Paraguay

Date1984, 23 III
ValueGs. 0.25, 0,50, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Catalog no.Mi 3726-3732   Sc 214a-2114f, 2115   SG --   Y&T --
TopicJohn Paul II
OccasionChristmas 1983, New Year 1984
DescriptionIt is not clear why those stamps were issued 3 months after Christmas 1983. Each stamp has an inscription on the lower border ‘Happy Christmas and New Year 1984’. The stamps are printed as a strip of 6 stamps (Gs.0.25 –Gs4), on a sheet counting 5 rows.
The Gs.5 stamp is printed 3 times on a sheet, accompanied by 9 illustrated labels. On the lower site of this sheet a Spanish text is printed, meaning: ‘Your Holiness we are waiting for your visit to South America’.