The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests. Forests cover more than 30% of the earth’s surface and represent a vital source of biological diversity. They also play a key role in mitigating the effects of climate change, a concern widely discussed today. Forests are of great importance in regulating the earth’s [...]
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Easter 2011 – Vatican
March 29th, 2011 
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1,719 viewsIn the year 2011 Easter will be celebrated with a stamp featuring the central moment of the salvific mission of Our Lord as seen in a detail of a wall mural located at the main entrance to the Sistine Chapel. The fresco is perhaps one of the least known of the Sistine Chapel and is [...]
Journey of his Holiness Benedict XVI – Vatican
November 30th, 2010 srmodh 629 viewsIn order to celebrate the historic pastoral journey to the places marked by the earthly life of Jesus, the postage stamp recalling this journey is being released as part of a joint issue with Israel.
Christmas 2010 – Vatican
November 29th, 2010 srmodh 1,546 viewsVatican state post issued two stamps dedicated to Christmas, jointly with Romania featuring two famous paintings.
Reopening of Vatican Library
September 21st, 2010 srmodh 1,242 viewsVatican post issued a postage stamps to commemorate Reopening of Vatican Library. The origins of the Vatican Apostolic Library go back to the fourth century, a time when there was evidence of the Scrinium of the Roman Church, which was both a library and an archive.
Bicentenary of the birth of LEO XIII
September 20th, 2010 srmodh 1,252 viewsVatican post will issue a postage stamp to celebrate the Bicentenary of the birth of LEO XIII. Lumen in caelo (light in the sky) is the motto which summarizes St. Malachy’s prophetic vision regarding the pontificate of Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci (Leo XIII), the bicentenary of whose birth is marked this year. His papal coat of [...]
