Filiberto, Duke of Savoy

Emanuele Filiberto was the Duke of Savoy from 1553 to 1580. He was a hero of the Savoy family. When he became the duke, the lands of the House of Savoy were occupied and controled by the French. He joined with the Spanish and led troops to victory over France. As a result and through politicking and other efforts (i.e., marrying the French king’s sister), managed to get control over much of his family’s lands, including Piemonte and Aosta, now in northwest Italy. He made Torino (i.e, Turin) the capital and moved there.

Incidentally, I’ve been to Torino a few times and seen a statue of Filberto in a main square. You can see a photo of it on my web site.

All except one stamp on this page of my stamp album commemorate the four-hundreth anniversary of his birth. It’s nice that they celebrated his birth, rather than his death like they did with so many other stamps for other famous Italians.

Remembering the King

The one stamp on this page that is not commemorating Filberto’s birth is the small one in the middle of the bottom row. It’s commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the death of his decendent and then king, Vittorio Emanuele II. They just couldn’t resist having a stamp commemorating a death.

Note

Although Emanuele Filiberto, the person commemorated on most of these stamps, was an interesting character, these stamps aren’t very attractive to me. As a result, I wasn’t too motivated to complete this page before many of the other pages – although I do like the ones on third and fourth row. Plus, most dealers around me were asking too much for these stamps. Nevertheless, since I was tired of seeing this page looking so haphazard and fortunately found someone in Rome selling them at a lower price, I bought them and now have finished with this page.

Contains 14 spots: own 14 – 14 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Oct 31, 2022

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

The Duke of Savoy

1.1	✓	226	Emanuele Filiberto	20c (aug 1928) comm., sky blue & brown
1.2	✓	227	Emanuele Filiberto	25c (aug 1928) comm., green & red
1.3	✓	228	Emanuele Filiberto	30c (aug 1928) comm., green & red
1.4	✓	229	Emanuele Filiberto	5₤ (aug 1928) comm., green & purple
2.1	✓	230	Emanuele Filiberto	20c (aug 1928) comm., sky blue & brown
2.2	✓	231	Emanuele Filiberto	25c (aug 1928) comm., green & red
2.3	✓	232	Emanuele Filiberto	30c (aug 1928) comm., green & red

The Duke at War

3.1	✓	233	Filiberto in Battle	50c (sep 1928) comm., yellow & sky blue
3.2	✓	234	Filiberto in Battle	75c (sep 1928) comm., red & pink
3.3	✓	236	Filiberto in Battle	1.75₤ (sep 1928) comm., green
3.4	✓	237	Filiberto in Battle	10₤ (sep 1928) comm., black & pink
4.1	✓	235	Filiberto Statue	1.25₤ (jul 1928) comm., black & sky blue
4.3	✓	238	Filberto Statue	20₤ (aug 1928) comm., green & purple
4.2	✓	239	Death of Vittorio Emanuel II Extra Charge for Veterans	50+10c (jan 1929) semi-postal, green

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.