Friday 29 March 2024

MaltaPost commemorates San Ġorġ Preca 10th Canonisation Anniversary

Today MaltaPost is issuing a personalised cover in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Canonisation of San Ġorġ Preca.

This collector’s item is a specially designed envelope, bearing an image and stamp of San Ġorġ Preca and will be postmarked on 3 June 2017.

San Ġorġ Preca, born on 12 February 1880 was a Maltese Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine as well as a Third Order Carmelite. He is known as “Dun Ġorġ” and Pope John Paul II styled him as the “Second Apostle of Malta”.

Orders may be placed online at www.maltaphilately.com or by mail from the Philatelic Bureau, MaltaPost p.l.c. 305, Triq Ħal Qormi, Marsa, MTP 1001 – Telephone 2596 1740 – e-mail: info@maltaphilately.com.

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