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Scott Number: 189
Date Issued: 12/07/1954
Descriptive Name:End of Marian Year
Madonna of the Gate of Dawn (Lithuania, Poland, other Baltic States)
Face value: 20 l
Color: pink & multi.
Perforation: 13.25x12.75
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #189

Scott Number: 190
Date Issued: 12/07/1954
Descriptive Name:End of Marian Year
Madonna of the Gate of Dawn (Lithuania, Poland, other Baltic States)
Face value: 35 l
Color: blue & multi.
Perforation: 13.25x12.75
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 191
Date Issued: 12/07/1954
Descriptive Name:End of Marian Year
Madonna of the Gate of Dawn (Lithuania, Poland, other Baltic States)
Face value: 60 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.25x12.75
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 192
Date Issued: 04/28/1955
Descriptive Name:St. Boniface 12th Century of Death
Fulda Abbey (Apostle of Germany)
Face value: 10 l
Color: Greenish Gray
Perforation: 13
Printer: The Italian Government Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #192

Scott Number: 193
Date Issued: 04/28/1955
Descriptive Name:St. Boniface 12th Century of Death
Fulda Abbey (Apostle of Germany)
Face value: 35 l
Color: Violet
Perforation: 13
Printer: The Italian Government Printing Works

Scott Number: 194
Date Issued: 04/28/1955
Descriptive Name:St. Boniface 12th Century of Death
Fulda Abbey (Apostle of Germany)
Face value: 60 l
Color: Bright Blue Green
Perforation: 13
Printer: The Italian Government Printing Works

Scott Number: 216
Date Issued: 12/20/1956
Descriptive Name:Black Madonna of Czestochowa 300th Anniversary of the Proclamation as 'Queen of Poland'
Face value: 35 l
Color: Dk Blue & Blk
Perforation: 13
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #216

Scott Number: 217
Date Issued: 12/20/1956
Descriptive Name:Black Madonna of Czestochowa 300th Anniversary of the Proclamation as 'Queen of Poland'
Face value: 60 l
Color: Green & Ultramarine
Perforation: 13
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 218
Date Issued: 12/20/1956
Descriptive Name:Black Madonna of Czestochowa 300th Anniversary of the Proclamation as 'Queen of Poland'
Face value: 100 l
Color: Brn & Dk Car Rose
Perforation: 13
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 264
Date Issued: 12/14/1959
Descriptive Name:St. Casimir 5th Century of Birth
Palace & Cathedral (Lithuania, Poland)
Face value: 50 l
Color: Brown
Perforation:
Printer: The Italian Government Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #264

Scott Number: 265
Date Issued: 12/14/1959
Descriptive Name:St. Casimir 5th Century of Birth
Palace & Cathedral (Lithuania, Poland)
Face value: 100 l
Color: Dull Green
Perforation:
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 275
Date Issued: 04/07/1960
Descriptive Name:World Refugee Year
Flight into Egypt by Fra Angelico (Eastern Europe)
Face value: 5 l
Color: Green
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #275

Scott Number: 276
Date Issued: 04/07/1960
Descriptive Name:World Refugee Year
St. Peter Giving Alms to the Poor (Eastern Europe)
Face value: 10 l
Color: Gray Brown
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 277
Date Issued: 04/07/1960
Descriptive Name:World Refugee Year
Madonna of Mercy (Eastern Europe)
Face value: 25 l
Color: Deep Carmine
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 278
Date Issued: 04/07/1960
Descriptive Name:World Refugee Year
Flight into Egypt by Fra Angelico (Eastern Europe)
Face value: 60 l
Color: Lilac
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #278

Scott Number: 279
Date Issued: 04/07/1960
Descriptive Name:World Refugee Year
St. Peter Giving Alms to the Poor (Eastern Europe)
Face value: 100 l
Color: Ultramarine
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 280
Date Issued: 04/07/1960
Descriptive Name:World Refugee Year
Madonna of Mercy (Eastern Europe)
Face value: 300 l
Color: Prus Green
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 369
Date Issued: 11/22/1963
Descriptive Name:Sts Cyril & Methodius 11th Century of the Evangelization of Greater Moravia
St Cyril (Bohemia, SE Europe)
Face value: 30 l
Color: Violet Black
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #369

Scott Number: 370
Date Issued: 11/22/1963
Descriptive Name:Sts Cyril & Methodius 11th Century of the Evangelization of Greater Moravia
Map of Greater Moravia (Bohemia, SE Europe)
Face value: 70 l
Color: Brown
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 371
Date Issued: 11/22/1963
Descriptive Name:Sts Cyril & Methodius 11th Century of the Evangelization of Greater Moravia
St Methodius (Bohemia, SE Europe)
Face value: 150 l
Color: Rose Claret
Perforation: 14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 433
Date Issued: 05/03/1966
Descriptive Name:Polish Millennium
King Mieszko I and Queen Dabrowka (Poland)
Face value: 15 l
Color: Black
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #433

Scott Number: 434
Date Issued: 05/03/1966
Descriptive Name:Polish Millennium
St. Adalbert (Poland)
Face value: 25 l
Color: Violet
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 435
Date Issued: 05/03/1966
Descriptive Name:Polish Millennium
St. Stanislaus (Poland)
Face value: 40 l
Color: Brick Red
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #435

Scott Number: 436
Date Issued: 05/03/1966
Descriptive Name:Polish Millennium
Queen Jadwiga (Poland)
Face value: 50 l
Color: claret
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 437
Date Issued: 05/03/1966
Descriptive Name:Polish Millennium
Black Madonna (Poland)
Face value: 150 l
Color: Slate Blue
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 438
Date Issued: 05/03/1966
Descriptive Name:Polish Millennium
Pope Paul VI Blessing Students (Poland)
Face value: 220 l
Color: brown
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #438

Scott Number: 513
Date Issued: 11/25/1971
Descriptive Name:St Stephen Millinary 11th Century King of Hungry
Patron Saint of Hungary
Face value: 50 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #513

Scott Number: 514
Date Issued: 11/25/1971
Descriptive Name:St Stephen Millinary 11th Century King of Hungry
Madonna, Patroness of Hungary
Face value: 180 l
Color: Black & Yellow
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 537
Date Issued: 06/19/1973
Descriptive Name:Copernicus 5th Century of Birth
View of Torun (Poland)
Face value: 20 l
Color: Dull Green
Perforation: 14
Printer: Austrian State Printing Office in Vienna

Stamp Cover Showing #537

Scott Number: 538
Date Issued: 06/19/1973
Descriptive Name:Copernicus 5th Century of Birth (Poland)
Face value: 50 l
Color: Brown
Perforation: 14
Printer: Austrian State Printing Office in Vienna

Stamp Cover Showing #538

Scott Number: 539
Date Issued: 06/19/1973
Descriptive Name:Copernicus 5th Century of Birth
View of Torun (Poland)
Face value: 100 l
Color: Lilac
Perforation: 14
Printer: Austrian State Printing Office in Vienna

Scott Number: 540
Date Issued: 06/19/1973
Descriptive Name:Copernicus 5th Century of Birth (Poland)
Face value: 130 l
Color: Dark Blue
Perforation: 14
Printer: Austrian State Printing Office in Vienna

Stamp Cover Showing #540

Scott Number: 541
Date Issued: 09/25/1973
Descriptive Name:Diocese of Prague 10th Century
St Wenceslas (Czechoslovakia)
Face value: 20 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #541

Scott Number: 542
Date Issued: 09/25/1973
Descriptive Name:Diocese of Prague 10th Century
Coat of Arms of the Prague Diocese (Czechoslovakia)
Face value: 90 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #542

Scott Number: 543
Date Issued: 09/25/1973
Descriptive Name:Diocese of Prague 10th Century
Spire of Prague Cathedral (Czechoslovakia)
Face value: 150 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #543

Scott Number: 544
Date Issued: 09/25/1973
Descriptive Name:Diocese of Prague 10th Century
St Adalbert (Czechoslovakia)
Face value: 220 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #544

Scott Number: 545
Date Issued: 11/27/1973
Descriptive Name:St Nerses Shnorali 8th Century of Death
Church of Hripsime (Armenia)
Face value: 25 l
Color: Tan & Dk Brown
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Stamp Cover Showing #545

Scott Number: 546
Date Issued: 11/27/1973
Descriptive Name:St Nerses Shnorali 8th Century of Death
Armenian Khatchkar (Armenia)
Face value: 90 l
Color: Lt Violet & Black
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 547
Date Issued: 11/27/1973
Descriptive Name:St Nerses Shnorali 8th Century of Death (Armenia)
Face value: 180 l
Color: Lt Green & Sep
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: The Italian State Printing Works

Scott Number: 648
Date Issued: 05/18/1979
Descriptive Name:St. Stanislas 9th Century of Martyrdom (Poland)
Face value: 120 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #648

Scott Number: 649
Date Issued: 05/18/1979
Descriptive Name:St. Stanislas 9th Century of Martyrdom
Appearing to the People (Poland)
Face value: 150 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: 650
Date Issued: 05/18/1979
Descriptive Name:St. Stanislas 9th Century of Martyrdom
Gold Reliquary Containing His Head (Poland)
Face value: 250 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: 651
Date Issued: 05/18/1979
Descriptive Name:St. Stanislas 9th Century of Martyrdom
Cathedral of Krakow (Poland)
Face value: 500 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: C68
Date Issued: 06/24/1980
Descriptive Name:Air Post
Travels of Pope John Paul II (1979)
Poland
Face value: 500 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14 x13.5
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #C68

Scott Number: 705
Date Issued: 02/16/1982
Descriptive Name:St. Agnes of Prague 700th Anniversary of Death
Blessed Agnes & Master of the Crosiers of the Red Star (Czechoslovakia)
Face value: 700 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #705

Scott Number: 706
Date Issued: 02/16/1982
Descriptive Name:St. Agnes of Prague 700th Anniversary of Death
St Agnes Receiving Letter From St Clare (Czechoslovakia)
Face value: 900 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Scott Number: 713
Date Issued: 11/23/1982
Descriptive Name:Christmas 1982
Wit Stwosz Church of Virgin Mary, Krakow Poland
Face value: 300 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Austrian State Printing Office in Vienna

Stamp Cover Showing #713

Scott Number: 729
Date Issued: 02/28/1984
Descriptive Name:Gregor Mendel Centenary of Death
Phases of Pea Plant Hybridization (Czechoslovakia (Moravia))
Face value: 450 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #729

Scott Number: 730
Date Issued: 02/28/1984
Descriptive Name:Gregor Mendel Centenary of Death
Phases of Pea Plant Hybridization (Czechoslovakia (Moravia))
Face value: 1500 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: 731
Date Issued: 02/28/1984
Descriptive Name:St. Casimir Of Lithuania 5th Century Of Death (Lithuania & Poland)
Face value: 550 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #731

Scott Number: 732
Date Issued: 02/28/1984
Descriptive Name:St. Casimir Of Lithuania 5th Century Of Death (Lithuania & Poland)
Face value: 1200 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: 752
Date Issued: 05/07/1985
Descriptive Name:St Methodius 11th Century of Death (Bohemia, SE Europe)
Face value: 500 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #752

Scott Number: 753
Date Issued: 05/07/1985
Descriptive Name:St Methodius 11th Century of Death
Cyril, Methodius & Body of Pope Clement I (Bohemia, SE Europe)
Face value: 600 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: 754
Date Issued: 05/07/1985
Descriptive Name:St Methodius 11th Century of Death
Sts Benedict and Cyril (Bohemia, SE Europe)
Face value: 1700 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: C76
Date Issued: 11/20/1986
Descriptive Name:Air Post
Travels of Pope John Paul II (1983)
Warsaw, Poland
Face value: 450 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14 x13.5
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #C76

Scott Number: 783
Date Issued: 06/02/1987
Descriptive Name:Evangelization of Latvia 8th Century
Riga Church Seal (Latvia, Baltic States)
Face value: 700 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #783

Scott Number: 784
Date Issued: 06/02/1987
Descriptive Name:Evangelization of Latvia 8th Century
Basilica of the Assumption, Aglona Seal (Latvia, Baltic States)
Face value: 2400 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: 785
Date Issued: 06/02/1987
Descriptive Name:Lithuania Baptism 6th Century
Christ Statue in Lithuanian Chapel (Lithuania, Baltic States)
Face value: 200 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #785

Scott Number: 786
Date Issued: 06/02/1987
Descriptive Name:Lithuania Baptism 6th Century
Two Angels & Our Lady Holding Body of Christ (Lithuania, Baltic States)
Face value: 700 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #786

Scott Number: 787
Date Issued: 06/02/1987
Descriptive Name:Lithuania Baptism 6th Century
Lithuanian Shrine (Lithuania, Baltic States)
Face value: 3000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #787

Scott Number: 813
Date Issued: 06/16/1988
Descriptive Name:Baptism of Kievan Rus Millenium
Prince St Vladimir the Great (Soviet Union)
Face value: 450 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #813

Scott Number: 814
Date Issued: 06/16/1988
Descriptive Name:Baptism of Kievan Rus Millenium
Cathedral St Sophia, Kiev (Soviet Union)
Face value: 650 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: 815
Date Issued: 06/16/1988
Descriptive Name:Baptism of Kievan Rus Millenium
Virgin Mary in Mosaic (Soviet Union)
Face value: 2500l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: C85
Date Issued: 10/27/1988
Descriptive Name:Air Post
Travels of Pope John Paul II (1987)
Poland
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14 x13.5
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #C85

Scott Number: 891
Date Issued: 11/11/1991
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1990)
Czechoslovakia
Face value: 550 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 14x13.5
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #891

Scott Number: C93
Date Issued: 11/24/1992
Descriptive Name:Air Post
Travels of Pope John Paul II (1991)
Poland
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Stamp Cover Showing #C93

Scott Number: C94
Date Issued: 11/24/1992
Descriptive Name:Air Post
Travels of Pope John Paul II (1991)
Czechoslovakia & Hungary
Face value: 4000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: Polygraph Institute of the Italian State

Scott Number: 934
Date Issued: 09/29/1993
Descriptive Name:St John Nepomucenus 600th Anniversary of Death
St John & Cross (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #934

Scott Number: 935
Date Issued: 09/29/1993
Descriptive Name:St John Nepomucenus 600th Anniversary of Death
Buildings in Prague (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Face value: 2000 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Scott Number: 960
Date Issued: 09/27/1994
Descriptive Name:Christian Archaeology 13th International Convention
Bishop Euphrasius, Archdeacon Claudius & His Son (Croatia, Former Yugoslavia)
Face value: 700 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #960

Scott Number: 961
Date Issued: 09/27/1994
Descriptive Name: Christian Archaeology 13th International Convention
Jesus, Mary & Angels (Croatia, Former Yugoslavia)
Face value: 1500 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Scott Number: 962
Date Issued: 09/27/1994
Descriptive Name:Christian Archaeology 13th International Convention
Christ, Sts Peter & Paul (Croatia, Former Yugoslavia)
Face value: 3000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #962

Scott Number: 964
Date Issued: 11/18/1994
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1993)
Albania
Face value: 700 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: ITVF (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #964

Scott Number: 967
Date Issued: 11/18/1994
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1993)
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Face value: 3000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: ITVF (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #967

Scott Number: 1000
Date Issued: 11/20/1995
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1994)
Croatia: Blessed Lady, Zagreb Cathedral
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14
Printer: The House of Questa (England)

Stamp Cover Showing #1000

Scott Number: 971
Date Issued: 03/25/1995
Descriptive Name:Europa 1995
Peace & Freedom
Clasped Hands Freed From Broken Chain
Face value: 750 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 14x13.25
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #971

Scott Number: 972
Date Issued: 03/25/1995
Descriptive Name:Europa 1995
Peace & Freedom
Holding Hands With Dove and Olive Branch
Face value: 850 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 14x13.25
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Scott Number: 1002
Date Issued: 03/16/1996
Descriptive Name:Religious 400th Anniversary
Union of Brest-Litovsk (Ukraine, Byelorussia)
Face value: 1250 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #1002

Scott Number: 1003
Date Issued: 03/16/1996
Descriptive Name:Religious 350th Anniversary
Union of Uzhorod (Ukraine, Byelorussia)
Face value: 2000 l
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.25x14
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #1003

Scott Number: 1023
Date Issued: 11/20/1996
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1995)
Czech Republic, Poland
Face value: 500 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14x13.25
Printer: Imprimerie des Timbre-Postes (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1023

Scott Number: 1025
Date Issued: 11/20/1996
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1995)
Slovakia
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14x13.25
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #1025

Scott Number: 1040
Date Issued: 04/23/1997
Descriptive Name:St. Adalbert 100 Century of Death (Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland)
Face value: 850 l
Color: Deep Violet
Perforation: 14
Printer: Brundesdruckerei GmbH (Germany)

Stamp Cover Showing #1040

Scott Number: 1046
Date Issued: 05/27/1997
Descriptive Name:46th Eucharistic Congress; Wroclaw, Poland
Elements of the Eucharist & Coat of Arms of Wroclaw
Face value: 650 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #1046

Scott Number: 1047
Date Issued: 05/27/1997
Descriptive Name:46th Eucharistic Congress; Wroclaw Poland
Last Supper
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: ITVF (France)

Scott Number: 1048
Date Issued: 05/27/1997
Descriptive Name:46th Eucharistic Congress; Wroclaw Poland
Holy Spirit Descending on Wroclaw Cathedral
Face value: 1250 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Instito Poligrafico e Zecca dello Strata Italiano

Stamp Cover Showing #1048

Scott Number: 1049
Date Issued: 05/27/1997
Descriptive Name:46th Eucharistic Congress; Wroclaw Poland
'IHS' Symbol Christ on Cross, Doves, World with Two Hands
Face value: 2500 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: ITVF (France)

Scott Number: 1058
Date Issued: 11/11/1997
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1996)
Slovenia
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.75x13.5
Printer: Joh Enschede (Netherlands)

Stamp Cover Showing #1058

Scott Number: 1059
Date Issued: 11/11/1997
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1996)
Germany
Face value: 1300 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.75x13.25
Printer: Joh Enschede (Netherlands)

Scott Number: 1060
Date Issued: 11/11/1997
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1996)
Hungary
Face value: 2000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.75x13.25
Printer: Joh Enschede (Netherlands)

Stamp Cover Showing #1060

Scott Number: 1089
Date Issued: 12/01/1998
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1997)
Sarajevo
Face value: 300 l
Color: Brown
Perforation: 12
Printer: Ashton-Potter (Canada)

Stamp Cover Showing #1089

Scott Number: 1090
Date Issued: 12/01/1998
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1997)
Prague
Face value: 600 l
Color: Green
Perforation: 12
Printer: Ashton-Potter (Canada)

Scott Number: 1092
Date Issued: 12/01/1998
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1997)
Poland
Face value: 900 l
Color: Violet Blue
Perforation: 12
Printer: Ashton-Potter (Canada)

Stamp Cover Showing #1092

Scott Number: 1117
Date Issued: 05/25/1999
Descriptive Name:Kosovo 1999
Proceeds From the Sale of the Stamp Benefits Victims of the Fighting in Kosovo (Former Yugoslavia)
Face value: 3600 l
Color: Black
Perforation: 12.25x12.5
Printer: Helio Courvoisier SA (Switzerland)

Stamp Cover Showing #1117

Scott Number: 1121
Date Issued: 10/12/1999
Descriptive Name:Pope John Paul II (1998)
Croatia
Face value: 1300 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13.25x13.75
Printer: Joh Enschede (Netherlands)

Stamp Cover Showing #1121

Scott Number: 1154
Date Issued: 05/09/2000
Descriptive Name:Pope John Paul II 80th Birthday
Black Madonna of Czestochowa (Poland)
Face value: 1200 l
Color: Dark Blue
Perforation: 13x12
Printer: Sweden Post (Sweden)

Stamp Cover Showing #1154

Scott Number: 1167b
Date Issued: 09/01/2000
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1999)
Romania
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 11.75x11.75
Printer: Helio Courvoisier SA (Switzerland)

Scott Number: 1167c
Date Issued: 09/01/2000
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1999)
Poland
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 11.75x11.75
Printer: Helio Courvoisier SA (Switzerland)

Scott Number: 1167d
Date Issued: 09/01/2000
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1999)
Slovenia
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 11.75x11.75
Printer: Helio Courvoisier SA (Switzerland)

Scott Number: 1167e
Date Issued: 09/01/2000
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (1999)
India & Georgia
Face value: 1000 l
Color: multi.
Perforation: 11.75x11.75
Printer: Helio Courvoisier SA (Switzerland)

Scott Number: 1176
Date Issued: 02/15/2001
Descriptive Name:Baptism of the Armenian Nation 1700th Anniversary
St Gregory & King Tirade as a Boar (Armenia)
Face value: 1200 l€0,62
Color: multi.
Perforation: 11.75x11.75
Printer: Helio Courvoisier SA (Switzerland)

Stamp Cover Showing #1176

Scott Number: 1177
Date Issued: 02/15/2001
Descriptive Name:Baptism of the Armenian Nation 1700th Anniversary
St Gregory, King Tirade & Angel (Armenia)
Face value: 1500 l €0,77
Color: multi.
Perforation: 11.75x11.75
Printer: Helio Courvoisier SA (Switzerland)

Scott Number: 1178
Date Issued: 02/15/2001
Descriptive Name:Baptism of the Armenian Nation 1700th Anniversary
St Gregory, King Tirade, Constantine & Pope Sylvaster I (Armenia)
Face value: 2000 l €1,03
Color: multi.
Perforation: 11.75x11.75
Printer: Helio Courvoisier SA (Switzerland)

Scott Number: 1234
Date Issued: 11/21/2002
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2001)
Ukraine
Face value: €0,62
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13x13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1234

Scott Number: 1234a
Date Issued: 11/21/2002
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2001)
Ukraine (Booklet 10 & Booklet Pane)
Face value: 4 x €0,62
Color: multi
Perforation: 13 x 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1234a

Scott Number: 1235
Date Issued: 11/21/2002
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2001)
Armenia, Kazakhstan
Face value: €1,55
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13x13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1235

Scott Number: 1236b
Date Issued: 03/20/2003
Descriptive Name:Pontificate of John Paul II
1979 Visits Poland
Face value: €0,41
Color: multi
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Scott Number: 1236l
Date Issued: 03/20/2003
Descriptive Name:Pontificate of John Paul II
1989 Meeting with Maikhail Gorbachev
Face value: €0,41
Color: multi
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Scott Number: 1236p
Date Issued: 03/20/2003
Descriptive Name:Pontificate of John Paul II
1993 Praying for the Balkans in Assisi
Face value: €0,41
Color: multi
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Scott Number: 1236s
Date Issued: 03/20/2003
Descriptive Name:Pontificate of John Paul II
1996 Visits Germany
Face value: €0,41
Color: multi
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Scott Number: 1236t
Date Issued: 03/20/2003
Descriptive Name:Pontificate of John Paul II
1997 Visits Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Face value: €0,41
Color: multi
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Scott Number: 1253
Date Issued: 11/18/2003
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2002)
Bulgaria, Azerbaijan
Face value: €0,62
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1253

Scott Number: 1255
Date Issued: 11/18/2003
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2002)
Poland
Face value: €2,07
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Scott Number: 1261
Date Issued: 03/18/2004
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2003)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Face value: €0,62
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1261

Scott Number: 1262
Date Issued: 03/18/2004
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2003)
Croatia
Face value: €0,80
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Scott Number: 1263
Date Issued: 03/18/2004
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2003)
Slovakia
Face value: €1,40
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1263

Scott Number: 1264
Date Issued: 03/18/2004
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2003)
Poland
Sheet of 4 & 8 Labels
Face value: 4 x €0,45
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1264

Scott Number: 1265
Date Issued: 03/18/2004
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope John Paul II (2003)
Poland
Sheet of 4 & 8 Labels
Face value: 4 x €0,62
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1265

Scott Number: 1365
Date Issued: 11/20/2007
Descriptive Name:St Elizabeth Hungary 8th Centenary of Birth
Attending Sick Woman (Hungary)
Face value: €0,65
Color: multi
Perforation: 14
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Stamp Cover Showing #1365

Scott Number: 1366
Date Issued: 11/20/2007
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Benedict XVI (2006)
Poland
Bulgaria & Azerbaijan
Face value: €0,60
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1366

Scott Number: 1368
Date Issued: 11/20/2007
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Benedict XVI (2006)
Germany
Face value: €0,85
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1368

Scott Number: 1457
Date Issued: 11/15/2010
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Benedict XVI (2009)
Czech Republic
Face value: €0,85
Color: multi.
Perforation: 13 x 13
Printer: Cartor (France)

Stamp Cover Showing #1457

Scott Number: 1482
Date Issued: 09/13/2011
Descriptive Name:Rugerius Boscovich
Jesuit Priest, Physicist, Astronomer, Mathematician, Philosopher, Diplomat, Poet & Theologian (Croatia)
Face value: €3,30
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14.2x14.2
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Scott Number: 1508
Date Issued: 11/06/2012
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Benedict XVI (2011)
Croatia
Face value: €0,60
Color: multi
Perforation: 13x13
Printer: BDT (Ireland)

Scott Number: 1511
Date Issued: 11/06/2012
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Benedict XVI (2011)
Germany
Face value: €1,60
Color: multi
Perforation: 13x13
Printer: BDT (Ireland)

Scott Number: 1536
Date Issued: 06/12/2013
Descriptive Name:Evangelization of Moravia 1150th Anniversary
Mission of St Cyril & St Methodius to Slavic Lands (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Face value: €1,90
Color: multi.
Perforation: 11-3/4
Printer: P.T.C. Praha (Czech Rep.)

Scott Number: 1574
Date Issued: 08/28/2014
Descriptive Name:Fall of the Berlin Wall 25th Anniversary
Old Woman Holding Chisel Against Wall (Germany)
Face value: €0,85
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14.3 x 14.3
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Scott Number: 1575
Date Issued: 08/28/2014
Descriptive Name:Fall of the Berlin Wall 25th Anniversary
Souvenir Sheet (Germany)
Face value: €3,60
Color: multi.
Perforation: 14.3 x 14.3
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Scott Number: 1595a
Date Issued: 09/02/2015
Descriptive Name:St. Gregory of Narek
Studied Theology & Literature in the Monasteries of Narek, Armenia
Face value: €1,00
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.66x13.77
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Scott Number: 1595b
Date Issued: 09/02/2015
Descriptive Name:Blessed Ignatius Maloyan
Appoined Archbishop of Marden, Armenia
Face value: €1,00
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.66x13.77
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Number: 1595M
Date Issued: 09/02/2015
Descriptive Name:St Gregory of Narek & Blessed Martyr Ignatius Maloyan
Mini Sheet
Face value: 4 x €1,00
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.66x13.77
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Scott Number: 1598
Date Issued: 09/02/2015
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Francis (2014)
Tirana, Albania
Face value: €0,95
Color: multi
Perforation: 14x15
Printer: BDT (Ireland)

Scott Number: 1664
Date Issued: 11/23/2017
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Francis (2016)
Armenia
Face value: €0,95
Color:
Perforation: 13.3 x 13.3
Printer: The Lowe Martin Group (Canada)

Scott Number: 1665
Date Issued: 11/23/2017
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Francis (2016)
Poland
Face value: €0,95
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.3 x 13.3
Printer: The Lowe Martin Group (Canada)

Scott Number: 1666
Date Issued: 11/23/2017
Descriptive Name:Travels of Pope Francis (2016)
Georgia, Azerbaijan
Face value: €0,95
Color:
Perforation: 13.3 x 13.3
Printer: The Lowe Martin Group (Canada)

Scott Number: 1681
Date Issued: 05/03/2018
Descriptive Name:Europa 2018
                               Bridges
                               St John of Nepomuk
                               Czech Who is the Patron of Bridges (Czech Republic)
Face value: €1,00
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.66 x 13.77
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Scott Number: 1686
Date Issued: 05/03/2018
Descriptive Name:Slavonic Liturgical Language Recognition 1150th Anniversary
Souvenir Sheet (Slovak Republic)
Face value: €5,95
Color: multi
Perforation: 13x13
Printer: Phil @Poste (France)

Scott Number: 1708
Date Issued: 02/11/2019
Descriptive Name:Eparchy of Lungro 1st Century
Face value: €2,40
Color: multi
Perforation: N/A
Printer: Jon Enschedë (Netherlands)

Stamp Cover Showing #1708

Scott Number: 1715
Date Issued: 03/19/2019
Descriptive Name:Restoration Of Diplomatic Relations Between The Holy See and Poland 100th Anniversary (Poland)
Face value: €1,15
Color: multi
Perforation: 11.6 x 12.1
Printer: PWPW (Poland)

Scott Number: 1720
Date Issued: 05/31/2019
Descriptive Name:Travel Of Pope Francis (2019)
Romania
Face value: €2,40
Color: multi
Perforation: N/A
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Scott Number: 1724
Date Issued: 09/10/2019
Descriptive Name:Travels Of Pope Francis (2018)
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Face value: €3,00
Color: multi
Perforation: 13.66 x 13.77
Printer: Printex (Malta)

Vatican City Iron Curtain Stamps

Vatican Notes, Volumn 67 Issue 379, had several articles dealing with Vatican City stamps
with connections to Iron Curtain countries. This slide presentation shows those stamps.

Presentation Prepared by the Vatican Philatelic Society Website Team

Vatican City Iron Curtain Stamps

Vatican Notes, Volumn 67 Issue 379, had several articles dealing with Vatican City stamps with connections to Iron Curtain countries. This slide presentation shows those stamps.

Presentation Prepared by the Vatican Philatelic Society Website Team

Vatican Notes, Volumn 67 Issue 379, had several articles dealing with Vatican City stamps
with connections to Iron Curtain countries. This slide presentation shows those stamps.