Holy Year

Piux XI, who was then Pope of the Catholic Church, declared from December 25, 1932 to December 24, 1933 a Holy Year. Even though the same pope had declared 1924 a Holy Year, he felt that given the suffering in the world, it was needed. Little did he know that in 1933, with Hitler becoming the leader of Germany and Mussolini planning invasions of its neighbors, would be the start of what was to become World War II. But maybe he did know that and was hoping to inspire peace with the declaration of the Holy Year, encouraging Catholics around the world to travel to the Vatican as a pilgrimige.

There was another reason he chose 1933: At that time, if was a common belief that Jesus was born in the year 0 – many scholars believe that he was born from 6 to 4 b.c.e. – and died thirty-three years later, which to them would be the 33 c.e. That means that 1933 was the twentieth centennial of his death. Considering all of that and the suffering and hope for rebirth at the time, it was poetic to have the Holy Year in 1933. The stamps on this page that commemorated that Holy Year have a caption that reads, Anno Santo MCMXXXIII, which means, Holy Year 1933.

Giotto

Giotto di Bondone was an Italian painter and architect from Florence, who lived in the late 13th and early 14th Centuries. He’s known for elaborate frescos and designing the bell tower of the Duomo in Florence

Note

Although I may expand the comments about Giotto, this page is complete. The layout of the album page looks pretty good. Originally, I allocated too much space for the Holy Year stamps. I’ve since tightened the frame around each. It’s taking a while to get these colony pages the way I like. They’re improving as I put together the pages and acquire the stamps. It’s easy for empty pages, but for pages I have plenty of the stamps mounted already, it’s a tiresome to cut new stamp mounts.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Apr 13, 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

Holy Year

1.1	✓	91	Holy Year	5c (apr 1935) comm., orange
1.2	✓	92	Holy Year	10c (apr 1935) comm., dark brown
1.3	✓	93	Holy Year	20c (apr 1935) comm., carmine
2.1	✓	94	Holy Year	25c (apr 1935) comm., green
2.2	✓	95	Holy Year	30c (apr 1935) comm., violet
3.1	✓	96	Holy Year	50c (apr 1935) comm., brown
3.2	✓	97	Holy Year	1.25₤ (apr 1935) comm., blue
3.3	✓	98	Holy Year	5₤ (apr 1935) comm., yellow

Giotto di Bondone

4.1	✓	109	Giotto di Bondone	1.25₤ (aug 1938) comm., blue
4.2	✓	110	Giotto di Bondone	2.75+2₤ (aug 1938) semi-postal, red brown

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.