Central Africa

Date2011, 27 XII
Value3x 900F, 3200F
Catalog no.Mi 3160-3163, BL748   Sc 1577, 1577a-1577c   Y&T 2020-2022
TopicJohn Paul II
OccasionRemembrance of the papal visit to Central Africa in 1985.
DescriptionAbout 25 years before, on August 14, 1985, Pope John Paul II visited the Central African Republic. The stamps and the margins gove impressions of that visit.
This issue doesn't have postal value and has been printed especially for collectors.
Date2011, 27 XII
Value2700F
Catalog no.Mi 3115, BL 736   Sc 1612   SG --   Y&T BF252
TopicDomeyko, Ignacy
OccasionSeries of mineralogists
DescriptionOn the stamp: portrait of Domeyko and a piece of crystal, one of the many minerals he discovered in Chile. It is named after him domeykite.
On the margin: the map of South America and the mark of a location somewhere in Chile, but not in Santiago, where he was a rector of the university.
His last name is written as Domeyka, which is incorrect.
This issue doesn't have postal value and has been printed especially for collectors.