2004: SPECIAL FOLDER JOINT ISSUE BETWEEN THE VATICAN CITY AND POLAND – COMMEMORATING POPE JOHN PAUL II’S JOURNEYS TO HIS HOMELAND POLAND.
THESE VERY BEAUTIFUL SHEETLETS WERE A JOINT ISSUE BETWEEN POLAND AND THE VATICAN. THEY WERE ISSUED ON 2.VI.2004 TO COMMEMORATE POPE JOHN PAUL’S 8 VISITS TO HIS HOMELAND POLAND AS POPE. EACH STAMP DEPICTS A SEPARATE YEAR AND HAS THE PAPAL CREST AND UNDERNEATH IT A FAMOUS QUOTATION FROM THE POPE. ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE POLISH CREST WITH THE EAGLE AND UNDERNEATH IT THE PLACES THE POPE VISITED IN A PARTICULAR YEAR. THE POPE’S VISITS TO POLAND TOOK PLACE ON THE FOLLOWING YEARS: 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991 (2 VISITS), 1997, 1999, 2002. THE SHEETLETS WERE ISSUED ON THE SAME DAY IN BOTH THE VATICAN CITY AND IN POLAND.
THESE SHEETS IN FOLDERS ARE RARELY OFFERED - THE ITEM ON SALE IS THE POLISH ISSUE OF THE STAMPS IN THE FOLDER. THE VATICAN SHEETS ARE IN A SEPERATE AUCTION.
DON’T MISS THE CHANCE TO OWN THEM !!!!!!
CONSIDERING THE ENORMOUS WORLDWIDE DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF ITEM, THEY WILL SOON BECOME A VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE ITEM.
MANY OF THE POPE JPII ITEMS IN MY AUCTIONS, ESPECIALLY THE COMMEMORATIVE FOLDERS AND THE MINATURE SHEETS, HAVE TOTALLY SOLD OUT AND ARE NOW ALMOST UNOBTAINABLE IN POLAND, SO DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN !!!!!!
THIS WONDERFUL SPECIAL JOINT VATICAN POLAND FOLDER ISSUE OF 2 SHEETLETS, IN MINT NEVER HINGED CONDITION, IS A MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS POPE JPII, THE VATICAN AND POLAND COLLECTOR AND WILL MAKE A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
Karol Wojtyla (May 18th 1920 - April 2nd 2005)
A great man and a great spiritual leader, a great inspiration and a great loss to us all. May God bless him. May all the people the Pope inspired have the faith and courage to continue his magnificent work.
"The Holy Father was a priest to the last, for he offered his life to God for his flock and for the entire human family ... especially in the sufferings of his final months."
