San Marino stamps year 1970 Saint Francis’s Gate Rocca Fortress MNH set
🇸🇲 San Marino — 1970 Architecture Stamps: Saint Francis’s Gate & Rocca Fortress
📮 Year of Issue: 1970 — part of San Marino’s architectural subjects in its regular stamp program.
🎨 Theme: Architecture / Historic Landmarks — depicting well‑known historic sites in the Republic of San Marino.
📌 Design & Motifs
This issue highlights two iconic architectural sites:
- Saint Francis’s Gate (Porta San Francesco)
- A prominent medieval gateway into the walled city of San Marino, dating from the later Middle Ages and closely associated with the historic San Francesco complex.
- It’s one of the principal entrances to the old city and reflects the defensive architecture of the republic’s historic center.
- Rocca Fortress (often Guaita Tower)
- The most famous of San Marino’s Three Towers, overlooking the city and countryside.
- Known historically both as a military stronghold and (in later centuries) as a prison.
Both sites are celebrated elements of the republic’s medieval fortifications and cultural heritage — fitting subjects for an architectural commemorative stamp set.
📦 Collector & Catalogue Notes
- Type: Postage stamps issued for regular postal use (mint or used).
- These are usually sold individually or as a set in stamp dealer listings under “San Marino 1970 architecture” issues.
- Catalogue references can vary by numbering system — for example, Yvert / Michel identifiers like Yvert 762/763 or Michel 955/956 are associated with this issue in some sources (confirm with your specific catalogue edition).
