Added by | Alain Martineau |
General Description : | Stamp valid until 31 December 1964. 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 | 15 Lire |
Catalog code (Michel) | VAT 442 |
Catalog code (Scott) | VAT 375 |
Series | Pilgrimage of Pope Paul VI to the Holy Land |
Print run | 1,800,000 |
Issue date | 04/01/1964 |
Print technique | Rotary photogravure |
Printed by | I.P.S. Roma |
Height | 41.00 mm |
Width | 30.00 mm |
Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |