Pope Paul VI. The Travels of Pope Paul VI, excellent written...

Hammer

£280

Pope Paul VI. The Travels of Pope Paul VI, excellent written-up exhibition standard collection in four large boxed binders. Silver medal at federation level and silver medal at ‘Thematica 2008’ incl covers & issues related to Flight to the Holy Land, Flight to India, Flight to the USA and UN, Proposed visit to British Isles, Pilgrimage to Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Holy Week, Congress of Bogota and Visits to Colombia, Geneva, Uganda, Udine, Turkey & The Far East with Australia, Philippines, Samoa etc. Plus, volume of Vatican (and some Vatican issues within the cover albums) incl 1929 vals to 10l M, 1936 Catholic Press vals to 80c with 25c M, 1948 Air 250l M, 1949 set to 100l M, 1958 Brussels MS UM, etc to 2001 and Jordan 1965 Pope MS UM. Large qty of interesting covers & cards throughout, approx. 380. Also specialist literature with ‘Stamps Postal Cards and Aerogrammes of Vatican City State’, ‘The Coronation and Pilgrimage of Pope Paul VI’ and ‘Journey of a Soul – Pope John XXIII’. Suitable for specialists. (1½B)