Sibyl

The stamps on the first and fifth rows of this album page depict a statue of a Sibyl, which were ancient Greek oracles said to have come from the Libyans.

The Libyan Sibyl was supposed to have been consulted by Alexander the Great when he conquered Egypt. The actual image shown on these stamps is taken from a painting by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel of the Libyan Sibyl.

Diana

Diana of Ephesus, in what’s now Turkey, was also known as the goddess of abundance. She’s a favorite Roman and Greek goddess of the middle east, including Italian colonies – at least in the times of the Romans and Greeks.

Some of the stamps on this page, mixed into the second set, depict Diana. There are also some on the last row of the Red Cross page of this album. I’m not sure of the spelling, though. I suspect it’s an Italian spelling, but they would normally use f instead of ph. Incidentally, Ephesus is the land of the Ephesians to whom St. Paul wrote in the Christian bible.

Note

The reorganizing of these stamps and redesigning of these first six album pages was quite confusing. As an aid to that process and the transferring the stamps from the old pages to the new ones – physically and in the database – I put the catalog numbers inside each stamp frame. That was quite helpful and I may do that for now on whenever I design and especially when I redesign album pages.

Contains 18 spots: own 9 – 6 unused, 3 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Feb 15, 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

Libyan Sibyl Pictorials

1.1	✗	40	Libyan Sibyl	20c (apr 1924) definitive, green
1.2	✗	41	Libyan Sibyl	40c (apr 1924) definitive, brown
1.3		42	Libyan Sibyl	60c (apr 1924) definitive, blue
1.4	✓	43	Libyan Sibyl	2₤ (apr 1924) definitive, dark carmine

Libyan Pictorials II

2.1		44	Legionnaire	1c (jan 1924) definitive, black brown
2.2		45	Legionnaire	2c (jan 1924) definitive, black & red brown
2.3	✓	46	Legionnaire	5c (jan 1929) definitive, green & black
2.4		47	Diana Ephesina Goddess of Abundance	10c (jan 1924) definitive, black & pink
3.1		48	Diana Ephesin Goddess of Abundance	15c (jan 1924) definitive, brown & orange
3.2		49	Diana Ephesina Goddess of Abundance	25c (jan 1924) definitive, blue & sky blue
4.1		50	Ancient Galley	30c (feb 1924) definitive, black & dark brown
4.2	✗	51	Ancient Galley	50c (feb 1924) definitive, olive & black
4.3		52	Ancient Galley	55c (feb 1925) definitive, violet & black
4.4		53	Winged Victory	1₤ (feb 1926) definitive, light brown

Libyan Sibyl Pictorials

5.1	✓	54	Libyan Sibyl	20c (apr 1926) definitive, green
5.2	✓	55	Libyan Sibyl	40c (apr 1926) definitive, brown
5.3	✓	56	Libyan Sibyl	60c (apr 1926) definitive, blue
5.4	✓	57	Libyan Sibyl	2₤ (jan 1929) definitive, dark carmine

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.