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By clicking on the Page 2 button below, the reader can access the continuing review of 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 two-stamp set issued on November 10, 1953 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, one of the Doctors of the Catholic Church. The interesting "stamp trivia" tied to this issue relates to the fact that these were the first Vatican stamps to feature an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 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. |
