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Gibraltar-Vatican Joint Issue
The Gibraltar-Vatican Joint Issue is a postage stamp that was released by Vatican City and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar in 2009. It commemorated the septcentenary of the devotion to Our Lady of Europe. The image on the stamp was a photograph of the statue of the Virgin and Child found in the Shrine of Our Lady of Europe at Europa Point in Gibraltar. The stamp was the first joint issue between Gibraltar and the Vatican.
While joint issues between the Vatican and other authorities were uncommon for most of the 20th century, there was a substantial increase in such joint issues in the early 21st century. Gibraltar's history of joint issues with authorities other than the Vatican is remarkable for one that was unsuccessful. A joint issue with Israel was cancelled at the last minute in 2011 when the British Government found the planned image of the David Citadel in Jerusalem to be too controversial.
==History==
In 2009, the Vatican and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar released a joint issue of stamps to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Gibraltar's devotion to Our Lady of Europe. The stamps, which featured an image of the hand-carved statue of the Virgin and Child in the shrine at Europa Point, were the design of photographer Stephen Perera.〔 It represented the first time that Gibraltar participated in a stamp joint issue with the Vatican.〔 The sheetlet for the Gibraltar stamp had a background image of St. Peter's Basilica and Square, while the sheet for the Vatican stamp featured the Rock of Gibraltar. The Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau also released a limited edition folder, containing both the Vatican and Gibraltar stamps. The set consisted of two sheetlets, each with four stamps, measuring 30 x 40 mm.〔〔 The limited edition folder also included information on Our Lady of Europe, as well as images of the statue and shrine.〔
Pope John Paul II sanctioned Our Lady of Europe as the official Patroness of Gibraltar in 1979.〔 The process of releasing the joint issue thirty years later involved Bishop Charles Caruana and Father Charles Azzopardi consulting with the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau to determine how best to celebrate the septcentenary. Meetings were also scheduled at various stamp exhibitions and, finally, the Vatican Philatelic Bureau.〔〔 The photographer Perera had the distinction of being the first Gibraltarian to design a stamp that was released by another country.〔〔 The joint issue and its design were approved by various parties, including Queen Elizabeth II, the Government of Gibraltar, Pope Benedict XVI, and Bishop Caruana, the Bishop of Gibraltar. In Gibraltar, the official release of the stamp occurred on 10 February 2009 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Europe at Europa Point, the southernmost portion of the country.〔〔
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