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ARGENTINA
The Candonga Chapel, Estancia Santa Gertrudis


2005, FDI cancel for four religious sites including the Candonga Chapel (at 9 o'clock)

National University of Córdoba


1964, FDI cancel for Scott 764, Argentina's National University of Cordoba

AUSTRALIA
Xavier College, Kew, Victoria


1978, the centenary of Xavier College, Kew, Victoria

AUSTRIA
The Old Cathedral, Linz


AUSTRIA, a special show cancel, featuring the Alter Dom (Old Cathedral) or the Ignatiuskirche, the largest Baroque church in the Linz.
It was constructed by the Jesuits between 1669 and 1678 and dedicated to St. Ignatius
and served as the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz from 1785 to 1909.

The Aloisianum, Linz


1976, Meter stamp from the Aloysianum in Linz

Jesuit Missionshaus, Maria Sorg, Salzburg


1979, Meter stamp for the Jesuit "Missionshau" at Maria Sorg, Salzburg

Kollegium Kalksburg, Vienna


1988-1991, Meter stamps for Kollegius Kalsburg, a Jesuit secondary school in Vienna. More

St. Barbara Church, Vienna

  
UKRAINE, FDI cancel featuring angel, issued at Kiev
UKRAINE, FDI cancel featuring altarpiece of St. Barbara Church
AUSTRIA, FDI special show cancel featuring altarpiece of St. Barbara Church

BRAZIL
Colégio Catarinense, Florianópolis


BRAZIL, 2005, the centenary of the Colégio Catarinense, Florianópolis on the island of Santa Catarina

São Miguel das Missoes


1985, FDI cancel for Scott 1980, São Miguel da Missoes

The Old College Church, São Paulo

 
BRAZIL, 1970, show cancel from São Paulo,showing the the Old College Church where the city was founded
and also honoring Fr. Manuel da Nóbrega, SJ on the 4th centenary of his death
BRAZIL, 1978, cancel for Scott 1572, the Old College Church

CHINA
Mission to China


1995-1996, meter stamps from the same Mission Office postage meter with different slogans

COLOMBIA
The Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota


COLOMBIA, 2006, special cancel for the 500th anniversary of Xavier's birth
showing the entrance to the Pontifical Xaverian University in Bogotá

St. Bartholomew College, Caracas


1988, FDI cancel for Scott 984, St. Bartholomew College

CROATIA

The Classical Gymnasium or College at Zagreb

 
2004, show cancel showing an entrance of the former Jesuit College at Zagreb,
which now houses the Klovicevi Dvori Gallery on Jesuit Square (Jezuitski trg 4)
The nearby church of St. Catherine, which served the college, was built by the Jesuits between 1620 and 1632.
2007, FDI cancel, the 400th anniversary of the Classical Gymnasium at Zagreb

The National University Library of Zagreb


2007, FDI cancel for a stamp marking the 400th anniversary of the Croatian National Library,
founded in 1607 as the library of the Jesuit's first school in Zagreb. More

ENGLAND
Jesuit Provincial Offices, London


2007, meter stamp for the Provincial Offices of the British Province
featuring the IHS motif from the Seal of the Society of Jesus

Stonyhurst College


1994-1997, meter stamps for Stonyhurst College a secondary school at Stonyhurst, Lancashire
and for its Centenaries Theatre

FRANCE
Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris


1963, FDI cancel for Scott 1065, Lycée Louis-le-Grand

St-Louis de Gonzague, Paris


1998, meter stamp from the Jesuit secondary school, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Franklin Street, Paris

GERMANY
Aloisiuskolleg, Bonn


1981, meter stamp for the Jesuit co-educational St. Aloysius College in Bonn

Kolleg St. Blasien, St. Blasien


1996, meter stamp from Kolleg St. Blasien, a Jesuit secondary school in St. Blasien. More

The Jesuit Church & College, Straubing


2006, show cancel for the 250th anniversary of Mathias van Flurl, Founder of Baverian Mineralology and Geology
to the left of Mathias is an image of the Jesuit Church in Straubing and to its left a bit of the
Jesuit college of Straubing (today a police department) that Mathias had attended beginning in 1768.
The Jesuits arrived in Straubing in 1631 and transformed the Gothic church into a Baroque churhc.

INDIA
Saint Xavier's School, Jaipur


2002, special cancel for the 450th anniversary of Xavier's death
featuring the Jesuit secondary school in Jaipur, St. Xavier's

St. Aloysius College, Mangalore


2001, FDI cancel for Scott 1870: the issue for St. Aloysius College Chapel in Mangalore
featuring the College's coat of arms

 

ITALY
Jesuit College at Messina


1991, cancels with reference to the Jesuit College at Messina and the 1991 World Congress on Jesuit Education

The College at Messina was the first Jesuit school open to lay men. The World Congress on Jesuit Education took place in Messina in November 1991 as part of the Ignatian Year. Jesuit education at that time concerned 1370 educational institutions, in 65 countries, embracing 2,000,000 students and 81,000 teachers.

JAPAN
Mission to Japan


1995, meter stamp for the Japanese Mission, from a Mission Office in Seville

MACAO
St. Paul's


MACAO, 1993, FDI cancel for Scott 703

NETHERLANDS
Jesuits in Netherlands


1991, meter stamp honoring Jesuits in the Netherlands

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