Overview
- Serpost presented the four‑stamp collection on Thursday, November 5, and placed the limited run of 20,000 stamps into circulation as 5,000 souvenir sheets.
- Each souvenir sheet sells for S/24 (S/6 per stamp) at Serpost offices across Peru, with the MTC saying the price covers production and postal commercialization services.
- The four designs show the pope’s official portrait, the pope praying before Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, the inauguration of Santa Rosa de Lima’s statue in the Vatican gardens, and an image linking the pope to Peruvian saints under the motto “Abramos el corazón.”
- The launch included officials from the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Nunciature Apostólica and the Conferencia Episcopal Peruana, and Serpost says the issuance carries a special cancellation and reported authorization from the Vatican’s Secretariat of State.
- The stamps are promoted as limited‑edition souvenirs and a way to record the pope’s pastoral visit to Peru from 11 to 16 November, a practice that uses philately to preserve public memory and draw interest from collectors and the faithful.