Vatican City Postage Stamps
Vatican City, or the State of the Vatican City, is a theocratic independent city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within Rome. It is well known that Vatican City is ruled by the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. This information should be mentioned to enlighten you and give just minor knowledge about this small country.
Vatican City has its own postal service and postal history, issues postage stamps (as many other countries all around the world). In general, the postal history begins after official foundation of the City in 1929. Some time later Vatican City and Italy signed a postal agreement. Go to Vatican City official site and learn more.
The first Vatican postage stamps appeared in August. And then in April the Vatican issued its first semi-postal stamps. Since then the postage stamps started their official issue. By the way, Vatican produces attractive issues in limited quantities (on the average 300,000-500,000 stamps a year). Vatican stamps are produced under the authority of the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State.
There are a great many Vatican postage stamps. Main information concerning latest and upcoming issues of stamps (2003-2007) you can find on the site of Vatican Philatelic Society. Surely, if you go to Rome visit this little country, especially the Poste Vaticane. You won’t pay heed that you cross a border. It’s an opportunity to send a Pope postcard to the Catholics you know.
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