Thematic: Popes and Religion

3-4/12/1970 INDONESIA - the visit of His Holiness Paul VI to Djakarta - a set of two covers, the celebration of Mass in the cathedral of Djakarta and the meeting with the President of Indonesia.

1970 BANGLADESH - the visit of His Holiness Paul VI to Dacca - cover franked with part of a stamp and a bilingual postmark, "Emergency Situation Dacca" - an emergency was in force in those days because of a devastating…

4/12/1970 HONG KONG - the visit of H.H. Paul VI to the city, cover with a Hong Kong postmark.

1/5/2011 ITALY - Como, the beatification of His Holiness John Paul II - the official Poste Italiane postcard franked with the 60c. value issued for the occasion - postmark "Como Centro La Diocesi di Como saluta la…

1/5/2011 ITALY - Como, the beatification of His Holiness John Paul II - the official Poste Italiane cover franked with the 60c. stamp issued for the occasion, postmark "Como Centro La Diocesi di Como saluta la…

1/12/1970 AUSTRALIA - His Holiness Paul VI at the Episcopal Conference of Sydney - a pictorial cover with the postmark " Papal Visit 1970 Sydney NSW 200" .

1970 AUSTRALIA - the visit of His Holiness Pope Paul VI to the cathedral of Sydney - a cover with the postmark " Papal Visit 1970 Sydney NSW 2000 - 30 nov. 1970".

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° "

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

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

13/11/1983 VATICAN CITY - John Paul II, Papal Chapel for the beatification of the Servant of God Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy, Discalced Carmelite, in the Patriarchal Basilica of St Peter in the Vatican, presided…