Ecuador

Date1985, 22 I
ValueS/. 1.60   5.00   9.00   20.00
Catalog no.Mi 1972-194, BL114   Sc 1072-1075   SG 1925-1928   Y&T 1062
TopicJohn Paul II - Częstochowa
OccasionBeatification of Mercedes de Jesús Molina
DescriptionMercedesa de Jesús Molina was beatified on February 1, 1985 in Guayaquil, Ecuador by Pope John Paul II.
On S/. 1.60 Mercedes de Jesús Molina. On S/. 5.00 the icon of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, (Poland) with the text ‘Visit of His holiness John Paul II to Guayaquil’ and the text ‘Second millennium of the birth of the Holy Virgin’. On S/. 9.00 the statue of the Holy Virgin of Alborada (Ecuador)with the same subscriptions.
On S/. 20.00 Mercedes de Jesús Molina taking care for orphans and also the topics from the stamps shown above.The dimensions of the large stamp (no sheetlet!) are 90 x 110 mm.