Vatican Releases First Pope Leo Postage Stamps

| 05/27/2025

By: Our Sunday Visitor

Two stamps, with values of 1.25 euros ($1.42) and 2.45 euros ($2.78), feature photos of Pope Leo on May 8 when he appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica immediately after his election

A Vatican stamp featuring Pope Leo XIV is seen in this image released on May 27, 2025.
A Vatican stamp featuring Pope Leo XIV is seen in this image released on May 27, 2025. The stamp, valued at 3.20 euros, shows the pope during Mass in the Sistine Chapel May 9, the day after his election. (CNS photo/courtesy of Vatican stamp and coin office)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican postal service began selling its first Pope Leo XIV stamps on May 27 and offered a special postage cancellation featuring a line drawing of the new pope waving to the crowds in St. Peter’s Square.

Two stamps, with values of 1.25 euros ($1.42) and 2.45 euros ($2.78), feature photos of Pope Leo on May 8 when he appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica immediately after his election.

The other two, with values of 1.30 euros ($1.48) and 3.20 euros ($3.63), are close-up photos of the pope taken on May 9 when he celebrated Mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of Cardinals.

The Vatican post office said it was printing 390,000 of the stamps, which have his name in Latin across the top, “Leone PP. XIV,” and in smaller print along the side “Anno I S.P. MMXXV,” a notation that 2025 is the first year of his pontificate.

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