Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:27:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vatican issues stamp to mark Mother Teresa's canonisation https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/08/09/vatican-issues-stamp-to-mark-mother-teresas-beatification/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:05:00 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=85526

The Vatican has released a special stamp to commemorate Mother Teresa of Kolkata's canonisation on September 4. The 95-cent stamp features a wrinkled but radiant Mother Teresa smiling in her blue-trimmed, white sari. Overlaid on the design by Patrizio Daniele is another image of her holding the hand of a small child. "Frail but equally Read more

Vatican issues stamp to mark Mother Teresa's canonisation... Read more]]> The Vatican has released a special stamp to commemorate Mother Teresa of Kolkata's canonisation on September 4.

The 95-cent stamp features a wrinkled but radiant Mother Teresa smiling in her blue-trimmed, white sari.

Overlaid on the design by Patrizio Daniele is another image of her holding the hand of a small child.

"Frail but equally determined in her vocation, Mother Teresa loved God and the church with great strength, simplicity and extraordinary humility, glorifying with her life the dignity of a most humble service," said the brochure announcing the stamp's release.

The Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office announced the stamp's release Aug. 5 and distributed initial images of it.

It will print and sell a maximum of 150,000 sheets of 10 stamps each.

It will be released Sept. 2, two days before Pope Francis officially declares her a saint.

The Vatican post office is considering a special postmark for the day of the beatification.

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