This stamp and FDC were issued by The Vatican when Pope Paul II returned after his visit to France.
During his reign, Pope John Paul II ("The Pilgrim Pope")
made 104 foreign trips, more than all previous popes combined. In total he
logged more than 1,167,000 km (725,000 mi). He consistently attracted
large crowds on his travels, some among the largest ever assembled. While some
of his trips (such as to the United States and the Holy Land) were to places
previously visited by Pope Paul VI (the first pope to travel widely), many
others were to countries that no pope had ever previously visited.
On 2 June 1980, he made a pilgrimage to Lisieux in
northern France, the home town of St. Therese of the Child Jesus of the Holy
Face.
Thank you Merja.
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