25 L. Basilica of the Nativity, Bethlehem 1964


25 L. Basilica of the Nativity, Bethlehem 1964
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : January 4 to January 6, 1964 - Jordan and Israel. This was the first time a reigning pontiff had flown on an airplane, the first papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and the first time a Pope had left Italy in more than a century. Paul VI met Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
Face value 25 Lire
Catalog code (Michel) VAT 443
Catalog code (Scott) VAT 376
Series Pilgrimage of Pope Paul VI to the Holy Land
Print run 1,800,000
Issue date 04/01/1964
Print technique rotary photogravure
Height 41.00 mm
Width 30.00 mm
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