First Day Covers
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| Scott No. | Issue | Price | ||
| 1 – 13,E’s | Conciliation | $185.00 | ||
| 61 – 7 | Sede Vacante 1939 | $30.00 | ||
| 77 – 9 | Prisoners 1942 (card) | $15.00 | ||
| 84 – 6 | Prisoners 1943 | $11.00 | ||
| 122-31,E’s | Roman Basilicas | $200.00 | ||
| 132-9 | 25th Holy Year (1950) | $55.00 | ||
| 140-2 | Palatine Guards | $45.00 | ||
| 143-4 | Dogma of the Assumption | $47.50 | ||
| 145-8 | Beautification of P. Pius X | $70.00 | ||
| 155 | First Roman States Stamp | $22.00 | ||
| 155A | Roman States Stamp Souvenir Sheet | $185.00 | ||
| 156-7 | St. Maria Goretti | $20.00 | ||
| 158-68,E | Popes and Basilica of St. Peter | $35.00 | ||
| 169-70 | St. Clare of Assisi | $35.00 | ||
| 171-2 | St. Bernard of Clairvaux | $27.00 | ||
| 195-6 | 5th Centenary of Death of Fra Angelico | $12.50 | ||
| 197-9 | 5th Centenary of Death of P. Nicholas V | $12.00 | ||
| 200-2 | St. Bartholomew | $11.50 | ||
| 214-5 | St. John of Capistrano | $9.50 | ||
| 219-22 | St. Dominico Savio | $8.00 | ||
| 223-6 | 5th Centenary of Capranica College | $7.00 | ||
| 227-8 | Pontifical Academy of Sciences | $7.00 | ||
| 229-32 | Mother of Austria, Holy Virgin of Mariazell | $6.50 | ||
| 233-8 | Apparitions of the Holy Virgin at Lourdes | $5.50 | ||
| 239-42 | Brussels Exhibition | $11.50 | ||
| 242A | Brussels Exhibition Souvenir Sheet | $35.00 | ||
| 247-9 | Sede Vacante 1958 | $6.00 | ||
| 254-5 | Thirtieth Anniversary of Lateran Pacts | $2.00 | ||
| 256-61 | Valerianus Martyrs | $7.00 | ||
| 264-5 | 5th Centenary of Birth of St. Casmir | $2.00 | ||
| 266-8 | Christmas 1959 Issue | $2.00 | ||
| 273-4 | First Roman Synod | $2.00 | ||
| 298-300 | 11th Centenary of Death of St. Meinrad | $4.00 | ||
| 301-3 | St. Leo the Great | $4.50 | ||
| 304-9 | St. Paul in Rome | $4.50 | ||
| 310-2 | “L’Osservatore Romano” | $5.50 | ||
| 326-9 | Malaria Eradication Campaign | $2.50 | ||
| 330-4 | Propaganda for Religious Vocations | $7.00 | ||
| 335-7 | Canonization of St. Catherine of Siena | $3.00 | ||
| 338-40 | Pauline-Marie Jaricot | $3.00 | ||
| 341-4 | 6th Christian Archeological Congress | $2.00 | ||
| 369-71 | Saints Cyril and Methodius | $3.00 | ||
| 379-82 | “Save the Nubian Monuments” Campaign | $1.00 | ||
| 395-6 | Nicholas de Cues | $1.35 | ||
| 397-9 | Christmas 1964 Issue | $1.25 | ||
| 404-9 | Canonization of the Martyrs of Uganda | $1.00 | ||
| 414-5 | St. Benedict, Patron Saint of Europe | $1.00 | ||
| 416-9 | Visit of Paul VI to UN | $1.00 | ||
| 453-4 | Third World Congress for Lay Apostolate | $1.00 | ||
| 461-3 | Visit of Paul VI to Bogotá | $1.00 | ||
| 464-6 | Christmas 1968 Issue | $1.00 | ||
| 467-9 | Easter 1969 Issue | $1.00 | ||
| 484-6 | First Vatican Ecumenical Council | $1.00 | ||
| 518-20 | “Help Save Venice” Campaign | $6.50 | ||
| 520A | “Help Save Venice” Souvenir Sheet | $8.00 | ||
| 526-7 | Luigi Orione and Lorenzo Perosi | $1.00 | ||
| 528-30 | John Bessarione | $1.00 | ||
| 537-40 | Nicolaus Copernicus | $1.00 | ||
| 541-4 | Diocese of Prague | $1.00 | ||
| 545-7 | St. Narsetes Shnorali | $1.00 | ||
| 572 | Pentecost | $1.00 | ||
| 579-81 | Vatican Apostolic Library | $1.65 | ||
| 582-4 | 9th Christian Archeological Congress | $1.65 | ||
| 585-7 | St. Paul of the Cross | $1.65 | ||
| 588-9 | International Women’s Year | $1.30 | ||
| 617-22 | Classical Sculpture | $1.00 | ||
| 623-8 | Christian Sculpture | $1.00 | ||
| 629 | Peter Paul Rubens | $1.00 | ||
| 648-51 | St. Stanislaus | $1.50 | ||
| 652-3 | St. Basil the Great | $1.00 | ||
| 654-6 | Fr. Angelo Secchi, S. J. | $1.00 | ||
| 657-63 | 50th Anniversary of the Lateran Pact | $2.00 | ||
| 664-7 | International Year of the Child | $1.15 | ||
| 668-72 | 15th Centenary of Birth of St. Benedict | $1.35 | ||
| 673-6 | Gian Lorrenzo Bernini | $1.35 | ||
| 677-8 | St. Albert Magnus | $1.15 | ||
| 679-80 | Feast of All Saints | $1.25 | ||
| 685-6 | Bimillenary of Virgil | $2.25 | ||
| 687-90 | 42nd Eucharistic Congress, Lourdes | $1.35 | ||
| 692-3 | Jan Van Ruusbroec | $1.25 | ||
| 694-704 | Journeys of John Paul II in 1980 | $7.00 | ||
| 705-6 | St. Agnes of Prague | $2.00 | ||
| 707-9 | Luca Della Robbia | $4.50 | ||
| 710-2 | St. Theresa of Avila | $3.00 | ||
| 713-4 | Christmas 1982 Issue | $2.00 | ||
| 715-7 | Gregorian Calendar | $2.00 | ||
| 717A | Gregorian Calendar Souvenir Sheet | $2.50 | ||
| 718 | Papacy and Art (Blue) – Chicago | $3.00 | ||
| 719 | Papacy and Art (Brown) – New York | $3.00 | ||
| 720 | Papacy and Art (Green) – San Francisco | $5.25 | ||
| 721-4 | Extraordinary Holy Year (1983-1984) | $3.85 | ||
| 725-8 | 5th Centenary of Birth of Raphel Sanzio | $3.50 | ||
| 729-30 | 2nd Centenary of Death of Gregor Mendel | $3.95 | ||
| 731-2 | St. Casmir of Lithuania | $3.15 | ||
| 733-6 | Pontifical Academy of Sciences | $4.60 | ||
| 737-48 | Journeys in 1981 and 1982 | $27.50 | ||
| 743a | Journeys in 1981 and 1982 (Booklet #2)(Strip of 4) | $12.00 | ||
| 749-51 | St. Damasus | $7.00 | ||
| 752-4 | St. Methodius | $9.00 | ||
| 755-7 | St. Thomas More | $8.00 | ||
| 758-60 | St. Gregory VII | $8.00 | ||
| 761-4 | 43rd Eucharistic Congress, Nairobi | $8.00 | ||
| 765 | Concordat Agreement Ratification | $2.50 | ||
| 766-7 | Italia ’85 Philatelic Exhibition | $5.00 | ||
| 767A | Italia ’85 Souvenir Sheet | $5.70 | ||
| 768-72 | International Peace Year | $8.25 | ||
| 773 | UNESCO World Heritage Campaign | $9.00 | ||
| 774-6 | Patron Saints of the Sick | $9.00 | ||
| 777-8 | Academy of Sciences | $10.00 | ||
| 783-4 | Christianization of Latvia | $8.50 | ||
| 785-7 | Christianization of Lithuania | $8.20 | ||
| 788-91 | Olymphilex 1987 Philatelic Exhibition | $8.00 | ||
| 792 | Olymphilex 1987 Souv. Sheet | $8.00 | ||
| 793-4 | Philatelic and Numismatic Museum | $8.00 | ||
| 795-802 | Journeys in 1985 and 1986 | $30.00 | ||
| 803-5 | St. Nicholas Relics | $22.50 | ||
| 806 | Centenary of Death of St. John Bosco | $7.00 | ||
| 807-12 | Marian Year (1987-1988) | $9.00 | ||
| 816-8 | Death of Pablo Veronese | $8.00 | ||
| 829 | Gregorian Egyptian Museum | $9.00 | ||
| 830-7 | Birds of the New World | $11.50 | ||
| 853-6 | Caritas International | $8.50 | ||
| 857 | Caritas International S/S | $15.00 | ||
| 858-60 | St. Willibrord | $10.00 | ||
| 885-7 | Founding of Vatican Observatory | $11.00 | ||
| 888-9 | Canonization of St. Brigid | $12.00 | ||
| 897A | Synod of European Bishops (897a) | $11.00 | ||
| 903 | Discovery of America S/S | $10.00 | ||
| 904-7 | Death of Piero della Francesca | $10.50 | ||
| 908-9 | Death of St. Giuseppe Cottolengo | $4.50 | ||
| 910 | Plants of the New World | $10.20 | ||
| 911 | Latin American Episcopacy | $4.25 | ||
| 912-5 | Christmas 1992 Issue | $8.00 | ||
| 917-26 | Architecture of Vatican City and Rome | $15.00 | ||
| 927-30 | 45th Eucharistic Congress, Seville | $10.00 | ||
| 931 | Ascension Day 1993 | $8.50 | ||
| 936-8 | Journeys of John Paul II in 1992 | $12.00 | ||
| 939-41 | Death of Hans Holbein the Younger | $8.00 | ||
| 942-3 | Bishops’ Synod | $6.00 | ||
| 953-4 | EUROPA 1994; the Discoveries | $5.00 | ||
| 955-8 | International Year of the Family | $9.00 | ||
| 960-2 | Christian Archeology | $9.85 | ||
| 973-6 | Holy House of Loreto | $11.00 | ||
| 977 | Holy House of Loreto, S. Sheet | $6.00 | ||
| 980-7 | Year of the Nature Preservation | $18.00 | ||
| 981-4a | Nature Preservation (Booklet #5) | $12.00 | ||
| 988-92 | 50th Anniv. of Foundation of UNO | $9.50 | ||
| 993-5 | Three Saints | $9.00 | ||
| 996-9 | Towards the Year 2000 (1995) | $11.50 | ||
| 1000-1 | Journeys of John Paul II in 1994 | $8.80 | ||
| 1002-3 | Unions of Brest-Litovsk and Uzhorod | $8.00 | ||
| 1004-7 | Marco Polo’s Return from China | $10.00 | ||
| 1008 | Marco Polo Souvenir Sheet | $5.00 | ||
| 1009-10 | EUROPA 1996: Famous Women | $4.00 | ||
| 1011 | Centenary of the Olympic Games | $15.00 | ||
| 1308 | Assembly of the Synod of Bishops | $8.55 | ||
| 1309-11 | Journeys of John Paul II in 2004 | $11.00 | ||
| 1312-3 | Great Museums – The Lourve | $5.75 | ||
| 1314 | Great Museums – The Lourve S/S | $9.35 | ||
| 1315-6 | 5th Centenary of the Papal Swiss Guards | $25.00<Sheetlet | ||
| 1317-9 | Christmas 2005 | $7.65 | ||
| 1319a | Christmas 2005 Booklet (Booklet #13) | $10.50 | ||
| 1320-1 | Europa 2006: Integration | $5.75 | ||
| 1322-4 | Saints Ignatius, Francis Xavier and Pedro Fabro | $11.20 | ||
| 1325-7 | Death of Andrea Mantegna | $10.00 | ||
| 1329 | 250th Anniversary of Birth of Mozart | $14.50 <Sheetlet | ||
| 1330-1 | Papal Trips of Benedict XVI in 2005 | $7.00 | ||
| 1332-3 | St. Peter’s Basilica (1506 – 2006) sheetlet | $26.00 <Sheetlet | ||
| 1334-5 | International Year of Deserts | $6.25 | ||
| 1336-7 | 25th Anniv. of Diplomatic Relations with Singapore | $9.07 | ||
| 1338-40 | Fifth Centenary of the Vatican Museum | $10.70 | ||
| 1341 | Fifth Centenary of the Vatican Museum S/S | $10.25 | ||
| 1342-4 | Holy Christmas 2006 | $9.44 | ||
| 1342a | Holy Christmas 2006 Booklet (Booklet #14) | $9.75 | ||
| 1345-6 | 5th Centenary of the Death of St. Francis of Paola | $7.30 | ||
| 1347-9 | 80th Birthday of Benedict XVI [Sheetlets] | $35.00 | ||
| 1350-1 |
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$7.00 | ||
| 1352-3 | The Christian Museum: 1757 – 2007 | $10.75 | ||
| 1354-5 | 3rd Centenary of Birth of Carlo Goldini | $7.50 | ||
| 1356 | 3rd Centenary of Birth of Carlo Goldini S/S | $12.75 | ||
| 1357 | Philatelic and Numismatic Museum | $7.50 | ||
| 1358-63 | 50th Anniv. Of Treaty of Rome | $28.00 | ||
| 1364 | 50th Anniv. Of Treaty of Rome s/s | $14.75 | ||
| 1365 | 8th Centenary of Birth of St. Elizabeth of Hungary | $5.50 | ||
| 1366-9 | Papal Trips of Benedict XVI in 2006 | $16.90 | ||
| 1373 | Papal Trips of Benedict XVI (Booklet #15) | $15.30 | ||
| 1370-2 | Nativity 2007 | $12.90 | ||
| 1374-5 | Europa 2008: The Letter | $8.30 | ||
| 1376-83 | The Sistine Chapel 1508-2008 | $39.75 | ||
| 1384 | XXIII World Youth Day- Sydney 2008 | $6.35 | ||
| 1386-7 | 49th Eucharistic Congress – Quebec, Canada | $10.85 | ||
| 1392-4 | Pauline Year | $13.75 | ||
| 1395 | Postal Convention SMOM – Vatican City | $8.95 | ||
| 1396-7 | 5th Centenary of the Birth of Andrea Palladio | $7.00 | ||
| 1398 | 5th Centenary of the Birth of Andrea Palladio – Souvenir Sheet | $11.65 | ||
| 1402 | 700 Years of Devotion to Our lady of Europe sheetlet | $12.00 | ||
| 1415-17 | Word Book Day and Pontifical Biblical Institute | $15.50 | ||
| 1418 | Bicentenary of the birth of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja | $5.75 | ||
| 1419-21 | Papal Trips of Benedict XVI in 2008 | $14.50 | ||
| 1422-4 | Raphael: The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament | $12.90 | ||
| 1425 | Raphael: The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament S/S | $15.50 | ||
| 1426 | Italian Language Day | $4.86 | ||
| 1426 | Italian Language Day Sheet of 5 stamps& 5 labels | $14.48 | ||
| 1427-9 | Music Day: Handel, Hayden & Mendelssohn | $23.18 | ||
| 1430 | 50th Anniversary of Vatican II | $5.00 | ||
| 1432-3 | Christmas 2009 | $7.44 | ||
| 1434 | Easter 2010 Issue | $6.00 | ||
| 1435-7 | 5th Centenary of the Death of Sandro Botticelli | $15.00 | ||
| 1439-40 | Europa 2010: Books For Children | $6.90 | ||
| 1439-40 | Europa 2010: Books For Children – SHEETS | $30.00 | ||
| 1441-2 | 150th Anniversary of the Death of St. John Vianney | $10.75 | ||
| 1443-4 | 4th Centenary of the Death of Fr. Matteo Ricci | $11.90 | ||
| 1446-7 | Bicentennial of Birth of Chopin and Schumann | $8.20 | ||
| 1448 | Bicentennial of Birth of Chopin and Schumann S/S | $17.75 | ||
| 1449-50 | Reopening of Vatican Library | $8.00 | ||
| 1451 | Reopening of Vatican Library – Minibook | $14.50 | ||
| 1452 | 8th Centenary of the Franciscan Rule | $5.35 | ||
| 1453-4 | Lev Tostoj and Anton Cechov | $10.00 | ||
| 1455-7 | Papal Trips of Benedict XVI in 2009 | $12.25 | ||
| 1455-7 | Papal Trips of Benedict XVI in 2009 – SHEETS | $35.00 | ||
| 1460-1a | Christmas 2010 booklet stamps | $7.00 | ||
| 1462 | Easter of Resurrection 2011 | $6.22 | ||
| 1463 | 3rd Centenary of Death of Fr. Eusebio Chini | $8.73 | ||
| 1464-9 | 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification | $23.34 | ||
| 1470 | 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification S/S | $11.68 | ||
| 1472 | World Youth Day 2011 | $6.26 | ||
| 1473 | Europa 2011 – the Forests | $8.62 | ||
| 1474-7 | 60th Anniv. of Priestly Ordination of Benedict XVI | $17.74 | ||
| 1478 | 150th Anniversary of IL’Osservsatore Romano (Sheetlet) | $25.03 | ||
| 1479 | 50th Anniv. of “Mater et Magistra” by John XXIII | $5.81 | ||
| 1480-1 | Raphel’s Rooms – The Room of Heliodorus | $11.23 | ||
| 1482 | 300th Anniv. of Birth of Boskovic | $13.97 | ||
| 1485-9 | Papal Trips of Benedict XVI in 2010 | $29.52 | ||
| 1492a | Christmas 2011 Booklet | $15.17 | ||
| 1497-8 | Raphel: The Sistine and Madonna of Foligno (2 S/S) | $25.32 | ||
| 1500 | 7th World Meeting of Families | $8.73 | ||
| 1501-2 | Europa 2012: Visit | $9.26 | ||
| 1503-4 | 50th Eucharistic Congress – Dublin | $10.00 | ||
| 1508-12 | Papal Trips of Benedict XVI in 2011 | $25.50 | ||
| 1513-14 | Christmas 2012 stamps | $9.00 | ||
| 1518 | 750th Anniv. of the Miracle of Bolsena s/s | $21.40 | ||
| 1529-30 | Europa 2013 “The Postal Van” | $8.85 | ||
| 1536 | Evangelization of Moravia by St. Cyril & Methodius s/s | $12.68 | ||
| 1537-8 | Bicentennial of Birth of Verdi and Wagner | $9.50 | ||
| 1551 | 27th International Book Fair of Turin | $6.19 | ||
| 1552 | Easter 2014 | $6.74 | ||
| 1559 | Canonization of John Paul II stamp | $6.74 | ||
| 1563 | 400th Anniversary of Death of El Greco | $6.35 | ||
| 1568 | 500th Anniversary of Death of Bramante s/s | $20.15 | ||
| 1570 | 150th Anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss | $5.65 | ||
| 1575 | 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall sheetlet | $16.96 | ||
| 1591-2 | Europa 2015: Old Toys | $6.95 | ||
| 1593 | 70th Anniversary of UNO and the End of WWII | $13.00 | ||
| 1594 | 8th World Meeting of Families, Philadelphia | $8.35 | ||
| 1596-7 | 50th Anniv. Synod of Bishops | $6.96 | ||
| 1598-1601 | Journeys of Pope Francis in 2014 | $16.00 | ||
| B1-4 | Holy Year (1934) | |||
| B5 | Our Lady of Graces of Mentorella – Haiti Surcharge SHEET | $21.00 | ||
| C18-9 | 75th Anniversary of the United Postal Union | $170.00 | ||
| C24-32 | Archangel Gabriel Issue | $50.00 | ||
| C33-4 | High Values, Domes II | $30.00 | ||
| C35-44 | Roman Obelisks Issue | $11.00 | ||
| C45-6 | High Values, Archangel Gabriel Issue | $8.00 | ||
| C47-52 | Regular Issue Airmails | $1.50 | ||
| C53-4 | High Values, Angel Issue | $4.00 | ||
| C59 | High Value, Byzantine Angel | $3.40 | ||
| C60-2 | Angels and Blessed Men | $8.00 | ||
| C63-5 | Tenth World Day of Telecommunications | $8.00 | ||
| C66-72 | Journeys of John Paul II in 1979 | $17.00 | ||
| C73-4 | World Communications Year | $13.50 | ||
| C75-82 | Journeys of John Paul II in 1983 and 1984 | $30.00 | ||
| C92-5 | Journeys of John Paul II in 1991 | $17.00 | ||
| Vending Machine Labels 2004 (set of 3) | $6.40 | |||
| 2008 Vending Label, Colonnade and St. Peter’s Basilica | $6.00 | |||