St. Francis & Lions

One of my favorite saints is St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint animals and nature. He and St. Catherine of Siena were also patron saints of Italy. St. Francis founded the Order of Friars Minor, the Order of Saint Clare (i.e., the Poor Clares), and the Third Order of Saint Francis.

The top set of stamps on this album page are in commemoration of the six-hundred year anniversary of the death of St. Francis. They depict him, the Basillica of St. Francis and San Damiano Church and Convent, both in Assisi, Italy.

Note

This page is complete. It’s taken some time, but not much, to complete the pages in this album. I’ll be pleased when I have all of the Somalia pages finished, but that may take at least a year more – if ever. There are a few stamps that cost over a thousand euros that I may never possess.

Contains 13 spots: own 13 – 13 unused, 0 used.
Page is 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

St. Francis of Assisi

1.1	✓	81	St. Francis in Holy Land	20c (apr 1926) comm., green
1.2	✓	82	St. Damiano & Assisi	40c (apr 1926) comm., purple
1.3	✓	85	St. Francis & Portiuncula	5+2.50₤ (apr 1926) semi-postal, olive
2.1	✓	83	Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi	60c (apr 1926) comm., carmine
2.2	✓	84	Death of St. Francis of Assisi	1.25₤ (apr 1926) comm., sky blue

Benadir Pictorials VI

3.1	✓	73	African Elephant	2c (mar 1926) definitive, dark brown
3.2	✓	74	African Elephant	5c (mar 1926) definitive, green
3.3	✓	75	African Lion	10c (mar 1926) definitive, brownish red & carmine brown
3.4	✓	76	African Lion	15c (mar 1926) definitive, brown orange
4.1	✓	77	African Lion	20c (mar 1926) definitive, brown orange
4.2	✓	78	African Lion	25c (mar 1926) definitive, blue
4.3	✓	79	African Lion	50c (mar 1926) definitive, yellow orange
4.4	✓	80	African Lion	1₤ (mar 1926) definitive, lilac

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.