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Friday 26 June 2026, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Vatican - Pius XI, Pope , 1900s

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€ 500 - 600

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€ 330

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260x350mm
Pope Pius XI (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti; Desio, 31 May 1857 – Vatican City, 10 February 1939), black and white photo of the Pontiff with apostolic blessing, autographed in original.

The photograph is mounted on cardboard, with the handwritten apostolic blessing in colored initials and characters, and the signature in black ink. The Vatican Secretariat's blind stamp is at the bottom left.

The photo measures approximately 260x350 mm, the set measures 450x630 mm

Cardboard creases, various browning. Good condition.

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