Vatican – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 20 postcards

St. Peter’s Square
Mailed in 1972 from Florence, this card has two (Italian) stamps and full postmark, and is exactly what any tourist would say! Grade: 3

Code: 20558001
Price: $5.00
Radio Vaticana QSL
You need to be a ham radio hobbyist to appreciate this brilliant card. Grade: 2

Code: 20558002
Price: $17.50
Mus. Vat. Roma, Laocoonte
More specifically, Laocoon and His Sons, a marble sculpture now in the Vatican museums, and undeniably very, very old–with Wikipedia suggesting dates from 160 BC to 20 BC, “making 42 to 20 the most likely.” This is an old, unused, sepia card. Grade: 1

Code: 20558003
Price: $4.00
ROMA – Interno della Basilica di S. Pietro
Assigning postcards into “Vatican” or “Italy” can be tricky. If you are really searching for these, you should check both locations. This unused, vintage card has a divided back but warns the writer (in Italian and French) that some countries won’t accept cards with messages in that space. Grade: 2

Code: 20558004
Price: $2.00
ROMA – Panorama dalla cupola di S. Pietro
Assigning postcards into “Vatican” or “Italy” can be tricky. If you are really searching for these, you should check both locations. This unused, vintage card has a divided back but warns the writer (in Italian and French) that some countries won’t accept cards with messages in that space. Grade: 2

Code: 20558005
Price: $2.00
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo Vaticano, Michelangiolo – Il Profeta Isaia
We’re cheating just a little by listing this under “Vatican” in addition to “Art” but it’s there and we aren’t overloaded with postcards from Vatican City … Unused, very old, heavily aged, sepia, but in excellent condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20558006
Price: $3.00
Sala Ducale
Unused old card. Grade: 3

Code: 20558007
Price: $2.00
La liberazione di S. Pietro dal carcere (Raffaello Sanzio – Stanze)
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20558008
Price: $3.00
Il Parnaso (Raffaello Sanzio – Stanze)
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20558009
Price: $3.00
Testa di Dante Alighieri Nella Disputa del Sacramento
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 20558010
Price: $2.00
La Visione di Costantino (Raffaello Sanzio – Stanze)
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 20558011
Price: $2.00
La battaglia di Costantino contro Massenzio
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20558012
Price: $3.00
La Teologia – dettaglio della volta (Raffaello Sanzio – Stanze)
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20558013
Price: $3.00
L’Incoronazione di Carlo Magno (Raffaello Sanzio – Stanze)
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20558014
Price: $3.00
La poesia di Raffaello
Unused vintage sepia postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20558015
Price: $3.00
Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano
Unused but heavily aged sepia card with foxing on both sides. Grade: 3

Code: 20558016
Price: $2.00
St. Peter’s Basilica
Mailed in 2014 with Italian stamp and postmark, and address and one other label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 20558017
Price: $0.50
Rome, St. Paul’s Basilica
It would be easy to be confused by this card since it was mailed from Vatican City with two different stamps and Vatican postmark. However this is the “Papal Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls” and not inside the Vatican itself. Mailed in 1967. Grade: 2

Code: 20558018
Price: $3.00
Roma, Mercurio – Belvedere – Mus-Vat.
Unused Alterocca card 165. Finally, we want to observe that these old Alterocca postcards have held up very well over the years. Grade: 1

Code: 20558019
Price: $2.00
Roma – Chiesa di S. Pietro – S. Veronica (Mochi)
Unused, unattributed (but numbered 84) sepia vintage Roman postcard. We recognise that our allocation of old Italian postcards to the Vatican City category as well is not always consistent. If you are searching for Vatican cards, and haven’t already seen our “Italy” category, you might want to do that. Grade: 2

Code: 20558020
Price: $1.00

Total: 20 postcards