Santa Maria de Fé

   
PARAGUAY, 1955, surcharged in 1959, Scott 493, 547, C227, C257
a cornice at the Santa Maria Mission

Santa Maria was founded in 1647 by a French Jesuit, Fr. Emmanuel Berthod. He had a special devotion to the French image of Our Lady under the title of Notre Dame de Foy, hence the phrase "de Fé" is part of the full title of this mission.

Santa Rosa de Lima

   
PARAGUAY, 1955, surcharged in 1959, Scott 494, 548, C228, C254
a tower at the Santa Rosa Mission

Santissima Trinidad de Paranà

 

 
PARAGUAY, 1955, surcharged in 1959, Scott 491, 545, C225, C252
the belfry at the Trinity Mission

 

 
PARAGUAY, 1955, surcharged in 1959, Scott 492, 546, C226, C253
a corridor at the Trinity Mission

  

  
PARAGUAY, 1955, surcharged in 1959, Scott 497, 551, C231-2, C258-9
a niche and the sacristy at the Trinity Mission

 

  
PARAGUAY, 1992, native drawings from the Trinity Mission, Scott 2392-93
overprinted the same year with the logo of the World Philatelic Exposition in Grenada, Spain, April 17-26

PARAGUAY, 2001, a se-tenant strip of two stamps and two labels, Scott 2677
the ruins of the Trinity Mission, the long rows of arches mark the native residences
St. Ignatius (center) and angel in the garden of Gethsemane (left) are from San Ignacio Guazú Museum

 
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, 1997, a souvenir sheet celebrating the 50th anniversary of UNESCO, features five Jesuit institutions
including the Trinity Mission, Scott 2054f
DOMINICA, 1997, Trinity Mission from a UNESCO similar sheet, Scott 1924f

 
PARAGUAY, 2005, the centenary of Rotary International
featuring scenes from Trinity Mission, Scott 2767-68

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