2013 Sede Vacante Stamp Sheets

Official Vatican Sede Vacante set of four stamp sheets, of 10 stamps per sheets, for the period when the Apostolic See was vacant, from Benedict XVI's abdication on February 28, 2013 until Pope Francis' election on March 13, 2013. The issue of Vacant Papal See stamps is intended to commemorate the event and ensure the continuity of the issue of postal stamps, to be used to send correspondence from Vatican City only during the period of the Vacant Papal See itself.