Honoring St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals, FW, First Issue USA!

United States Commemorative Postage Stamp, Honoring St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of Animals and the Environment,

The Prayer of Saint Francis:

"O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, harmony;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light, and
Where there is sorrow, joy.
Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not
so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand; to be loved
as to love; for it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life."


Issued October 7, 1982 in San Francisco, California,

First Day of Issue Cover, FDC, Fleetwood Cachet, Unaddressed, Ideal for Framing,

Cover in Removable Transparent Poly Sleeve and Mailed With Protection,

Made in the USA


Genuine First Day of Stamp Issued Cover Cancelled on the First Day of Issue Date by the U.S. Postal Service,