So, this is kind of a melancholy weekend for me. On Monday morning my church closes it's doors, and our priest is retiring. I can't say I am a deeply religious man, but I am Catholic and due attempt to attend church on Sundays with my family. This weelend is sad for me, because, not only does the building I used to worship in close, but the man who gave my kids their sacraments is also retiring.
But anyway, back to the philatelic exhibit. I decided to make a mini album of the postage stamps from 1993 in Vatican City, since that is the year our priest was ordained. I am giving it to him as a gift tomorrow, after his last mass. To anyone questioning the numbers, our priest was a lawyer. He was married with 8 kids, and entered the seminary after his wife died of cancer. The man is in his 80s and long past his retirement age.
In my opinion, he makes a wonderful man to counsel people, because he has a family and he has faced a great personal tragedy.
But back to the philatelic exhibit portion of this post....
I went and bought the White Ace Vatican City 1993 Supplemement, a complete set of 1993 stamps for Vatican City, an Itoya Art Portfolio with clear cover and a magnifying glass. Here is the completed project:
1. Page 1 is a page simply listing his clerical postions, including date of ordination and retirement. The left side is the cover, with the magnifying glass taped to the outside.
2. Page 2 just shows date or ordination and tells what's coming next
3. First page of the Vatican City stamps
4. Second page of Vatican City stamps
5. Third page of Vatican City stamps
6. Last page of Vatican City stamps
There are enough blank pages for me to add pages for 2014 when they get released, so I can give him ordination stamps now, and retirement stamps sometime early next year when White Ace releases it's 2014 supplement.
I picked the White Ace pages because they're gorgeous and contain stamp descriptions already. I didn't have time to make my own pages.
Posted 06/28/2014 4:34 pm
