If you are heading to the Vatican, you may be wanting to send a postcard or letter from Vatican City. We always stop to send a postcard or two from the Vatican when we visit. Vatican City has had its own postal service since 1929 and it issues its own stamps. These stamps are notable for their high-quality designs and limited quantities, which make them prized among stamp collectors. But everyday travelers and pilgrims also flock to the Vatican post offices to mail postcards and letters bearing the Vatican stamps to send greetings to loved ones and as inexpensive personal souvenirs. It can be fun to send or receive a postcard bearing the Vatican postmark. Roman Catholics may view a postcard from the Vatican as mail with a touch of holiness. My grandmother, a devout Catholic, loved the Vatican postcard I sent her of the Pope. She showed it to… Read the rest
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