India on Don Bosco Salesians 2006
A commemorative postage stamp on the Salesians of Don Bosco (Society of St. Francis de Sales) :
Issued by India
Issued on Feb 27, 2006
Type : Stamp, Mint Condition
Colour : Multi Colour
Denomination : 500 Paise
Stamps Printed : 0.8 Million
Printing Process : Photogravure
Printer : India Security Press, Nashik
Name : Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco
Born on Aug 16, 1815 at Castelnuovo d’Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died on Jan 31, 1888 at Turin, Kingdom of Italy
About :
- Religious Society of Don Bosco, called the Salesian Society was established in 1859 by Don Bosco, an Italian priest of the nineteenth century at Valdocco (Italy). In 1872 a similar Society for women, called the Salesian Sisters was formed to look after poor girls. Don Bosco organized his lay collaborators into a Salesian family.
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