2c (jul 1921) definitive, black & red brown
3.3	✓	23	Legionnaire	5c (jul 1921) definitive, green & black
4.1	✗	24	Diana Ephesina Goddess of Abundance	10c (jul 1921) definitive, black & pink
4.2	✗	25	Diana Ephesina Goddess of Abundance	15c (jul 1921) definitive, brown & orange
4.3	✗	26	Diana Ephesina Goddess of Abundance	25c (jul 1921) definitive, blue & sky 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.
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.