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Today's Page 2 link brings the reader to an excerpt 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 two stamps released to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lateran Pact, the document which established the Vatican City State. The Marian Year exhibit for which the book was published commemorates three events: the Marian Year of 1954, the centenary of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, and the first stamps of the Vatican City State. The stamps were released on February 12, 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. |
