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(ANSA) – TURIN, MAY 15 – The worth of the stamp issued on 16 Might 2023 by the Vatican Publish Workplace to have fun World Youth Day in Lisbon, withdrawn just a few days later as a result of controversy it sparked, has multiplied 500 occasions in a single 12 months. from the illustration impressed by the Monument of the Discoveries in Lisbon, evocative of Portugal’s colonialist previous, with Pope Francis within the function of Henry the navigator. Taken out of circulation, it was changed in July with a stamp bearing the World Youth Day emblem. That is the analysis made by the historic Turin public sale home Bolaffi. “It’s estimated that there are round 1,300 examples in circulation, extremely wanted by collectors, a lot in order that they’re bought for nearly 500 occasions their face worth of three.10 euros”, feedback CEO Filippo Bolaffi. “The story intently resembles that of the very well-known Gronchi rosa. The distinction – explains Bolaffi – is that the circulation of Errore di youth – because the stamp was renamed by philatelists – is one fiftieth decrease than that of the 1961 stamp. We estimate little greater than a thousand specimens in the marketplace in comparison with round 80 thousand Pink Congers in circulation. Due to this error, philately has turn into the speak of the city once more”, concludes the CEO of the Bolaffi Group. (HANDLE).
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