Set: Saint John Paul II on stamps of the world

Set consisting of the albums Saint John Paul II on world postage stamps 1978-2005 and Saint John Paul II on world postage stamps 2005-2015

Saint John Paul II on postage stamps of the world (1978-2005)

Author: x. Waldemar Chrostowski

The author, Rev. Prof. Waldemar Chrostowski, is a well-known biblical scholar and philatelist. He shares the beginnings of the latter passion in the introduction to his remarkable publication. Initially he was interested in the Old Testament immortalized on postage stamps, only after the election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope did he begin to collect only those on which the Polish Pope was featured.

Volume one, titled Saint John Paul II on the World's Postage Stamps (1978-2005), presents stamps published from the beginning of the Pope's pontificate until his death in 2005.

Saint John Paul II on world postage stamps 2005-2015

Author: x. Waldemar Chrostowski

The stamps included in the second part of the Saint John Paul II on the world postage stamps catalog cover the years 2005-2015, i.e. the period from the Pope's death until the year of his canonization. The total amounts to more than 300 issues. They are divided into four groups: issues commemorating the pope's death and the period of mourning, then those referring to various anniversaries associated with the pope (e.g., pilgrimages), the third group includes stamps issued to commemorate the beatification of John Paul II, and the last group includes stamps commemorating his canonization.