Ecuador

Date1980, 27 XII
Value3.40, 7.60, 10.60 sucres
Catalog no.Mi 1893-1895   Sc 1007, C715- C716   SG 1840-1842   Y&T PA727-PA728 (AERO)
TopicJohn Paul II
OccasionChristmas
DescriptionSeries of 3 stamps, released 2 days after Christmas, and not, as usual in most countries, a month before Christmas. The stamp in the center shows the Pope on Saint Peters Square, standing in an open car. The attack on the pope happened five months later, on May 13, 1981.