Caesar Augustus

Caesar Augustus lived from 63 b.c.e. to the year 14 of the common era. During his reign and afterwards, their was supposedly two centuries of peace in the world: Pax Romana. That doesn’t include the frontiers where his troops were conquering and annexing new lands, or the internal fighting and coup suppresions that went on – or any abuses of the people, including the gladiator games and related specatacles.

The Fascists Party of Italy liked Augustus in particular because he built established the Roman empire, made it great. He began by conquering and annexing Dalmatia and around what was then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, as well as Egypt and expanding possessions in Africa. These are all the areas that the Fascists with the approval of King Vittorio Emanuele III pursued to build the Italian empire at this time: Croatia, Ethiopia, Somalia, etc.

These stamps celebrate how Rome ruled the lands and the sea and there was peace and prosperity for all as a result. It basically uses these times as justification and as a model for acquiring colonies for Italy and for participating eventually in a world domination war with Germany.

Note

This page is complete, which is nice. But I’m not too pleased with the layout. I tried to break the monotony of top set of stamps by offsetting the middle ones in each row. The result is that it looks haphazard. I may try again when I have the energy to do so. It’s a pain to cut so many plastic mounts and all.

Contains 15 spots: own 15 – 15 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Jan 24, 2024

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

Augustus Octavia

1.1	✓	99	Pacification of Seas	10c (may 1938) comm., brown
1.2	✓	100	Wars by Sea & Land	15c (may 1938) comm., violet
1.3	✓	101	Reconstruction of Temples	20c (may 1938) comm., red brown
1.4	✓	102	Population Census	25c (may 1938) comm., grey green
1.5	✓	103	Continue Caesar’s Work	30c (may 1938) comm., lilac
2.1	✓	104	Augustus Octavia Election	50c (may 1938) comm., dark green
2.2	✓	105	Conquest of Ethiopia	75c (may 1938) comm., carmine red
2.3	✓	108	Wreaths at Campidoglio	2.55+2₤ (may 1938) comm., olive brown
2.4	✓	107	Ara Pacis	1.75+1₤ (may 1938) comm., orange red
2.5	✓	106	Constructing Fleet	1.25₤ (may 1938) comm., blue

Air Mail

3.1	✓	A47	Agriculture Development	25c (may 1938) comm., black violet
3.2	✓	A48	Prosperity of Romans	50c (may 1938) comm., green
3.3	✓	A49	Augusto - 2000 Years	80c (may 1938) comm., blue
4.1	✓	A50	Roman Empire Expansion	1+1₤ (may 1938) comm., lilac
4.2	✓	A51	Augustus Octavia	5+1₤ (may 1938) comm., red

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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