Memorial stamp for H.Franciscus-Xaverius. No.324
St.Franciscus Xaverius
Born in
Pampeluna in 1506 and died on the Chinese island of Sancian (Shangchuan Dao) on December 3, 1552. He was known as “The Apostle of the
East”, one of the first followers of Saint Ignatius who was the founder of the
Order of the Jesuits. Franciscus had his apostolate in Indonesia where he
worked a considerable number of miracles. After an
active life of christianizing in India, the Malay archipelago and Japan, he had
developed the strategy that the conversion of Japan was to be achieved through
China, as it had always been to the Chinese that the Japanese had looked for
wisdom. However, he died of fever before he could enter mainland of
China.
His
Holiness Pope Pius X proclaimed him as Patron of the Missionaries.
Date of issue: 20 December 1952
Expiration date: 1 April 1955
Design:
Engraving:
Printing: Thomas De la Rue & Co, Ltd, London
Perforation: 13
Size: 22 x 32 mm
Sheet: 50
Marginal inscriptions: plate no’s “1”, “2”, “3”
or “4” in lower margin central under stamp n° 3, and: "Thomas De La Rue
& Company, Limited"
Circulation: 1,500,000 stamps
No.324. 1,50Fr, blue & black
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