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| A STAMP ALBUM PAGE DEDICATED TO THE PONTIFICATE OF POPE JOHN XXIII (GIOVANNI XXIII), WHO SERVED FROM 1959 TO 1963. THE LEFT SIDE FEATURES A LARGE, STYLIZED PORTRAIT OF THE POPE, WHILE THE RIGHT PAGE HOLDS SEVERAL VATICAN CITY POSTAGE STAMPS ISSUED DURING HIS REIGN. |
| STAMP DETAILS |
| THE STAMPS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT PAGE ARE LIKELY PART OF VARIOUS SETS ISSUED BY THE VATICAN: |
| CORONATION ISSUE (1959): SOME STAMPS IN THE COLLECTION APPEAR TO BE FROM THE FOUR-VALUE SET ISSUED ON APRIL 2, 1959, WHICH COMMEMORATED HIS CORONATION. |
| CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY (1960): OTHER STAMPS RESEMBLE THE 10-VALUE SET RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 8, 1960, FEATURING SCENES RELATED TO THE SEVEN CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY, INSPIRED BY A FRIEZE BY GIOVANNI DELLA ROBBIA. |
| OTHER COMMEMORATIVES: POPE JOHN XXIII'S PONTIFICATE ALSO INCLUDED COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES FOR EVENTS LIKE HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT/OPENING OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL (1962-1965). |