[gr8eman]

Which is why Vatican stamps have no value...intrinsic or otherwise.

[zeugma]

It is truly hard to beleive the vatican could completely ignore Lepanto.

[ebb tide]

A strange absence was noted last year as well as the current year. In 2021, no stamp was issued to commemorate the 450th anniversary of one of the largest naval battles in Mediterranean.......

It was Paul VI, namesake of the Pauline "Mess", who returned a muslim battle flag, seized at the Battle of Lepanto, back to the muslims.

A battle flag seized from a Turkish ship by Christian forces during the naval battle of Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571, has been turned over to the Turkish government by Pope Paul VI as a gesture of good will.