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In 1972 there was a UNESCO campaign to save Venice from flooding. The Vatican Post Office issued a set of stamps as part of that effort. The main stamp Scott 520a, a Souvenir Sheet was a map of Venice dated in the late 1600s. Why this stamp why this particular map was selected?

   The Vatican Had Copyright Of Map Used
   It Was A Good Artistic Picture
   It Was The Most Recent Map Available
   Selection reasoning is unknown

Your answer was: Selection reasoning is unknown.
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Answer: The Help Save Venice campaign was an effort to raise money to preserve and restore architectural and artistic treasures from the threat of flooding. The Vatican Post Office issued a set of stamps as part of that effort. The main stamp Scott 520a, a Souvenir Sheet was a map of Venice dated in the late 1600s. The main Venice Map comes from the Vatican Museum Gallery Of Maps printed by Ignazio Danti in 1581. But why was this map selected? Unfortanuly we had no idea. It is a nice artistic map and because the Vatican owns the painting there would not be any copyright issues. Any other ideas? If so please contact us using our contact page.



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Scott 520a (1972)


See Also
• Rev. H. A. Phinney, Save Venice Vatican Notes Volume 21 Issue 2 Year 1972 Pages 1-3
• James C. Hamilton An Atlas of Vatican City Cartophilately-Part I Vatican Notes Volume 59 Issue 348 Year 2011 Pages 11-18