MINT NEVER HINGED POLAND 1979 ATTRACTIVE POPE JPII 1ST VISIT - DAY OF ISSUE 2 JUNE 1979
Karol Wojtyla (May 18th 1920 - April 2nd 2005)
A great man and a great spiritual leader, a great inspiration and a great loss to us all. May God bless him. May all the people the Pope inspired have the faith and courage to continue his magnificent work.
"The Holy Father was a priest to the last, for he offered his life to God for his flock and for the entire human family ... especially in the sufferings of his final months."
Odszed³ jeden z najwiêkszych Polaków, g³owa Koœcio³a katolickiego, autorytet moralny dla ludzi ró¿nych wyznañ i kultur.
Totus Tuus, Maryjo, ca³y Twój, w najczystszym
Sercu Twoim trwam i dla Ciebie pragnê zdobyæ œwiat.
Totus Tuus, Maryjo, ca³y Twój w opiece miej do kresu dni,
bym bez reszty siebie odda³ Ci.
IN 1987 POLAND WAS STILL UNDER THE COMMUNIST REGIME. THE POPE IN HIS VISITS WAS ALREADY PREACHING ABOUT PEOPLE’S FREE WILL AND THE NEED TO FOLLOW THEIR HEARTS IN HELPING OTHERS AND LEADING TRUE CHRISTIAN LIVES. EVENTUALLY HIS VISITS TO HIS HOMELAND, AND HIS STRONG INFLUENCE ON HIS COUNTRY AND IT’S STRONGLY CHRISTIAN POPULATION, THE POPE DIRECTLY HELPED TOWARDS THE ENDING OF THE COMMUNIST SYSTEM IN POLAND. THE DOWNFALL OF COMMUNISM IN POLAND LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF COMMUNISM IN EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA AND AS A RESULT CHANGED THE FACE OF THE WORLD. WHEN THE POPE WAS ELECTED IN 1978 THE POLISH COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES DID NOT PUBLISIZE HIS ELECTION AND DIDN’T EVEN ISSUE A POSTAGE STAMP TO COMMEMORATE THIS HISTORIC EVENT FOR THEIR COUNTRY! HOWEVER, THEY GAVE IN TO PUBLIC PRESSURE AND OPINION AND ISSUED THIS DELIGHTFUL SET TO COMMEMORATE THE NEWLY ELECTED POPE’S VISIT TO HIS HOMELAND.
THESE WONDERFUL STAMPS IN MINT NEVER HINGED CONDITION ARE A MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS POPE JPII AND POLAND COLLECTOR AND WILL MAKE A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
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