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Today's excerpt is from the article written in 1954 by the first president of the Vatican Philatelic Society, William Wonneberger, "The Vatican's Postage Stamps". Today's entry covers the four-stamp set issued on June 3, 1951, the day of the beatification of Pope Pius X. Pius X, who served as pope from 1903 to 1914, was beatified by Pope Pius XII, the same pope who would eventually raise him to sainthood in 1954. The article by Mr. Wonneberger first appeared in the book Vatican, published by the National Philatelic Museum in conjunction with the Vatican Marian Year Philatelic Exhibition, held at the Museum in September, 1954. We are thankful that the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History has granted us permission to reproduce the contents of the book, supplemented with images of the stamps from the issue. We hope you enjoy this serial review of the early stamps issued by Vatican City. |
