CONTENTS

* Foreword, Annita Garibaldi Jallet
* Table, in colour, with the map representing the operations of the Italian-Greek legion and of the battle in Drisko
* Garibaldis and their topicality, conversation with Annita Garibaldi Jallet, Fabio Bonacina
* Introduction, Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi

* Dedication, Ricciotti Garibaldi
* I - Greece and Italy
* II - Greece
* III - Preparations in Italy
* IV - From Rome to Athens
* V - Some incidents
* VI - From Athens to Metzovo
* VII - Romas Column
* VIII - Battle in Drisko
* IX - The field hospital
* X - From Drisko to Athens
* XI - Accountancy
* XII - Documents
* XIII - Notes of promotions
* XIV - Note of volunteers
* XV - Summary note of jobs
* XVI - Alphabetical note

Ricciotti was born in Montevideo in 1847, fourth born of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro.
From 1866 he distinguishes himself on the battlefields. When his father dies, in 1882, he wants to collect his moral heritage, the values of military voluntary service and of philhellenism which belonged to Garibaldian tradition. It is Greece which gives him the possibility to revive the tradition of Garibaldi's "Redshirts", already from 1897. The General Ricciotti succeeds in realising his true inclination: at the head of new Garibaldian volunteers, he creates a new military tradition, which intervenes in favour of peoples' freedom, and pays attention to the values of heroism and sacrifice in the name of a nation.
He dies in Riofreddo (Rome) in 1924.

Fabio Bonacina, a journalist, mainly works in public communication, but he also writes about stamps and the post. The newspapers and magazines that have published his articles include "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia", and "Italia oggi". He is President of the Italian Philatelic Press Union since 2014, and editor of the daily web magazine of philately and postal information "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) since 2003.
He has been awarded the prize by Usfi (Italian Philatelic Press Union) in 2010, he has obtained the award for journalism by the Town of Riccione in 2006, and the oscar for philately by Circolo filatelico numismatico reggiano in 2002.
For this publisher he has written the books "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra"; "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", published in two editions; "Giovanni Paolo II - Viaggi di speranza - I francobolli del mondo testimoniano le visite di Papa Wojtyla", translated into English and German (English edition "John Paul II - Visits of hope - World stamps witness the travels of Pope Wojtyla"); "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006"; "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010"; "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani"; "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014".

VERMEIL - PATRAPHILEX 2010
Patras (Greece)
6-14 novembre 2010

VERMEIL - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

LARGE SILVER - STAMPSHOW 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
23-25 ottobre 2008

SILVER - ALPE ADRIA 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy
1-3 giugno 2007

SILVER BRONZE - JOBURG 2010
Johannesburg, South Africa
27-31 ottobre 2010

BRONZE - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

NOT COMPETING - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

CONTENTS

* PIER PAOLO FRANCINI, News before art
* DIETMAR FIEDLER, Preface
* DANILO BOGONI, "Don't be afraid!" cry the stamps too
* Publisher's choices
* User's guide

STAMPS FOR THE POPE FROM THE EAST
* The Pilgrim Pope
* Drawings and photographs
* One icon for a variety of occasions
* With the philatelist in mind
* The Pope has come to visit us
* Miniature manifesto
* Focus on local circumstances
* Without forgetting the enthusiasts
* Two thousand years of Christianity
* 25th anniversary celebrations
* Birthday stamps
* The immediate elaboration of the mourning
* The mourning continues
* The tradition of the "Vacant See"
* The Italian case
* Italy as seen by the Vatican
* Notes

TRIPS ABROAD
* The first trip: overseas - 1 The Dominican Republic I, Mexico I and the Bahamas
* The first glance towards East - 2 Poland I
* "Pilgrimage for Peace" - 3 Ireland, the United Nations I and the United States of America I
* The meeting with Dimitrios I… repeated - 4 Turkey
* In Africa, "where hunger is lethal" - 5 Zaire I, the Congo Republic, Kenya I, Ghana, Haute-Volta (Burkina Faso I) and the Ivory Coast I
* Shadows and lights on the Church - 6 France I
* Catholics, immigration, and poverty - 7 Brazil I
* The double homage to Saint Albertus Magnus - 8 Germany I
* Many different worlds - 9 Pakistan, the Philippines I, the United States of America II and Japan
* Love, respect, esteem. And more - 10 Nigeria I, Benin I, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
* In Fatima, a year after the attempt on his life - 11 Portugal I
* The Falklands-Malvinas war breaks out - 12 The United Kingdom
* Buenos Aires makes stamps warfare too - 13 Brazil II and Argentina I
* A homage to work - 14 Switzerland I
* All were there listening to him - 15 San Marino
* From the past Inquisition, from the future Europe - 16 Spain I
* From Nicaragua a …military set - 17 Portugal II, Costa Rica, Nicaragua I, Panama, El Salvador I, Guatemala I, Honduras, Belize and Haiti
* Jaruzelski and the appeal for peace - 18 Poland II
* From Lourdes an embrace to those suffering persecution - 19 France II
* The Ottomans and Europe - 20 Austria I
* The vitality of the Church wishing to renew itself - 21 The United States of America III, South Korea I, Papua New Guinea I, the Salomon Islands and Thailand
* The quest for unity at international level - 22 Switzerland II
* In the steps of Jacques Cartier - 23 Canada I
* The adventure of Christopher Columbus - 24 Spain II, the Dominican Republic II and Puerto Rico
* Solidarity and dialogue - 25 Venezuela I, Ecuador, Peru I, Trinidad and Tobago
* There's "a great need for unity" - 26 The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium I
* Flourishing churches, solidarity and dignity - 27 Togo, the Ivory Coast II, Cameroon I, the Central African Republic, Zaire II, Kenya II and Morocco
* An important stop for collectors - 28 Switzerland III and Liechtenstein
* Why this trip? - 29 India I
* Guerrilla warfare and drugs - 30 Colombia and Saint Lucia
* At least for one day, let arms be laid down - 31 France III
* Seek the truth, even among differences - 32 Bangladesh, Singapore, the Fiji islands, New Zealand, Australia I and the Seychelles
* Behind the scenes of the diplomatic controversy - 33 Uruguay I, Chile and Argentina II
* Do not forget the past - 34 Germany II
* The shadow of the president - 35 Poland III
* "May God bless America" - 36 The United States of America IV and Canada II
* The initial outcome - 37 Uruguay II, Bolivia, Peru II and Paraguay
* Speech in Mauthausen - 38 Austria II
* The condemnation of Apartheid, despite the unexpected event - 39 Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique
* From Strasbourg to Europe - 40 France IV
* Focus on marital loyalty - 41 Madagascar, Réunion Island, Zambia and Malawi
* In the land of Luther - 42 Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden
* With youths at the millennium end - 43 Spain III
* USSR, North Korea, China, Timor - 44 South Korea II, Indonesia and Mauritius
* A challenge for solidarity from Sahel - 45 Cape Verde, Bissau Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso II and Chad
* Freedom rediscovered - 46 Czechoslovakia I
* The ice has melted - 47 Mexico II and the Dutch Antilles
* Peace talks - 48 Malta I
* The ills of Africa, progress defeated - 49 Malta II, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and the Ivory Coast III
* Back to Fatima, with a different perspective - 50 Portugal III
* Concern for the future - 51 Poland IV
* The Pope and youth - 52 Poland IV and Hungary I
* Democracy, the favelas and children - 53 Brazil III
* Thirteen million slaves - 54 Senegal, Gambia and Guinea
* Half a millennium of Evangelisation - 55 Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe
* Following the tracks of Christopher Columbus - 56 The Dominican Republic III
* The most difficult leg of the journey - 57 Benin II, Uganda and Sudan
* The Country of the eagles and of escape - 58 Albania
* As in 1982, more than in 1982 - 59 Spain IV
* The youth of the US - 60 Jamaica, Mexico III and the United States of America V
* A kind of home-coming - 61 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
* In Zagabria, thinking of Sarajevo - 62 Croatia I
* The youth and devout from the East - 63 The Philippines II, Papua New Guinea II, Australia II and Sri Lanka
* "I beg for the forgiveness of Non Catholics" - 64 The Czech Republic II and Poland V
* Stop wars! - 65 Belgium II
* Condemnation of nationalism - 66 Slovakia II
* South African apartheid is behind us - 67 Cameroon II, South Africa and Kenya III
* The UN fifty years on - 68 The United Nations II and the United States of America VI
* Peace, war and the road to democracy - 69 Guatemala II, Nicaragua II, El Salvador II and Venezuela II
* The door to Islam - 70 Tunisia
* In the independent Country - 71 Slovenia I
* To Germany, reunited - 72 Germany III
* Celebrations for the millenarian monastery - 73 Hungary II
* A purely Pastoral visit - 74 France V
* Finally in Sarajevo - 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina I
* The relevance of Saint Adalbert today - 76 The Czech Republic III
* No to external interference - 77 Lebanon
* Ten busy days - 78 Poland VI
* The young, and the Huguenots too - 79 France VI
* The family and the suffering as protagonists - 80 Brazil IV
* Together with 2,700 foreign journalists - 81 Cuba
* The Trappist Monk and human rights - 82 Nigeria II
* Giving a Christian face back to Europe - 83 Austria III
* The controversy concerning the Beatification of Stepinac - 84 Croatia II
* Resisting the culture of death - 85 Mexico IV and the United States of America VII
* In Bucharest with the Orthodox - 86 Rumania
* From Danzig to Czestochowa. Then 2000 - 87 Poland VII
* Return to independent Slovenia - 88 Slovenia II
* The difficulties of the Asiatic journey - 89 India II and Georgia
* In the footsteps of Abraham - 90 Egypt
* In the Holy Land at last! - 91 Jordan, the Independent Palestinian Areas and Israel
* Fatima and the "Third Secret" - 92 Portugal IV
* Saint Paul's route - 93 Greece, Syria and Malta III
* A much awaited visit - 94 Ukraine
* After 11th September a choice between good and evil - 95 Kazakhstan and Armenia
* Between present and past - 96 Azerbaijan and Bulgaria
* Symbols and risks - 97 Canada III, Guatemala III and Mexico V
* Different assessments - 98 Poland VIII
* "Let peace be with you, Spain!" - 99 Spain V
* The various sides - 100 Croatia III
* Ivan Merz and the war - 101 Bosnia and Herzegovina II
* A tired Pope - 102 Slovakia III
* "I too was twenty once" - 103 Switzerland IV
* Sick among the sick - 104 France VII

* Travelling with... covers

* Bibliography
* The author
* Alphabetical list of the Countries

N.B.: the roman numerals indicate, according to the official list, the number of times the Pontiff returned to the Country specified

THE MAIN CHARACTERS: THE JOURNEYS
This work considers the 104 journeys that the Vicar of Christ undertook outside Italy throughout his Papacy, following the criteria put in place by the Holy See.
A chapter is dedicated to each journey in chronological order, presenting details of the postal issues distributed for the occasion, and ideally retracing the itinerary followed by the Pontiff. Both the issues produced by the countries that hosted the Pope over time and, at the end of each chapter, those issued by the Vatican in connection with the same itinerary are reproduced and described.
For the countries that received him, the research has involved the periods immediately before and after the visit up to approximately one year after the event: in fact, various realities, rather than announcing the experience, prefer to comment on it afterwards. In some cases, therefore, both focuses are highlighted.
The Vatican, on the other hand, has always upheld its own tradition: it waits a certain length of time - usually one or two years - and then it issues a commemorative series, generally dedicating a stamp to each itinerary. For example, the five projects completed in 1999 (Mexico and the United States together, Romania, Poland, Slovenia, India and Georgia) are celebrated with the same number of copies, which came out on the 1st September 2000. Sometimes more general subjects are added, as happened on the 3rd December 1981: alongside the places visited the previous year we have the papal coat of arms (50 lire) or His Holiness giving a blessing (900 lire).
To define the historical moment and provide further details in order to take both the journey and the circumstances in which it took place into consideration, a brief account of the visit is also given through the writings of journalists at the time or, subsequently, of the experts.

NOT JUST A PASTORAL VIEWPOINT
The creation of this collection aims to go further. Various visits were distinguished by one or more prominent themes, commemorated by special stamps issued around the time of the Pontiff's visit.
These include historical anniversaries, events, religious ceremonies that are worth noting: they are not strictly linked with the Pope's visit - although the Pope himself is involved - but they can help us fully understand its context.
His first stay in Argentina, from the 10th to the 13th June 1982, had one main motivation: to attempt mediation between Buenos Aires and London, divided by the bloody Falkland-Malvinas conflict. Of course, the South-American country highlights the presence of the Bishop of Rome on the 12th June, but the issues also help us understand the climate at the time, such as those from the 22nd April where the islands are shown as being Argentinean.
Another example: from the 6th to the 16th October 1989 the Pilgrim visited, in order, South Korea, Indonesia and Mauritius. Seoul did not issue any special stamps, but on the 4th October an 80 Won commemorates the 44th International Eucharistic Congress, organised in the Asian capital and attended by the Pontiff.

REFERENCES FOR COLLECTORS
This book considers all of the official stamps and souvenir sheets issued by a certain reality.
In order to facilitate research for collectors, with their kind permission, the corresponding numbering in the (in alphabetical order) Michel, Scott, Unificato and Yvert & Tellier catalogues has been included for each stamp presented.
Note that there are no valuations of the items described and/or reproduced in the book. You can refer to the aforementioned catalogues for this.

Fabio Bonacina, a journalist, mainly works in public communication, but he also writes about stamps and the post. The newspapers and magazines that have published his articles include "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia", and "Italia oggi". He is President of the Italian Philatelic Press Union since 2014, and editor of the daily web magazine of philately and postal information "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) since 2003.
He has been awarded the prize by Usfi (Italian Philatelic Press Union) in 2010, he has obtained the award for journalism by the Town of Riccione in 2006, and the oscar for philately by Circolo filatelico numismatico reggiano in 2002.
For this publisher he has written the books "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra"; "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", published in two editions; "Giovanni Paolo II - Viaggi di speranza - I francobolli del mondo testimoniano le visite di Papa Wojtyla", translated into English and German (English edition "John Paul II - Visits of hope - World stamps witness the travels of Pope Wojtyla"); "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006"; "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010"; "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani"; "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014".

VERMEIL - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

VERMEIL - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

SILVER - STAMPSHOW 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
23-25 ottobre 2008

SILVER - MONTENEGROFILA 2008
Montenegro
2-5 ottobre 2008

SILVER - EFIRO 2008
Bucharest, Romania
20-28 giugno 2008

SILVER - HUNFILA 2007 - International Stamp Exhibition
26-30 settembre 2007
Budapest

SILVER - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

SILVER - ST. PETERSBURG 2007
General World Stamp Exhibition
St. Petersburg, 19-25 giugno 2007

SILVER - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy

SILVER - CHICAGOPEX 2006
17-19 novembre 2006
(Chicago, USA)

SILVER-BRONZE - CHINA 2009
Luoyang City, Henan Province, P.R. China
10-16 aprile 2009

SILVER-BRONZE - NEW ZEALAND 10TH NATION. PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
30 giugno 2007
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

BRONZE- SILVER - IBRA 2009
Essen, Germany
6-10 maggio 2009

BRONZE- SILVER - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

BRONZE- SILVER - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006

PHILATELIC SHOPS

- Philatelic Bibliopole, Leonard Hartmann (USA)
- Vera Trinder, London (UK)

- "Gabriel" Associations

ITALY
- Abafil (Milano)
- Ercole Gloria (Milano)
- Marini (Genova)
- Ungaro (Trentino - Veneto - Friuli)
- Riva Reno (Bologna)
- Sintoni (Forlì)
- Geoprogram (Roma)
- Interfinum (Roma)
- Philcap (Roma)


LIBRARIES DISTRIBUTION

- Casalini Libri
- Demea (Roma, Lazio, Abruzzo)
- LS (Italia)

CONTENTS

* PIER PAOLO FRANCINI, News before art
* DIETMAR FIEDLER, Preface
* DANILO BOGONI, "Don't be afraid!" cry the stamps too
* Publisher's choices
* User's guide

STAMPS FOR THE POPE FROM THE EAST
* The Pilgrim Pope
* Drawings and photographs
* One icon for a variety of occasions
* With the philatelist in mind
* The Pope has come to visit us
* Miniature manifesto
* Focus on local circumstances
* Without forgetting the enthusiasts
* Two thousand years of Christianity
* 25th anniversary celebrations
* Birthday stamps
* The immediate elaboration of the mourning
* The mourning continues
* The tradition of the "Vacant See"
* The Italian case
* Italy as seen by the Vatican
* Notes

TRIPS ABROAD
* The first trip: overseas - 1 The Dominican Republic I, Mexico I and the Bahamas
* The first glance towards East - 2 Poland I
* "Pilgrimage for Peace" - 3 Ireland, the United Nations I and the United States of America I
* The meeting with Dimitrios I… repeated - 4 Turkey
* In Africa, "where hunger is lethal" - 5 Zaire I, the Congo Republic, Kenya I, Ghana, Haute-Volta (Burkina Faso I) and the Ivory Coast I
* Shadows and lights on the Church - 6 France I
* Catholics, immigration, and poverty - 7 Brazil I
* The double homage to Saint Albertus Magnus - 8 Germany I
* Many different worlds - 9 Pakistan, the Philippines I, the United States of America II and Japan
* Love, respect, esteem. And more - 10 Nigeria I, Benin I, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
* In Fatima, a year after the attempt on his life - 11 Portugal I
* The Falklands-Malvinas war breaks out - 12 The United Kingdom
* Buenos Aires makes stamps warfare too - 13 Brazil II and Argentina I
* A homage to work - 14 Switzerland I
* All were there listening to him - 15 San Marino
* From the past Inquisition, from the future Europe - 16 Spain I
* From Nicaragua a …military set - 17 Portugal II, Costa Rica, Nicaragua I, Panama, El Salvador I, Guatemala I, Honduras, Belize and Haiti
* Jaruzelski and the appeal for peace - 18 Poland II
* From Lourdes an embrace to those suffering persecution - 19 France II
* The Ottomans and Europe - 20 Austria I
* The vitality of the Church wishing to renew itself - 21 The United States of America III, South Korea I, Papua New Guinea I, the Salomon Islands and Thailand
* The quest for unity at international level - 22 Switzerland II
* In the steps of Jacques Cartier - 23 Canada I
* The adventure of Christopher Columbus - 24 Spain II, the Dominican Republic II and Puerto Rico
* Solidarity and dialogue - 25 Venezuela I, Ecuador, Peru I, Trinidad and Tobago
* There's "a great need for unity" - 26 The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium I
* Flourishing churches, solidarity and dignity - 27 Togo, the Ivory Coast II, Cameroon I, the Central African Republic, Zaire II, Kenya II and Morocco
* An important stop for collectors - 28 Switzerland III and Liechtenstein
* Why this trip? - 29 India I
* Guerrilla warfare and drugs - 30 Colombia and Saint Lucia
* At least for one day, let arms be laid down - 31 France III
* Seek the truth, even among differences - 32 Bangladesh, Singapore, the Fiji islands, New Zealand, Australia I and the Seychelles
* Behind the scenes of the diplomatic controversy - 33 Uruguay I, Chile and Argentina II
* Do not forget the past - 34 Germany II
* The shadow of the president - 35 Poland III
* "May God bless America" - 36 The United States of America IV and Canada II
* The initial outcome - 37 Uruguay II, Bolivia, Peru II and Paraguay
* Speech in Mauthausen - 38 Austria II
* The condemnation of Apartheid, despite the unexpected event - 39 Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique
* From Strasbourg to Europe - 40 France IV
* Focus on marital loyalty - 41 Madagascar, Réunion Island, Zambia and Malawi
* In the land of Luther - 42 Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden
* With youths at the millennium end - 43 Spain III
* USSR, North Korea, China, Timor - 44 South Korea II, Indonesia and Mauritius
* A challenge for solidarity from Sahel - 45 Cape Verde, Bissau Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso II and Chad
* Freedom rediscovered - 46 Czechoslovakia I
* The ice has melted - 47 Mexico II and the Dutch Antilles
* Peace talks - 48 Malta I
* The ills of Africa, progress defeated - 49 Malta II, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and the Ivory Coast III
* Back to Fatima, with a different perspective - 50 Portugal III
* Concern for the future - 51 Poland IV
* The Pope and youth - 52 Poland IV and Hungary I
* Democracy, the favelas and children - 53 Brazil III
* Thirteen million slaves - 54 Senegal, Gambia and Guinea
* Half a millennium of Evangelisation - 55 Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe
* Following the tracks of Christopher Columbus - 56 The Dominican Republic III
* The most difficult leg of the journey - 57 Benin II, Uganda and Sudan
* The Country of the eagles and of escape - 58 Albania
* As in 1982, more than in 1982 - 59 Spain IV
* The youth of the US - 60 Jamaica, Mexico III and the United States of America V
* A kind of home-coming - 61 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
* In Zagabria, thinking of Sarajevo - 62 Croatia I
* The youth and devout from the East - 63 The Philippines II, Papua New Guinea II, Australia II and Sri Lanka
* "I beg for the forgiveness of Non Catholics" - 64 The Czech Republic II and Poland V
* Stop wars! - 65 Belgium II
* Condemnation of nationalism - 66 Slovakia II
* South African apartheid is behind us - 67 Cameroon II, South Africa and Kenya III
* The UN fifty years on - 68 The United Nations II and the United States of America VI
* Peace, war and the road to democracy - 69 Guatemala II, Nicaragua II, El Salvador II and Venezuela II
* The door to Islam - 70 Tunisia
* In the independent Country - 71 Slovenia I
* To Germany, reunited - 72 Germany III
* Celebrations for the millenarian monastery - 73 Hungary II
* A purely Pastoral visit - 74 France V
* Finally in Sarajevo - 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina I
* The relevance of Saint Adalbert today - 76 The Czech Republic III
* No to external interference - 77 Lebanon
* Ten busy days - 78 Poland VI
* The young, and the Huguenots too - 79 France VI
* The family and the suffering as protagonists - 80 Brazil IV
* Together with 2,700 foreign journalists - 81 Cuba
* The Trappist Monk and human rights - 82 Nigeria II
* Giving a Christian face back to Europe - 83 Austria III
* The controversy concerning the Beatification of Stepinac - 84 Croatia II
* Resisting the culture of death - 85 Mexico IV and the United States of America VII
* In Bucharest with the Orthodox - 86 Rumania
* From Danzig to Czestochowa. Then 2000 - 87 Poland VII
* Return to independent Slovenia - 88 Slovenia II
* The difficulties of the Asiatic journey - 89 India II and Georgia
* In the footsteps of Abraham - 90 Egypt
* In the Holy Land at last! - 91 Jordan, the Independent Palestinian Areas and Israel
* Fatima and the "Third Secret" - 92 Portugal IV
* Saint Paul's route - 93 Greece, Syria and Malta III
* A much awaited visit - 94 Ukraine
* After 11th September a choice between good and evil - 95 Kazakhstan and Armenia
* Between present and past - 96 Azerbaijan and Bulgaria
* Symbols and risks - 97 Canada III, Guatemala III and Mexico V
* Different assessments - 98 Poland VIII
* "Let peace be with you, Spain!" - 99 Spain V
* The various sides - 100 Croatia III
* Ivan Merz and the war - 101 Bosnia and Herzegovina II
* A tired Pope - 102 Slovakia III
* "I too was twenty once" - 103 Switzerland IV
* Sick among the sick - 104 France VII

* Travelling with... covers

* Bibliography
* The author
* Alphabetical list of the Countries

N.B.: the roman numerals indicate, according to the official list, the number of times the Pontiff returned to the Country specified

THE MAIN CHARACTERS: THE JOURNEYS
This work considers the 104 journeys that the Vicar of Christ undertook outside Italy throughout his Papacy, following the criteria put in place by the Holy See.
A chapter is dedicated to each journey in chronological order, presenting details of the postal issues distributed for the occasion, and ideally retracing the itinerary followed by the Pontiff. Both the issues produced by the countries that hosted the Pope over time and, at the end of each chapter, those issued by the Vatican in connection with the same itinerary are reproduced and described.
For the countries that received him, the research has involved the periods immediately before and after the visit up to approximately one year after the event: in fact, various realities, rather than announcing the experience, prefer to comment on it afterwards. In some cases, therefore, both focuses are highlighted.
The Vatican, on the other hand, has always upheld its own tradition: it waits a certain length of time - usually one or two years - and then it issues a commemorative series, generally dedicating a stamp to each itinerary. For example, the five projects completed in 1999 (Mexico and the United States together, Romania, Poland, Slovenia, India and Georgia) are celebrated with the same number of copies, which came out on the 1st September 2000. Sometimes more general subjects are added, as happened on the 3rd December 1981: alongside the places visited the previous year we have the papal coat of arms (50 lire) or His Holiness giving a blessing (900 lire).
To define the historical moment and provide further details in order to take both the journey and the circumstances in which it took place into consideration, a brief account of the visit is also given through the writings of journalists at the time or, subsequently, of the experts.

NOT JUST A PASTORAL VIEWPOINT
The creation of this collection aims to go further. Various visits were distinguished by one or more prominent themes, commemorated by special stamps issued around the time of the Pontiff's visit.
These include historical anniversaries, events, religious ceremonies that are worth noting: they are not strictly linked with the Pope's visit - although the Pope himself is involved - but they can help us fully understand its context.
His first stay in Argentina, from the 10th to the 13th June 1982, had one main motivation: to attempt mediation between Buenos Aires and London, divided by the bloody Falkland-Malvinas conflict. Of course, the South-American country highlights the presence of the Bishop of Rome on the 12th June, but the issues also help us understand the climate at the time, such as those from the 22nd April where the islands are shown as being Argentinean.
Another example: from the 6th to the 16th October 1989 the Pilgrim visited, in order, South Korea, Indonesia and Mauritius. Seoul did not issue any special stamps, but on the 4th October an 80 Won commemorates the 44th International Eucharistic Congress, organised in the Asian capital and attended by the Pontiff.

REFERENCES FOR COLLECTORS
This book considers all of the official stamps and souvenir sheets issued by a certain reality.
In order to facilitate research for collectors, with their kind permission, the corresponding numbering in the (in alphabetical order) Michel, Scott, Unificato and Yvert & Tellier catalogues has been included for each stamp presented.
Note that there are no valuations of the items described and/or reproduced in the book. You can refer to the aforementioned catalogues for this.

Fabio Bonacina, a journalist, mainly works in public communication, but he also writes about stamps and the post. The newspapers and magazines that have published his articles include "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia", and "Italia oggi". He is President of the Italian Philatelic Press Union since 2014, and editor of the daily web magazine of philately and postal information "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) since 2003.
He has been awarded the prize by Usfi (Italian Philatelic Press Union) in 2010, he has obtained the award for journalism by the Town of Riccione in 2006, and the oscar for philately by Circolo filatelico numismatico reggiano in 2002.
For this publisher he has written the books "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra"; "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", published in two editions; "Giovanni Paolo II - Viaggi di speranza - I francobolli del mondo testimoniano le visite di Papa Wojtyla", translated into English and German (English edition "John Paul II - Visits of hope - World stamps witness the travels of Pope Wojtyla"); "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006"; "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010"; "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani"; "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014".

VERMEIL - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

VERMEIL - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

SILVER - STAMPSHOW 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
23-25 ottobre 2008

SILVER - MONTENEGROFILA 2008
Montenegro
2-5 ottobre 2008

SILVER - EFIRO 2008
Bucharest, Romania
20-28 giugno 2008

SILVER - HUNFILA 2007 - International Stamp Exhibition
26-30 settembre 2007
Budapest

SILVER - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

SILVER - ST. PETERSBURG 2007
General World Stamp Exhibition
St. Petersburg, 19-25 giugno 2007

SILVER - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy

SILVER - CHICAGOPEX 2006
17-19 novembre 2006
(Chicago, USA)

SILVER-BRONZE - CHINA 2009
Luoyang City, Henan Province, P.R. China
10-16 aprile 2009

SILVER-BRONZE - NEW ZEALAND 10TH NATION. PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
30 giugno 2007
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

BRONZE- SILVER - IBRA 2009
Essen, Germany
6-10 maggio 2009

BRONZE- SILVER - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

BRONZE- SILVER - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006

PHILATELIC SHOPS

- Philatelic Bibliopole, Leonard Hartmann (USA)
- Vera Trinder, London (UK)

ITALY
- Abafil (Milano)
- Ercole Gloria (Milano)
- Marini (Genova)
- Ungaro (Trentino - Veneto - Friuli)
- Riva Reno (Bologna)
- Sintoni (Forlì)
- Geoprogram (Roma)
- Interfinum (Roma)
- Philcap (Roma)


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INHALTSVERZEICHNIS

* PIER PAOLO FRANCINI, Zuerst die Chronik, dann die Kunst
* DIETMAR FIEDLER, Vorwort
* DANILO BOGONI, Auch von den Briefmarken, "Fürchtet euch nicht!"
* Entscheidungen des Verlegers
* Leitfaden zum Gebrauch

BRIEFMARKEN ZU EHREN DES PAPSTES AUS OSTEUROPA
* Der Pilgerpapst
* Zwischen Zeichnungen und Fotos
* Eine Ikone für viele Anlässe
* Auch an die Philatelisten wurde gedacht
* Der Papst ist hier zu uns gekommen
* Plakat in Miniatur
* Berücksichtigung der lokalen Umstände
* Ohne die Liebhaber und Sammler aus den Augen zu verlieren
* Zweitausend Jahre Christentum
* Die Feier des 25-jährigen Jubiläums
* Briefmarken zum Geburtstag
* Die unmittelbare Verarbeitung der Trauer
* Die Trauer nimmt keine Ende
* Die Tradition der "Sedisvakanz"
* Der Fall Italien
* Das schöne Land Italien aus dem Blickwinkel des Vatikans
* Anmerkungen

DIE AUSLANDSREISEN
* Die erste Überseereise - 1 Dominikanische Republik I, Mexiko I und Bahamas
* Der erste Blick in Richtung Osten - 2 Polen I
*"Friedenspilgerfahrt" - 3 Irland, Vereinte Nationen I und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika I
* Die nachgemachte Begegnung mit Dimitrios I. - 4 Türkei
* In Afrika, "wo Hunger tödlich ist" - 5 Zaire I, Kongo, Kenia I, Ghana, Obervolta (Burkina Faso I) und Elfenbeinküste I
* Schatten und Lichter auf der Kirche - 6 Frankreich I
* Die Katholiken, Immigration und Armut - 7 Brasilien I
* Doppelte Ehrerbietung des Hl. Albertus Magnus - 8 Deutschland I
* Viele verschiedene Welten - 9 Pakistan, Philippinen I, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika II und Japan
* Liebe, Respekt, Achtung. Und nicht nur das - 10 Nigeria I, Benin I, Gabun und Äquatorialguinea
* In Fatima, ein Jahr nach dem Attentat - 11 Portugal I
* Ausbruck des Falkland-Malvinen-Kriegs - 12 Vereinigtes Königreich
* Auch gezähnt die Offensive von Buenos Aires - 13 Brasilien II und Argentinien I
* Ehrung der Arbeit - 14 Schweiz I
* Alle hören ihm zu - 15 San Marino
* Aus der Vergangenheit die Inquisition, aus der Zukunft Europa - 16 Spanien I
* Aus Nicaragua ein... militanter Satz - 17 Portugal II, Costa Rica, Nicaragua I, Panama, El Salvador I, Guatemala I, Honduras, Belize und Haiti
* Jaruzelski und die Einforderung des Friedens - 18 Polen II
* Umarmung der Verfolgten aus Lourdes - 19 Frankreich II
* Die Osmanen und Europa - 20 Österreich I
* Die Tatkraft einer Kirche, die zur Erneuerung strebt - 21 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika III, Südkorea I, Papua-Neuguinea I, Salomon-Inseln und Thailand
* Die Suche nach universeller Einheit - 22 Schweiz II
* Auf den Spuren Jacques Cartiers - 23 Kanada I
* Das Abenteuer des Christoph Kolumbus - 24 Spanien II, Dominikanische Republik II und Puerto Rico
* Solidarität und Dialog - 25 Venezuela I, Ecuador, Peru I, Trinidad und Tobago
* Es besteht ein "großes Bedürfnis nach Einheit" - 26 Niederlande, Luxemburg und Belgien I
* Blühende Kirchen, aber auch Solidarität und Würde - 27 Togo, Elfenbeinküste II, Kamerun I, Zentralafrikanische Republik, Zaire II, Kenia II und Marokko
* Eine wichtige Station für Sammler - 28 Schweiz III und Liechtenstein
* Warum diese Reise? - 29 Indien I
* Guerrilla und Drogen - 30 Kolumbien und Saint Lucia
* Wenigstens für einen Tag sollen die Waffen ruhen - 31 Frankreich III
* Die Wahrheit suchen, dennoch unterscheiden - 32 Bangladesch, Singapur, Fidschi, Neuseeland, Australien I und Seychellen
* Hinter dem diplomatischen Streit - 33 Uruguay I, Chile und Argentinien II
* Die Vergangenheit nicht vergessen - 34 Deutschland II
* Der Schatten des Präsidenten - 35 Polen III
*"Gott segne Amerika" - 36 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika IV und Kanada II
* Die erste Bilanz - 37 Uruguay II, Bolivien, Peru II und Paraguay
* Rede in Mauthausen - 38 Österreich II
* Verurteilung der Apartheid, trotz unvorhergesehener Umstände - 39 Simbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Swasiland und Mosambik
* Von Straßburg nach Europa - 40 Frankreich IV
* Der Akzent auf der ehelichen Treue - 41 Madagaskar, Réunion, Sambia und Malawi
* In lutheranischen Landen - 42 Norwegen, Island, Finnland, Dänemark und Schweden
* Mit der Jugend ins neue Jahrtausend - 43 Spanien III
* UdSSR, Nordkorea, Volksrepublik China, Timor - 44 Südkorea II, Indonesien und Mauritius
* Aus Sahel eine Herausforderung an die Solidarität - 45 Kap Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso II und Tschad
* Die wieder gewonnene Freiheit - 46 Tschechoslowakei I
* Das Eis ist gebrochen - 47 Mexiko II und die Niederländische Antillen
* Treffen für den Frieden - 48 Malta I
* Die Leiden in Afrika und die Niederlage der Entwicklungsbemühungen - 49 Malta II, Tansania, Burundi, Ruanda und Elfenbeinküste III
* Rückkehr nach Fatima, mit anderer Absicht - 50 Portugal III
* Die Sorge um die Zukunft - 51 Polen IV
* Der Papst und die Jugend - 52 Polen IV und Ungarn I
* Demokratie, die Favelas und die Kinder - 53 Brasilien III
* 13 Millionen Sklaven - 54 Senegal, Gambia und Guinea
* Fünfhundert Jahre Evangelisierung - 55 Angola, St. Tome und Principe
* Auf den Spuren des Seefahrers - 56 Dominikanische Republik III
* Die schwierigste Etappe - 57 Benin II, Uganda und Sudan
* Das Land der Adler und der Flüchtlinge - 58 Albanien
* Wie im Jahr 1982, noch mehr als 1982 - 59 Spanien IV
* Die Jugend in den USA - 60 Jamaika, Mexiko III und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika V
* Fast wie eine Rückkehr nach Hause - 61 Litauen, Lettland und Estland
* In Zagreb in Gedanken an Sarajevo - 62 Kroatien I
* Die Jugendlichen und die Gläubigen des Orients - 63 Philippinen II, Papua-Neuguinea II, Australien II und Sri Lanka
*"Ich bitte die Nichtkatholiken um Vergebung" - 64 Tschechische Republik II und Polen V
* Schluss mit den Kriegen! - 65 Belgien II
* Verurteilung des Nationalismus - 66 Slowakei II
* Die Apartheid in Südafrika gehört nunmehr der Vergangenheit an - 67 Kamerun II, Südafrika und Kenia III
* 50 Jahre nach Gründung der UNO - 68 Vereinte Nationen II und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika VI
* Frieden, Krieg und die Straße der Demokratie - 69 Guatemala II, Nicaragua II, El Salvador II und Venezuela II
* Das Tor zum Islam - 70 Tunesien
* Im unabhängigen Land - 71 Slowenien I
* Im wieder eins gewordenen Deutschland - 72 Deutschland III
* Das Fest zum tausendjährigen Bestehen des Klosters - 73 Ungarn II
* Nur ein Pastoralbesuch - 74 Frankreich V
* Endlich in Sarajevo - 75 Bosnien und Herzegowina I
* Die Aktualität des Hl. Adalbert - 76 Tschechische Republik III
* Nein zu Einmischungen von außen - 77 Libanon
* Zehn anstrengende Tage - 78 Polen VI
* Die Jugend, aber auch die Hugenotten - 79 Frankreich VI
* Protagonisten: die Familie und die Leidenden - 80 Brasilien IV
* Zusammen mit 2.700 ausländischen Journalisten - 81 Kuba
* Der Trappistenmönch und die Menschenrechte - 82 Nigeria II
* Europa sein christliches Antlitz zurückgeben - 83 Österreich III
* Polemiken bezüglich der Seligsprechung von Stepinac - 84 Kroatien II
* Der Todeskultur widerstehen - 85 Mexiko IV und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika VII
* In Bukarest mit orthodoxen Christen - 86 Rumänien
* Von Danzig nach Tschenstochau. Und dann das Jahr 2000 - 87 Polen VII
* Rückkehr in das unabhängige Slowenien - 88 Slowenien II
* Schwierigkeiten auf der Asienreise - 89 Indien II und Georgien
* Auf den Spuren Abrahams - 90 Ägypten
* Endlich, das Heilige Land! - 91 Jordanien, Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete und Israel
* Fatima und das "Dritte Geheimnis" - 92 Portugal IV
* Auf den Spuren des Hl. Paulus - 93 Griechenland, Syrien und Malta III
* Ein lang erwarteter Besuch - 94 Ukraine
* Nach dem 11. September eine Wahl zwischen Gut und Böse - 95 Kasachstan und Armenien
* Zwischen Gegenwart und Vergangenheit - 96 Aserbaidschan und Bulgarien
* Symbolen und Wagnissen - 97 Kanada III, Guatemala III und Mexiko V
* Unterschiedliche Bewertungen - 98 Polen VIII
*"Friede sei mir dir, Spanien!" - 99 Spanien V
* Unterschiedliche Facetten - 100 Kroatien III
* Ivan Merz und der Krieg - 101 Bosnien und Herzegowina II
* Der Papst ist müde - 102 Slowakei III
*"Auch ich war einmal 20 Jahre alt" - 103 Schweiz IV
* Krank unter Kranken - 104 Frankreich VII

* Auf Reisen mit… Briefumschlägen

* Bibliographie
* Der Autor
* Alphabetisches Länderverzeichnis

Anmerkung: Die römischen Ziffern geben gemäß der offiziellen Liste an, wie oft der Papst in das spezifische Land zurückgekehrt ist.

PROTAGONISTEN, DIE REISEN
Dieses Werk befasst sich mit den 104 Auslandsreisen, die der Stellvertreter Christi während seines langen Pontifikats gemäß den Kriterien des Heiligen Stuhls auf sich genommen hat.
Jeder Reise ist in chronologischer Reihenfolge ein Kapitel gewidmet, das die anlässlich dieses Ereignisses erschienen Briefmarken detailliert und, wenn möglich, der Reiseroute des Papstes folgend vorstellt. Es werden sowohl die Ausgaben wiedergegeben und beschrieben, die von den Gastländern herausgegeben wurden, als auch am Ende des jeweiligen Kapitels die des Vatikans, die anlässlich der gleichen Reise erschienen sind.
Die Untersuchung bezüglich der in den Gastländern erschienen Briefmarken betrifft den Zeitraum unmittelbar vor und nach dem Besuch bis etwa ein Jahr nach dem Ereignis: Verschiedene Länder bevorzugen es eher, den Besuch im Nachhinein zu würdigen, als diesen im Vorhinein anzukündigen. In einigen Fällen wird der Besuch sowohl vor als auch nach dem Besuch geehrt.
Der Vatikan verfolgt jedoch eine andere Tradition, die sich im Übrigen stets bewährt hat: er wartet eine gewisse Zeit - im Allgemeinen ein bis zwei Jahre - und bringt dann einen Gedenksatz heraus, in dem jeder Reise normalerweise eine Briefmarke gewidmet ist. Die 1999 unternommenen fünf Reisen (Mexiko, Vereinigte Staaten, Rumänien, Polen, Slowenien, Indien und Georgien) wurden z.B. am 1. September 200 mit Stücken gleicher Zahl zelebriert. In einigen Fällen werden, wie am 3. Dezember 1981, allgemeinere Themen hinzugefügt: neben den im Vorjahr unternommenen Stationen ist das päpstliche Wappen (50-Lire-Briefmarke) oder Seine Heiligkeit bei der Erteilung des Segens (900-Lire-Briefmarke) abgebildet.
Zum Zwecke der Einrahmung des historisch bedeutenden Moments und der Angabe einiger weiterführender Details zur Bewertung der Reise und der Umstände, unter denen diese stattfand, wird ferner ein zusammenfassender Besuchsbericht entsprechend den Äußerungen von Journalisten, bzw. nachfolgend von Experten, wiedergegeben.

NICHT NUR PASTORALASPEKTE
Der Wunsch bei der Erstellung dieser Sammlung war der, einen Schritt weiter zu gehen. Verschiedene Aufenthalte waren durch ein Thema, bzw. mehrere Themen von herausragender Bedeutung gekennzeichnet, deren mittels der Herausgabe von Briefmarken um den Zeitraum des Papstbesuches gedacht wurde.
Historische Jahrestage, Ereignisse und religiöse Feierlichkeiten scheinen gerne hervorgehoben zu werden: Sie stehen nicht in unmittelbarem Zusammenhang mit dem Papstbesuch - auch wenn sie den Papst selber betreffen - können aber zum besseren Verständnis des Kontextes beitragen.
Der ersten Etappe in Argentinien vom 10. bis zum 13. Juni 1982 liegt ein Hauptgedanke zu Grunde: der Vermittlungsversuch zwischen Buenos Aires und London, die durch den blutigen Falkland-Malwinen-Konflikt geteilt waren. Der südamerikanische Staat unterstreicht selbstverständlicherweise den Besuch der Bischofs von Rom am 12. Juni. Zum besseren Verständnis dienen jedoch auch die Ausgaben, wie die vom 22. April, auf denen die Inseln als argentinisch angegeben sind.
Ein weiteres Beispiel: Zwischen dem 6. und dem 16. Oktober besucht der Pilger in genannter Reihenfolge Südkorea, Indonesien und Mauritius. Seoul gedenkt dieses Besuches nicht mit spezifischen Briefmarken. Doch genau am 4. Oktober gedenkt Korea des 44. Internationalen Eucharistischen Kongress, der von der asiatischen Hauptstadt organisiert wurde und an der der Papst teilnahm, mit einer 80-Won-Briefmarke.

BEZÜGE FÜR SAMMLER
Der Band trägt allen von den jeweiligen Ländern herausgegebenen amtlichen Briefmarken und Blöcken Rechnung.
Zum Zwecke der Vereinfachung der Briefmarkensuche seitens der Sammler, ist für jede Briefmarke in alphabetischer Reihenfolge die entsprechende Nummerierung der Michel-, Scott-, Unificato- und Yvert & Tellier-Kataloge, die uns freundlicherweise dazu ermächtigt haben, angegeben.
Ferner sie an dieser Stelle gesagt, dass keine Wertschätzungen der beschriebenen und/oder abgedruckten Stücke angegeben ist; hier ist Bezug auf genannte Kataloge zu nehmen.

Der Autor

Der Journalist Fabio Bonacina beschäftigt sich in erster Linie mit öffentlicher Kommunikation, schreibt jedoch auch über Briefmarken und Post.
Seine Artikel wurden unter anderem von den Zeitschriften "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia" und "Italia oggi" veröffentlicht.
Er ist President der Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana seit 2014, und Chefredakteur der Philatelie- und Postinformationsseite "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) seit 2003.
Für diesen Verlag hat er die Bücher "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra", "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", "Johannes Paul II. Reisen der Hoffnung. Briefmarken aus aller Welt bezeugen die Reisen von Papst Wojtyla", "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006", "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010", "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani", "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014" verfasst.

VERMEIL - IPHLA 2012
Mainz, 2-4 novembre 2012

VERMEIL - ROMAFIL 2007
Palazzo dei Congressi Roma EUR
12-14 ottobre 2007

SILVER - STAMPSHOW 2008
Pretoria, South Africa
23-25 ottobre 2008

SILVER - MONTENEGROFILA 2008
Montenegro
2-5 ottobre 2008

SILVER - EFIRO 2008
Bucharest, Romania
20-28 giugno 2008

SILVER - HUNFILA 2007 - International Stamp Exhibition
26-30 settembre 2007
Budapest

SILVER - APS STAMPSHOW 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA
9-12 agosto 2007

SILVER - ST. PETERSBURG 2007
General World Stamp Exhibition
St. Petersburg, 19-25 giugno 2007

SILVER - ALPE ADRIA 2007
1-3 giugno 2007
CAORLE (VE), Italy

SILVER - CHICAGOPEX 2006
17-19 novembre 2006
(Chicago, USA)

SILVER-BRONZE - CHINA 2009
Luoyang City, Henan Province, P.R. China
10-16 aprile 2009

SILVER-BRONZE - NEW ZEALAND 10TH NATION. PHILATELIC LITERATURE EXHIBITION
30 giugno 2007
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

BRONZE- SILVER - IBRA 2009
Essen, Germany
6-10 maggio 2009

BRONZE- SILVER - WIPA08
Vienna
18-21 settembre 2008

BRONZE- SILVER - ESPAÑA 06
Exposición Mundial de Filatelia
Málaga 7-13 ottobre 2006

DIPLOMA - SINDELFINGEN 2006
24th International Stamp Fair
27-29 ottobre 2006

PHILATELIC SHOPS

- Philatelic Bibliopole, Leonard Hartmann (USA)
- Vera Trinder, London (UK)

ITALY
- Abafil (Milano)
- Ercole Gloria (Milano)
- Marini (Genova)
- Ungaro (Trentino - Veneto - Friuli)
- Riva Reno (Bologna)
- Sintoni (Forlì)
- Geoprogram (Roma)
- Interfinum (Roma)
- Philcap (Roma)


LIBRARIES DISTRIBUTION

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CONTENTS

* Last days of life
* The "show" in piazzale Loreto
* The problem of the corpse
* The return in Milan
* Padre Carlo from Milan, as if from Cerro
* The solution is in the monastery of Cerro Maggiore
* The years of the secret (1946-1957)
* The corpse given to the family
* A heavy inheritance to handle
* Padre Carlo's diary
* A monastery and its growth
* With the guests of the Central hotel
* Notes
* Bibliography

IN ITALIAN

Il saggio di Fabio Bonacina narra le vicende della salma di un uomo, per vent'anni al centro della storia d'Italia, che giunse, dopo le drammatiche vicende di Giulino e di piazzale Loreto, in un piccolo e, diciamolo pure, sconosciuto ai più, paese della provincia milanese.

Il libro è già alla sua seconda edizione a dimostrazione che le vicende narrate hanno suscitato un interesse che ha travalicato i confini locali.
Le recensioni alla prima edizione hanno trovato spazio sui media nazionali e il saggio è stato citato nella bibliografia di altri lavori. Un esemplare del libro è conservato alla Biblioteca del Congresso degli Stati Uniti. Persino una pièce teatrale si è ispirata alle vicende narrate nel libro.
In effetti la ricerca ha il pregio di aver colmato un vuoto storico e a oggi rimane l'unico testo che ricostruisce in maniera esemplare e minuziosa le vicende della «Salma nascosta».
Esso è quindi strumento indispensabile allo studioso, ma la sua lettura è di sicuro interesse anche al semplice appassionato di storia che avrà modo di conoscere una vicenda che a tratti assume i contorni di un giallo.

Ormai i protagonisti di quegli anni sono quasi tutti scomparsi. Nel suo piccolo, come uno scrigno, questo lavoro raccoglie frammenti di vita di uomini semplici, come il fotografo Igino Braghin o la balia Enrichetta Rotondi. Uomini e donne che non recitarono sul palcoscenico della storia, ma più semplicemente nella quotidianità delle loro famiglie e del loro paese. Ricordarli è un doveroso atto di affetto della nostra Comunità. Ecco perché questo non è solo il libro della salma di Mussolini, ma anche il loro.

Antonio Lazzati
Sindaco di Cerro Maggiore (Milano)

luglio 2007

Fabio Bonacina, a journalist, mainly works in public communication, but he also writes about stamps and the post. The newspapers and magazines that have published his articles include "Cronaca filatelica", "L'arte del francobollo", "Vaccari magazine", "Esperienza", "Giornale di Brescia", and "Italia oggi". He is President of the Italian Philatelic Press Union since 2014, and editor of the daily web magazine of philately and postal information "Vaccari news" (www.vaccarinews.it) since 2003.
He has been awarded the prize by Usfi (Italian Philatelic Press Union) in 2010, he has obtained the award for journalism by the Town of Riccione in 2006, and the oscar for philately by Circolo filatelico numismatico reggiano in 2002.
For this publisher he has written the books "Propaganda con i denti - Il francobollo come mezzo di comunicazione nelle relazioni internazionali, il secondo dopoguerra"; "La salma nascosta - Mussolini a Cerro Maggiore dopo piazzale Loreto (1946-1957)", published in two editions; "Giovanni Paolo II - Viaggi di speranza - I francobolli del mondo testimoniano le visite di Papa Wojtyla", translated into English and German (English edition "John Paul II - Visits of hope - World stamps witness the travels of Pope Wojtyla"); "Campioni del mondo - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 1930-2006"; "Buon Natale! Il libro-album per la raccolta dei francobolli italiani sul Natale 1970-2010"; "Habemus Papam. Tutti i Papi da Francesco a Pio XII. Il libro-album dei francobolli italiani"; "Campioni del mondo 2 - I francobolli dei Paesi organizzatori e vincitori dei Mondiali di calcio 2010-2014".