Thematic: Popes and Religion

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° ".

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

6/1/1984 VATICAN - the Epiphany of Our Lord, Solemn Episcopal Ordinations conferred by H.H. John Paul II, Holy Year of Redemption - cover with the postmark of 6/1/84 from the Vatican City to Como - arrival postmark on…

25/12/1983 VATICAN CITY - the Holy Year of the Redemption, Joannes Paulus PP. II, Christmas 1983, the special pictorial postmark "NATALIS CHRISTI NATALIS VITAE" on a cover to Como.

3/4/1983 VATICAN - postcard with the pictorial pontifical postmark "IVB.RED.AN MCMLXXXIII SURREXIT CHRISTUS DE SEPULCRO ALLELUIA APERITE PORTAS REDEMPTORI - POSTE VATICANE 3 APRILE", from Vatican City to Como.

31-10/9-11/1982 VATICAN - the visit of H.H. John Paul II to Spain, Pontifical pictorial postmark " Pont.Max Pastorali Cura Hispaniam Visit" of departure - on a cover to Como.

21/5/1983 - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Sesto San Giovanni (Milan), a card with the pictorial postmark of the visit, properly postally used with the arrival postmark of Como.

14-15/8/1983 VATICAN - special airmail dispatch for the visit of H.H. John Paul II to Lourdes - cover with the Vatican pictorial postmark and the Lourdes arrival postmark - duly flown.

5/9/1982 ITALY - visit of H.H. John Paul II to Serra Sant'Abbondio, at "L'eremo della Fonte Avellana" (the hermitage of Fonte Avellana), letter card with the special Italian pictorial postmark issued for the occasion.

28/5 - 2/6/1982 - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Scotland, cover with the special pictorial postmark of the Vatican Post - on the reverse the arrival postmark of Como.

22/5/1983 - ITALY - Milan, the 20th National Eucharistic Congress, the Extraordinary Holy Year of 1983 to 1984. The special air postal dispatch for the return of His Holiness John Paul II to Rome. A special postmark of…

4 and 5 May 1996 - The visit of His Holiness John Paul II to Como. A numbered cinderella souvenir sheet with a design by Eros Donnini, printed by the "Arti Grafiche San Marcello Roma". Mint

20/11/1982 ITALY - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to the city of Palermo - cover with a pictorial postmark.

26/9/1982 - the visit of His Holiness John Paul II to the city of Brescia, a pictorial cover with the special pictorial postmark " 25100 Brescia Visita di S.S. Giovanni Paolo II° "