Thematic: Popes and Religion

19/3/1981 - ITALY - TERNI - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II - a set of 2 covers with the postmarks of Terni and of Vatican City - Lotto/31164

7/7/1986 SAINT LUCIA - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " Arrival at Hewanorra Airport " - a cover franked with the stamp issued for the occasion, with the special first-day-of-issue postmark - Lotto/31147

7/7/1986 COLOMBIA - BARRANQUILLA - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " a Celebration of the Word in the Plaza de la Paz " - a cover carrying a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31146

6/7/1986 COLOMBIA - BUCARAMANGA - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " a Celebration of the Word at the Parco Chambacu " - a cover with its special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31145

6/7/1986 COLOMBIA - BUCARAMANGA - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " Holy Mass at the Ciudad Real de Minas " - a cover bearing a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31144

6/7/1986 COLOMBIA - ARMERO - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " a Mass for the souls of the victims of Armero " - a cover with a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31143

5/7/1986 COLOMBIA - MEDELLIN - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " Holy Mass at the airport " - a cover with a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31142

4/7/1986 COLOMBIA - CALI - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " the meeting with the children " - a cover with a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31141

4/7/1986 COLOMBIA - TUMACO - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " the meeting with the Missionary Church" - a cover with a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31140

3/7/1986 COLOMBIA - CHIQUINQUIRA - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " the Pope's message to three hundred thousand campesinos" - a cover with a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31139

2/7/1986 COLOMBIA - BOGOTA' - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " Holy Mass at the Simon Bolivar park " - a cover with a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31138

1/7/1986 COLOMBIA - BOGOTA' - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II " the meeting with the President of the Republic, Barco Vargas " - a cover with a special pictorial postmark - Lotto/31137

1/8-7/1986 VATICAN - the Vatican-Bogota airmail dispatch on the occasion of H.H. John Paul II's journey to Colombia and Saint Lucia - cover carried, with the Bogota arrival postmark - Lotto/31136

1/12/1986 SEYCHELLES - MAHE - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II - the farewell ceremony at the airport of Pointe Larve, a cover with a pictorial philatelic postmark - Lotto/31135

1/12/1986 SEYCHELLES - MAHE - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II - a cover with a pictorial philatelic postmark - Lotto/31134

8-19/8/1985 VATICAN CITY - an airmail despatch for Kenya for the visit to Africa of His Holiness John Paul II - a cover regularly postally used with the arrival postmark of Nairobi - Lotto/31148

31/1-10/2/1986 VATICAN CITY - an airmail despatch for New Delhi for the visit to India of His Holiness John Paul II - a cover regularly postally used with the arrival postmark of New Delhi - Lotto/31149

26/8/1979 - ITALY - Belluno: the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Belluno, Canale d'Agordo and the Marmolada - a group of 5 covers with the special postmarks of the visit - Lotto/31163

25/3/1983 VATICAN / ITALY - The Extraordinary Holy Year. A group of 12 covers with special postmarks of Vatican City and of Italy (Rome), struck for the celebration of the Holy Year - Lotto/31162 - the photograph shows part of the lot

10/2/1986. INDIA - PUNE - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Pune, a cover with the special postmark of that day " Pune Pope's Visit" - Lotto/31160