Vatican issues postage ‘Sede Vacante’ stamps

Philatelists all over the world now have a new object of desire: the Vatican’s special Sede Vacante stamp.

The stamps, released on Monday, mark the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his successor, a period known as ‘Sede Vacante’, Latin for Vacant Seat.

They can be bought in the Vatican City and also in the area surrounding St. Peter’s Basilica, where Francesco Santarossa and his 88-year-old father,…