Stamp: Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) - Mother Teresa (Guinea 2002)

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Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) - Mother Teresa (Guinea 2002)

27 December (Guinea ) within release Personalities (2002) goes into circulation Stamp Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) - Mother Teresa face value 2,000 Guinean franc

Stamp Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) - Mother Teresa in catalogues
Michel: Mi: GN 4003
Yvert et Tellier: Yt: GN 2169

Stamp is square format.

Although this issue was apparently authorized by the Guinea postal administration, the vast majority of the issue was not sold in Guinea, but only distributed by the Guinea philatelic agency Impressor S.A. for distribution onto the philatelic market. It is still being offered on their worldartstamps website as of 2025. Apparently the Guinea Republic was using multiple stamp agencies in this year.

Also in the issue Personalities (2002):

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Stamp Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) - Mother Teresa in digits
Country: Guinea
Date: 2002-12-27
Print: Offset lithography
Perforation: 13½
Emission: Agency Issue
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 2,000 Guinean franc

Stamp Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) - Mother Teresa it reflects the thematic directions:

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the terms used for individual clergy are clergyman, clergywoman, clergyperson, churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic, and vicegerent while clerk in holy orders has a long history but is rarely used

Famous People refers to the fame and public attention accorded by the mass media to individuals or groups or, occasionally, animals, but is usually applied to the persons or groups of people (celebrity couples, families, etc.) themselves who receive such a status of fame and attention. Celebrity status is often associated with wealth (commonly referred to as fame and fortune), while fame often provides opportunities to make money.

Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.

The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father') is the bishop of Rome and the visible head[a] of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the eighth century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City state.From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. The reigning pope is Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013.

Religion is any cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, ethics, or organizations, that relate humanity to the supernatural or transcendental. Religions relate humanity to what anthropologist Clifford Geertz has referred to as a cosmic "order of existence". Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the "divine", "sacred things", "faith", a "supernatural being or supernatural beings" or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life". Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance, public service, or other aspects of human culture. Religions have sacred histories and narratives, which may be preserved in sacred scriptures, and symbols and holy places, that aim mostly to give a meaning to life. Religions may contain symbolic stories, which are sometimes said by followers to be true, that have the side purpose of explaining the origin of life, the Universe and other things. Traditionally, faith, in addition to reason, has been considered a source of religious beliefs. There are an estimated 10,000 distinct religions worldwide. About 84% of the world's population is affiliated with one of the five largest religions, namely Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism or forms of folk religion.

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