Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)

Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD)

5th June 1954

Issued to mark the 1200th anniversary of the death of St Boniface.

The stamp depicts his mitre transfixed by a sword.

Saint Boniface (Latin: Bonifatius) (c. 675? – 5 June 754 AD), born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex in Anglo-Saxon England, was a leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the 8th century. He established the first organized Christianity in many parts of Germania. He is the patron saint of Germany, the first archbishop of Mainz and the "Apostle of the Germans". He was killed in Frisia in 754, along with 52 others. His remains were returned to Fulda, where they rest in a sarcophagus which became a site of pilgrimage. 

Michel Catalogue number: 199; catalogue value €5.00 ($8.00 approx.)

Scott DE 724
Yvert et Tellier DE 75
Stanley Gibbons DE 1125
AFA number DE 1162

1954, 5. Juni. 1200. Todestag des hl. Bonifatius (672/73-754), „Apostel der Deutschen“, Benediktiner. Mitra von Schwert durchbohrt.

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