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It would be thirty years from the time of the issuance of the stamps, postal cards, and aerogramme for the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Lateran Pacts until the next remembrance of the establishment of the Vatican City State. That occurred for the 80th anniversary in 2009. On February 10, a set of seven stamps and a souvenir sheet were issued to commemorate the anniversary. As with the set from 1979, the stamps pictured images of the each of the seven popes that served as pontiff since the establishment of the Vatican City State in 1929. The souvenir sheet shows a map of the Vatican entitled "Civitas Vaticana--New Map of Vatican City", an etching from 2007 by G. Greco, P. Isola and P. DiSciullo: 
 
 80th Anniversary of the Signing of the Lateran Pact Scott 1403-1409 (2009): Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XII Pope John XXIII Pope Paul VI Pope John Paul I Pope John Paul II Pope Benedict XVI  80th Anniversary of the Signing of the Lateran Pact Souvenir Sheet (Vatican City) Scott 1403-1409 (2009) After the long hiatus from 1979 to 2009, the Vatican Post Office only waited five years for the next commemoration of the signing of the Lateran Pacts. On November 21, 2014, the annual set of postal cards from the Vatican depicted the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Vatican City State. The cover of the set, shown below, once again displays a view of Vatican City. The four post cards each contain the portraits of two of the eight popes who have reigned since 1929: Pope Pius XI and Pope Pius XII (€0.70 card), Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI (€0.85 card), Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II (€2.00 card), and Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis (€2.50 card). By clicking on the UFN reference below, the reader can access images of the four postal cards.  85th Anniversary of the Signing of the Lateran Pact Postal Cards of 2014 (Cover) REFERENCES: |
