Thematic: Popes and Religion

29/6/1983 VATICAN CITY - the celebration of the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the patriarchal Vatican Basilica - Holy Year of the Redemption 1983-1984. A cover properly postally used to Como.

1962 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - The European Exhibition of Religious Philately, "Gabriel 62". A card with the postmark, sent from Venice to India

25/1/1979 VATICAN - the departure of H.H. John Paul II, Rome-San Domingo - illustrated cover with a Vatican postmark.

2/2/1984 VATICAN - a solemn celebration in the Basilica of Saint Peter for the religious, with the renewal of vows in the hands of the Pope - a postcard with a Vatican postmark, postally used to Como.

22/1/1984 VATICAN - the Jubilee Holy Mass presided over by Cardinal Pietro Palazzini - a postcard with a Vatican postmark, postally used to Como.

28/1/1984 VATICAN - Solemn Papal Audience for the F.I.D.A.E., Holy Year of Redemption 1983-1984 - postcard with a Vatican postmark, properly carried through the post to Como.

29/8/1982 ITALY - the visit of H.H. John Paul II to Rimini, cover carried to the Vatican City with the special pictorial postmark " Rimini Visita di S.S. Giovanni Paolo II° ".

29/8/1982 - ITALY - The departure of His Holiness John Paul II from Riccione for Vatican City - a cover with the Riccione postmark and, on the reverse, a Vatican City postmark. A very handsome and uncommon cover,…

2-10/3/1983 VATICAN - the special pictorial postmark " Supremus pastor Americam Mediam Visit " for the return of H.H. John Paul II from his visit to America, on a postcard carried to Como.

12-15/5/1982 VATICAN - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Portugal, special pictorial postmark "IO.Paulus II Cultor B.M.V. Lusitaniam Petit" on a cover.

25/3/1983 VATICAN CITY - A collection of 50 postcards, all genuinely carried to Como, with every postmark used by the Vatican offices for the occasion. The postmarks all differ in their letters and numbers. An uncommon…

11/4/1982 VATICAN CITY - A lot of 29 covers with the postmarks used by the various Vatican offices for Holy Easter. All the covers were genuinely carried to Como and bear an arrival postmark. The postmarks differ in the…

5/2/1984 VATICAN - the Day of the Eastern Churches, a Divine Celebration in the Byzantine rite presided over by the Holy Father - a postcard with a Vatican postmark.

24/11/1971 ITALY REPUBLIC - the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Comboni Missionaries Institute - cover with the special pictorial postmark of Venegono Superiore (Va).

15/6/1982 VATICAN - cover with the special Vatican postmark " Pont. Max Genevae Consilia Internat. Visit - Poste Vaticane 15/6/1982", carried to Como.

7/10/1984 ITALY - the visit of H.H. John Paul II to Crotone (CZ) - cover with the special pictorial postmark of the Holy Father's visit.

28/6/1983 VATICAN CITY - the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Solemn Vespers and the Blessing of the Sacred Pallia, Holy Year of the Redemption 1983 - 1984 . A cover properly postally used to…

19/3/1986 ITALY - Prato (FI), the visit of His Holiness John Paul II, a cover with a special pictorial postmark.

10-13/9/1983 VATICAN - the visit of H.H. John Paul II to Austria, postcard with the special pictorial postmark " Spem Augens Ioannes Paulus II Austriam Visitat ", carried to Como.

11-21/6/1982 FRANCE - the participation of the Vatican Post in the " PHILEXFRANCE" Exhibition, a cover with a special pictorial postmark, postally used to Como.