This elegant three-stamp set from Vatican City (1965) honors the completion of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council (Concilium Oecumenicum Vaticanum II) — a landmark event that modernized many aspects of the Catholic Church.
The L.10 red stamp shows Pope Paul VI being carried during the closing procession; the L.15 brown-green stamp depicts the Papal Chair with the Latin inscription “Ut omnes unum sint” (“That all may be one”); and the L.100 orange-green stamp features a symbolic depiction of the Papal tiara adorned with figures of saints.
An important issue for collectors of Vatican Church history, ecumenical events, and religious art themes, these stamps reflect the Church’s message of unity and renewal in the 20th century.