Welcome to Dante on Stamps, an authoritative resource and comprehensive catalog of postage stamps, first day covers, cancellations, and other philatelic items depicting the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
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First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Tre Stelle
This first day cover was issued by Tre Stelle. The cachet features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy…
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Cancellations
A cancellation or cancel is a postal marking applied over a postage stamp or on postal stationery to deface the stamp and prevent its re-use.…
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Miniature Sheet - Uruguay - 2021
This miniature sheet shows Sandro Botticelli's fifteenth-century portrait now in the Fondation Martin Bodmer in Cologny, Switzerland. Printed by…
Postage Stamp - Uruguay - 2021
This stamp issued by Uruguay features a design by Daniel Pereyra of Dante and Virgil watching Charon in his boat on the River Acheron from Inferno…