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

Foreword
Chap. I - The Pantheon of paper
Chap. II - Constants and news of the Fascist period
Chap. III - Dante Eagle
Chap. IV - The homage to Manzoni
Chap. V - The gallery of 1932
Chap. VI - Iconographical sources and philatelic fortune of writers
Chap. VII - The writers enlisted for the cause
Chap. VIII - D'Annunzio from commander to writer
Chap. IX - from 1945 to early Sixties; Latin and foreign
Chap. X - The 12 postage stamps of 1965
Chap. XI - Women, new introductions e rediscoveries
Chap. XII - The rule of the XXth century
Chap. XIII - Secondarily to thematic: details and curiosities
Chap. XIV - Postage stamp: effect, synthesis and complement
Philatelic plates
Index of names