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39th International Eucharistic Congress. Bogota Colombia.
Simplified map of South America.
Last stamp in a set of 3, issued on 13.10.1968.
Facial value: 220 Italian lire.
Printed by I.P.F. (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato), Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 2,215,000 copies.
Size: 24 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- Bolaffi No. 463.
- Michel No. 540.
- Sassone No. 463.
- Scott No. 463.
- StampWorld No. 539.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 515.
- Unificato No. 463.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 481.

The International Eucharistic Congress is an assembly of the Catholic Church, called by the Pope, which meets for a few days in a city determined by the Holy See, to worship the Eucharist and guide the mission of the Catholic Church in the world. It brings together bishops, priests, religious men and women, and lay faithful presided over by the Pope himself or by a delegate appointed by him. The first International Eucharistic Congress was held in the French city of Lille in 1881. The 39th Eucharistic Congress was held in Bogotá in August 1968, and Pope Paul VI traveled there to close it. At the same time the 2nd General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate was held in the city of Medellín.