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Recently an online publication was posted on the VPS website and is now available to our members. The article was written by William Wonneberger, Jr., the founder of the Vatican Philatelic Society (VPS). It describes all Vatican stamps issued from 1929 to 1954.
 
The article was originally published in the National Philatelic Museum's journal (Volume VII, Number 1, pages 61-107), which was edited by Ernest A. Kehr. That issue of the journal was released in conjunction with Marian Year Philatelic Exhibition, which ran from September 22 through November 5, 1954, at the National Philatelic Museum in Philadelphia. The exhibit was under the patronage of His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, in cooperation with the Vatican City Postal Administration. (Cardinal Spellman is also listed as being the 1,000th member of the Vatican Philatelic Society). When the National Philatelic Museum folded, its assets were transferred to the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum. We are grateful to the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum for allowing the Vatican Philatelic Society the use of this copyrighted material on our website. 
The article was converted from magazine images to computer text by members of the VPS website team. The text is exactly as Mr. Wonneberger wrote it. The stamp images used in our presentation are from VPS website files. The first-day cover images are also from the VPS website image files and are the much-appreciated contributions of several VPS members. 
VPS members can view this lengthy article by going to the Members Page on our website. There you will see entitled The Vatican's Postage Stamps. Click on the link 1929 to 1954 and the article will appear. Just use your computer browser to navigate through this very enjoyable and historical document. 
This article will not be available in printed form and is only available on the VPS website. We hope that VPS members find this article enjoyable to read. We will also leave you guessing what comes next! 
Should anyone need their VPS website login and password to access the Member page, remember all VPS members receiving the daily email are registered to access the VPS website. If you do not know your log in id and password this information can be sent to your email address. Simply key https://vaticanstamps.org/forgot.php into your computer browser. The computer screen with then ask you to key in your email address. The computer will then search for a matching email address and, if an exact match is successfully found, will send your login id and password to your email account. Should you encounter problems please use the link contact form found on the website home page to let us know.

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