Pope Benedict XVI stamps go on sale

The first Vatican stamps bearing the image of Pope Benedict XVI went on sale at the Vatican today, the Vatican post office said.

The stamps were issued in a series of three, showing Benedict in red robes, white robes, and yellow robes, and bearing the Latin inscriptions: “Habemus Papam” (We have a pope), “Tu Es Petrus” (You are Peter), and ”Episcopus Romae” (Bishop of Rome).