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Thank You! I can’t imagine a religious organization not wanting to join. Just to learn more about the Church and its history. You don’t need to be a stamp collector. For example, just the construction of St Peters Dome, there is so much info in our bulletins about it const. Also, lives of so many people of the Chu.rich.
Again, thank you!
Charlie (06/05/2025 - Cjs)
Charlie (CJS)--that is a great idea. Based on your thought, I have reached out to our local diocesan newspaper to see if there would be any interest in doing an article on Vatican philately (including VPS) and how it touches on stamps and postal history, as well as the Church, art. history and travel tied to the Vatican. Maybe other members can try to contact their diocesan newspapers, local religious organizations (ie, Knights of Columbus) or local Catholic schools (getting young people interested would be outstanding!). Thanks for a wonderful idea, Charlie! (06/05/2025 - LFG)
The website team is definitely reaching out to find new members to join the Vatican Philatelic Society. Yesterday, we mailed out a number of emails inviting a number of folks to join the VPS. Please use the contact form (found home and member page) to send name and email address and we will be happy to add them to our Membership Call list. (06/03/2025 - MJL)
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I just recd the 2nd qtr Vatican Notes. As always, I’m highly impressed with the education articles not only covering the V stamp issues, but also, history of the Catholic Church. This publication and daily emails should be of interest to Church officials since they portray so much history that many of them would love to read them. Maybe our society could somehow reach out to them and get their membership? I’m sure there are many hundreds of Catholic organizations that would love to read all our historic articles. (06/02/2025 - Cjs)
The Vatican Post Office CFN sales to overseas customers has been shut down since late October of 2024. Sales of over-the-counter postage stamps has been limited to 10 stamps per visit. Has anyone, except Vatican stamp collectors, really missed the Vatican Post Office being shut down? What would happen if the United States Post Office was to shut down? Would companies like Amazon start to deliver the mail? (05/30/2025 - MJL)
Javier, Good for you! One down, one to go! We are on the look-out! (05/28/2025 - LFG)
No better place than the VPS Chat Room to announce that I have just acquired a 1935 Juridical Congress FDC. I will be sharing with Marvin this week.
If anyone has or knows someone with a 1933 gardens/medallions/Pius XI (Scott 19-34, E3-4) FDC, please let me know!
Javier (05/28/2025 - JA)
Mr. Brady's latest yard sign (05/19/2025 - MJL)
test (05/18/2025 - MJL)
Has anyone noticed the album pages now appear proportionally correct when viewing from your cell phone. They are a bit small, and better view from a laptop or desktop computer. However they are proportionally correct when viewing from cell phone. Can't wait until we get the in-you head computers chips implanted into everyone's brain to see what kind of a screen size we will have to program for. That is going to be interesting! (05/18/2025 - MJL)
I have tried numerous times to upload pictures. After I upload the pictures, nothing happens. What button do I press after uploading pictures? Your system takes the pictures and states that they were successfully uploaded. What’s next???
Charlie
Charlie (05/16/2025 - Cjs)
I tried to send some pictures of the FDC and stamp a few minutes ago. Not sure if they will come through. Let see if it does.
Charlie (05/16/2025 - Cjs)
Charlie,
Can you confirm if the FDC that you purchased has a square photo of the stone sculpture on the left side with a gold border, and gold lettering underneath reading: "G.M.G LISBONA 2023." I believe the company behind this cover I'm referencing is Geocover.
Javier (05/15/2025 - JA)
Hi Charlie,
No problem. This is everything Sassone 2025 says:
2023 (16 May) - 37th World Youth Day - Lisbon. Offset printing in mini-sheets of 10
Sassone 1931: €3.10 multicolored ... €2,500.00
Mini sheet ... -
Subject: Pope Francis, standing on the bow of a boat, leads young people toward the future
*The Governorate of Vatican City has officially announced that this stamp, having used the image of a monument located in the capital of Portugal (the Monument to the Discoveries), deemed "colonialist," has been withdrawn from circulation.*
Javier (05/15/2025 - JA)
Hi
thanks for checking. I got the single stamp, top corner margin, for around $660 on EBay. The FDC was around $1,000. That was the only FDC I ever saw on EBay. The dealer had only one in stock. I think he was from Portugal.
Just wondering about the FDC and what it catalogs for.
Again, thanks.
Charlie (05/15/2025 - Cjs)
Hi CJS: In Sassone 2025, from my recollection, the stamp is catalogued at €2,500. I'll double check when I get home from work. I can't remember if there was a FDC catalog price for it. If you were able to buy a stamp that week it was recalled from a dealer, you would have gotten it at a steal. They were at most selling for about €300-400. Now the price is somewhere around €1,400. (05/14/2025 - JA)
Just wondering what the rare World Youth Day stamp and its First Dsy Cover are catalogued for in our various stamp cat for 2025?
thanks
charlie (05/14/2025 - Cjs)
Hi LFG: Thank you for checking. My guess is that because 6.20.1936 was a Saturday, they waited for Monday which was 6.22.1936 to make it official... maybe? Were post offices stamping covers Saturday, maybe not? And so they waited for Monday? Not sure. But if your catalogs say 6.22, and so does Scott and so do old Sassone, I'll count my FDC in my collection as an FDC. (05/13/2025 - JA)
Hi JA, I checked a recent Stanley Gibbons catalog (2022) and an old Bolaffi catalog (1967)--both have June 22, 1936 as the date of issue. No idea why Sassone has a new and different date. Anyone else have any ideas?? Take care, Lou G. (05/13/2025 - LFG)
Howdy everyone. I just bought a new 2025 Sassone catalog and noticed that the 1936 Catholic Press series has a date of issue of June 20th 1936. My old Sassone 1977 edition and also a 2023 Scott catalog have it dated June 22nd 1936. I have an FDC (or so I thought) of this series dated June 22. I noticed the date of the 22nd was a Monday, the 20th was a Saturday. Does anyone know the reason for this change? (05/12/2025 - JA)
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