Description: POPE PAUL IV VISITS USA, MEETS WITH PRES JOHNSON Oct 4, 1965 ~ Rare Stamped Cover ~ Like New POPE PAUL IV VISITS USA & MEETS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON ~ Oct 4, 1965 On October 4, 1965, Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit the United States, and also the first pope to leave Italy since 1809. He spent a whirlwind historic 14 hours in New York City. • Arrival: Pope Paul VI arrived at Kennedy International Airport and was greeted by the United Nations secretary general, U Thant. • St. Patrick's Cathedral: The pope led a prayer service and blessed New York's cardinal, Francis Spellman. • Waldorf-Astoria Hotel: The pope met with President Lyndon B. Johnson for 46 minutes. • United Nations: The pope addressed the then-relatively-new U.N. and urged peace, quoting President Kennedy, who had been assassinated less than two years earlier. • Yankee Stadium: The pope celebrated mass at Yankee Stadium. • World's Fair: The pope paid a short visit to the Vatican exhibit at the New York World's Fair. • Harlem and Central Park: The pope took a short tour of uptown Manhattan. Rare commemorative cover (white #6 envelope) is unaddressed, has New York, NY machine cancel, unknown b&w cachet with photo and caption. It is in Like New condition. 100% of the proceeds of this sale go to Beyond the Walls (Charity) Make an offer! What do you have to lose? For shipping, I will send the cover in a heavy Mylar sleeve by USPS First Class Mail absolutely FREE to any address in the USA or $1.50 to any other country. I'm not like some eBay sellers who build big profits into shipping and screw the buyer. Who am I? My web identity is SwapMeetDave, but I'm actually David Ahl, founder of Creative Computing, ex-editor of Military Vehicles, writer, incurable collector, and Christian. When you have time, take a look at my on-line carnival and flea market at SwapMeetDave.com, which is chock full of new clean jokes, patriotic pics, books, magazines, my bio, handyman humor, and other good stuff. I accept payments by check or PayPal. I ship the day I receive your payment or notification of payment from PayPal. Thank you!
Price: 2.95 USD
Location: Morristown, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-22T17:59:18.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Denomination: 5 Cent
Year of Issue: 1965
Place of Origin: United States
Topic: POPE PAUL IV VISITS USA, MEETS WITH PRES JOHNSON
Cancellation Type: Machine Cancel
