Pictorial Definitives

This set of stamps, which was printed a few times and can be seen on other pages of this album, contains images of sites in Somalia. Besides the ones of an ostrich, a lion, a hippopotomas, and a termite mound, there are some key buildings.

Some of the stamps show the Governor’s Palace in Mogasishu, which was also a government administration building. Some show the Almnara tower, which translates to lighthouse. Related to that are the stamps of the lighthouse at Cape Guardafui, which is a the tip of the Horn of Africa – at the end of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

Note

These definitives are a little pricey. I haven’t seen the whole set or a sub-set of them for sale yet. I’ve only been able to buy them individually, not in a set. The prices vary from about four euros to fifty euros each. When they’re sold like this, I’m not always sure how to proceed – I’m not confident the prices I’m seeing are fair. It takes me a while to get familiar with the pricing and what to expect. As a result, my progress is slow on a page of stamps like these.

Contains 18 spots: own 13 – 10 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

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catalog

subject

description

comment

Pictorial Definitives (perf. 12)

1.1	✓	167	Lighthouse at Cape Guardafui	5c (apr 1932) definitive, red brown
1.2	✓	168	Lighthouse at Cape Guardafui	7½c (apr 1932) definitive, violet
1.3	✗	169	Lighthouse at Cape Guardafui	10c (jul 1932) definitive, blackish grey
1.4	✓	170	Lighthouse at Cape Guardafui	15c (jul 1932) definitive, olive
2.1		171	Mnara Tower	20c (mar 1932) definitive, carmine	mariotti (€ 140) only 1 stamp.
2.2	✓	172	Mnara Tower	25c (mar 1932) definitive, green
2.3		173	Mnara Tower	30c (apr 1932) definitive, brownish	mariotti (€ 136) only 1 stamp.
3.1	✓	174	Govt. Palace in Mogadishu	35c (apr 1932) definitive, blue
3.2	✗	175	Govt. Palace in Mogadishu	50c (mar 1932) definitive, violet
3.3	✗	176	Govt. Palace in Mogadishu	75c (mar 1932) definitive, carmine
4.1	✓	177	Termite Mound	1.25₤ (mar 1932) definitive, blue
4.2	✓	178	Termite Mound	1.75₤ (apr 1932) definitive, orange
4.3	✓	179	Termite Mound	2₤ (apr 1932) definitive, carmine
5.1	✓	180	Ostrich	2.55₤ (apr 1932) definitive, slate
5.2	✓	181	Ostrich	5₤ (apr 1932) definitive, carmine
6.1		182	Hippopotamus	10₤ (apr 1932) definitive, violet	mariotti (€ 79) only 1 stamp.
6.2		183	Greater Kudu	20₤ (apr 1932) definitive, green
6.3		184	African Lion	25₤ (jul 1932) definitive, 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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