New Vatican stamps to be released

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

Two new postage stamps will be released by the Vatican on 23 November.

One is a 2.55-euro stamp celebrating the 450th Anniversary of Saint Francis de Sales’s birth.

The other is a 1.00-euro stamp marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Read more

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