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Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City

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2371: 2308: 2347: 24: 206:. Many Romans, distrustful of the unreliable Italian post office, make weekly trips to the Vatican just to post their important letters. Italian stamps may not be used on Vatican mail nor vice versa. According to the Universal Postal Union, the Vatican post office is "one of the best postal systems in the world" and "more letters are sent each year, per inhabitant, from the Vatican's 00120 postal code than from anywhere else in the world." 2359: 1172: 167: 2320: 194:
The Vatican has acquired a reputation for producing handsome and attractive issues in limited quantities (even today, the average production run for most issues is only between 300,000 and 500,000 stamps). Vatican stamps are produced under the authority of the
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begins shortly after its official foundation on 11 February 1929. Two days later, the Vatican post office began operating with supplies and equipment donated by the
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on 1 June, and then on 29 July Vatican City and Italy signed a postal agreement, going into effect on 1 August, providing for the routing of its mail through
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The first of August also saw the issuance of the first Vatican stamps (Italian stamps were used previously), in the "Conciliation"
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Much, but by no means all, of the mail handled by the Vatican is from tourists or official congregations of the Roman
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Vatican: the stamps and a description of their design and background prepared especially for stamp collectors
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On 18 February 1939, just a little after Pius XI's death on 10 February, the arms stamps of 1929 were
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I francobolli dello Stato della Citta del Vaticano = Stamps of the Vatican City State
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Vatican City collecting basics: a comprehensive introduction for collectors
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Bolaffi's Roman States and Vatican City specialized stamp catalogue
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1929 Vatican City postage stamp featuring the image of Pope Pius XI
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Postal cards and aerogrammes of the Vatican City State, 1929-2007
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A Vatican stamp overprinted "SEDE VACANTE / MCMXXXIX" in 1939
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of 15 values. The low values, 5 to 75 centesmi, depicted the
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Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State
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has operated its own postal service and issued its own
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Santa Maria della PietĂ  in Camposanto dei Teutonici
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