Vatican City

Civitas Vaticana, Città del Vaticano  

1959 Vatican Radio

27th October 1959

Second anniversary of the Vatican radio installation located at Santa Maria di Galeria.

The stamps depict a transmission tower and a statue of the archangel Gabriel.

Because of space purposes, the Holy See acquired a 400-hectare area located 18 kilometres north of Rome at Santa Maria di Galeria. The Italian Republic granted the site extraterritorial status in 1952. In 1957, a new broadcasting center was placed into operation, with a Philips 100 kW shortwave transmitter, two 10 kW shortwave transmitters, and one 120 kW mediumwave transmitter, with 21 directional and one omnidirectional antenna. The next phase involved two 100 kW transmitters aimed at Africa and Oceania, a 250 kW mediumwave transmitter for Europe, and a 500 kW transmitter for the Far East and Latin America.

Scott Catalogue Number: 262 - 263

Michel Catalogue Number: 315 - 316

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