Thematic: Popes and Religion

9/5/1982 ITALIAN REPUBLIC - Montagnana (PD), the Travelling Franciscan Exhibition for the VIII centenary of the birth - 1 cover and 1 postcard, numbered (an edition of 1300 examples), with a special pictorial postmark.

16/9/1972 ITALY REPUBLIC - the visit of His Holiness Pope Paul VI to the Eucharistic Congress of Udine . A cover with a special postmark.

1983 - VATICAN CITY - The visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Haiti. A Vatican aerogramme with a special Vatican postmark, duly flown to Port au Prince. The Haiti arrival postmark is on the reverse

23/10/1983 VATICAN CITY - the IV Centenary of Father Matteo Ricci's entry into China, special postmark on a Vatican postal card with added franking - carried to Como.

23/10/1982 VATICAN CITY - IV centenary of the entry of Father Matteo Ricci into China - Cover with a special pictorial commemorative postmark, genuinely carried to China with franking on the reverse - uncommon.

1/1/1983 VATICAN CITY - the 16th World Day of Peace - a cover with a special pictorial postmark, properly postally used to Como with an arrival postmark.

29/7-7/8- 1983 RIO DE JANEIRO - philatelic event - Brasiliana 83 - postcard with the special Vatican postmark of the event, carried to Como.

5/9/1982 ITALIAN REPUBLIC - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Serra Sant'Abbondio, the hermitage of Fonte Avellana - a cover postally used to Vatican City with the special postmark of the visit.

19/9/1982 ITALY REPUBLIC - the visit of H.H. John Paul II to Albano Laziale - cover carried to the Vatican City with a special pictorial postmark.

21/5/1983 ITALIAN REPUBLIC - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Monza - a card postally used, with the arrival postmark of Como.

13/5/1984 ITALIAN REPUBLIC - CASTANO PRIMO (MI), the closing of the Year of the Holy Crucifix, a special pictorial postmark on a folder with an ANFE cinderella souvenir sheet No. 8413 issued for the occasion.

17/9/1972 ITALY REPUBLIC - Udine, the closing of the XVIIII National Eucharistic Congress - special pictorial postmark on a Rome FDC cover.

27/12/1983 VATICAN CITY - His Holiness John Paul II meets his would-be assassin Ali Agca in the Rebibbia prison in Rome. Cover with the postmark of the day of the visit. Few covers are known: they were printed and cancelled by a collector.

22/10/1978 VATICAN CITY - The solemn rite for the start of the pontificate of His Holiness John Paul II. A cover published by FDC Roma with the Vatican postmark of the day the pontificate began.

1/1/1984 VATICAN CITY - special pictorial postmark " XVII Giornata Mondiale della Pace ", the Holy Year of the Redemption, on a cover properly postally used to Como.

25-27/8/1984  CITTA' DEL VATICANO - Partecipazione  alla XXXVI Fiera del Francobollo a Riccione - Annullo speciale Vaticano su Cartolina Postale da 130 Lire con affrancatura aggiunta.

1984 Vatican City - Special cancellation of the participation of the Vatican Post Office to XXXVI Fair Riccione Stamp - postcard Vatican.

27-30/8/1982  CITTA' DEL VATICANO - Cartolina Postale con annullo Speciale per la partecipazione " XXX IV Fiera Internazionale del Francobollo " di Riccione su Cartolina Postale.

1982 Vatican City - Special cancellation of the participation of the Vatican Post Office to the XXXIV Riccione Stamp Exhibition - postcard Vatican.

24/4/1970 ITALY - the visit of H.H. Pope Paul VI to the Sanctuary of the Madonna di Bonaria at Cagliari - airmail cover.

25/12/1968 ITALY REPUBLIC - His Holiness Pope Paul VI celebrates Holy Christmas among the workers of Taranto - a cover with the special Taranto - Rome aerogramme postmark

24/4/1983  CITTA' DEL VATICANO - Giornata di Preghiere per le Vocazioni - cartolina con effigie di S.S. Giovanni Paolo II°.

1983 Vatican City - Day of Prayer for the Vocazini - postcard with a portrait of Pope John Paul II.