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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- On postage stamps

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Father José María Salaverri collection

 Collection
Identifier: ML-078
Abstract According to his book La Anunciación: Conversaciones con Fray Angélico (1998), Fr. José María Salaverri, SM had a lifelong fascination with the mystery of the Annunciation. He was born on the Feast of the Annunciation in 1926, and he always viewed the mystery as in some way "his" (14). For Fr. Salaverri, the Annunciation/Incarnation event is the central mystery of the Christian faith, a unique moment in which heaven and earth met and God became one of us...
Dates: 2005 - 2015

The Marian Philatelist collection

 Collection
Identifier: ML-061
Abstract

This collection contains a complete set of the Marian Philatelist, a publication devoted to depictions of the Blessed Virgin Mary on stamps and a Catalogue of Marian Stamps by W. J. Hoffman of the Marian Philatelic Study Group. The Marian Philatelist issued 53 bulletins, starting in 1962 and ceasing publication in 1971 before directing members to the COROS Chronicle.

Dates: 1962 - 1971