COVER N. 535 - VATICAN

Postmark: 25º della Fondazione Venezia Per La Ricerca Sulla Pace Die Emissionis Poste Vaticane  14.11.2024

Posted on the 14th November; Received on the 20th November 2024

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The second part of  Eric's wonderful surprise: the companion issue from the Vatican to the Italian issue mentioned in the previous blog article .... Merci encore, Eric!

The Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace, was established on 16 December 1999.

According to its website, the founding bodies of the Foundation include, alongside the Veneto Region, the Province and the Municipality of Venice, the University of Venice, the Cini Foundation, the European Cultural Society, the Literary Society of Verona, the Veneto Institute of Science, Literature and Arts. Religious culture is alsoo represented in the organisation through the Maytreya Study Centre for Buddhists, the Lutheran Church and the Don Germano Pattaro Centre for Theological Studies; the University of Padua is nowadays also a member of the Foundation.

The Foundation is tasked with carrying out of research activities, by itself or in collaboration with national and international institutions, on security, development and peace issues and the implementation and promotion of initiatives to disseminate the results of the research carried out.

On the occasion of its 25th anniversary the City State of  The Vatican and the Italian Ministry for Business and Made in Italy issued, on 14Nov2024,the single stamp joint issue used on the FDC. 

The 1,25 € is illustrated with the logo of the Foundation printed over  a  map entitled ‘Perspective Plan of the City of Venice and its Lagoons’, published in a 1534  book by Benedetto Bordone, entitled ‘Isolario’, kept at the Correr Museum Library in Venice.

The First Day Postmark replicates the logo of the Foundation and carries the mention "Day of Issue", in Latin, the offical language of the Holly See.