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July 5 1962 was the issue date of the set of three stamps shown above. This set commemorates the centenary of the death, in 1862, of Pauline Jaricot, French foundress of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. The stamps reproduce a portrait of Pauline Jaricot which currently hangs in the Great Hall of the Superior Council of the Pontifical Organization for the Propagation of the Faith in Rome.

The portrait was commissioned by Pope John XXIII in 1921 when, as Msgr. Angelo Roncalli, he headed the Italian branch of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

The stamps measure 30 x 40 mm. and were printed by rotogravure on paper watermarked with the crossed keys design. Printing was done by the "Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato Italiano" in panes of 40 subjects each.

Marie-Pauline Jaricot was born at Lyons, France on July 22, 1799. Even at an early age she was exceptionally pious, and while still in her teens worked actively among her friends and countrymen to stimulate interest in missionary work. She remained actively interested in the missions throughout her life, and in 1822 founded the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Four years later she founded the lesser-known Association of the Living Rosary. She died on January 9, 1862.

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