Benedictines

In the Sixth Century, St. Benedict took over an Apollo temple and turned it into a Christian church, dedicated to St. Martin of Tours. Over time more chapels and buildings were added until it became Monte Cassino Abbey, a territorial abbey.

The commemorative stamps on the bottom three rows are in commemoration of the 14th Century of the Monte Cassino Abbey: the cloister, the founding, and the death of St. Benedict.

Imperial Series

The top pair of stamps are part of an imperial issue of definitives that the Fascists ordered from the Italian post office. They were meant to remind the public that the peninsula of Italy was at one time the home base of an empire and therefore it’s acceptable and natural for them to take foreign lands to build a new empire. The other stamps in this series also reminded the public of who was the king: Vittorio Emanuele III.

Note

This page is finished, although I could probably squeeze another set stamp into it. I’ll have to remember that when I redesign the pages. I may do that after I get all of the stamps in this album.

Contains 9 spots: own 9 – 9 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

Imperial Images

1.1	✓	165	Vittorio Emanuele III	25c (dec 1931) definitive, green
1.2	✓	166	Vittorio Emanuele III	50c (feb 1931) definitive, violet

St. Benedict

2.1	✓	123	Cloister Monte Cassino Abbey	20c (oct 1929) comm., dark green
2.2	✓	124	Death of St. Benedict	25c (oct 1929) comm., orange
2.3	✓	129	St. Benedict	10+2₤ (oct 1929) semi-postal, brownish
3.1	✓	125	Foundation of Abbey	50+10c (oct 1929) semi-postal, carmine
3.2	✓	126	Abbey of Monte Cassino	75+15c (oct 1929) semi-postal, brownish
4.1	✓	127	Cloister Monte Cassino Abbey	1.25₤+25c (oct 1929) semi-postal, violet
4.2	✓	128	Abbey of Monte Cassino	5+1₤ (oct 1929) semi-postal, 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.