Date | 2005, |
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Value | S 1 |
Catalog no. | Mi 979 Sc -- SG 742 Y&T 587 |
Topic | John Paul II |
Occasion | Death of Pope John Paul II on April 2, 2005 |
Description | Sheet with 8 identical stamps. Portrait. Inscriptions on the frame: 'Karol Józef Wojtyla, 18th May 1020 - 2nd April 2005' and 'Pope John Paul II October 1978 - April 2005'. Same design was used for a sheet of Ascension Island, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Fiji, Jamaica, Kiribati, Nauru, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tokelau, Tristan da Cunha. This issue doesn't have postal value and has been printed especially for collectors. |