

In 1949, two of the "Basilicas" set were prepared for special delivery serv-ice. They are 40-lire, slate, an aerial view of St. Peter's Square and Basilica, and 80-lire, chestnut-brown, Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Arch-basilica in Rome and Cathedral Church of the World. |
| (National Philatelic Museum, Volume VII, Number 1, 1954, pages 61-107) We are grateful to the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum for allowing the Vatican Philatelic Society to use the copyrighted text on our website. |

