Stationery
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Stationery
Description
This collection includes miscellaneous postal and non-postal stationery items such as a envelopes and postcards.
Collection Items
Envelope - Asociación Dante Alighieri
This envelope, printed by Exito, is an example of stationery used by the Asociación Dante Alighieri in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1970s. The association is a cultural institution devoted to Italian language and culture. The envelope was…
Postcard - Ivan Aivazovsky
This postcard is a photographic reproduction of an 1883 painting by Russian Romantic artist Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) showing Dante on a mountain pointing skyward. The card has a caption in Russian: "И.К. АЙВАЗОВСКІЙ – ДАНТЕ АЮБУЕТСЯ ОБЯАКАМН."…
Postcard - Sborgi-A. del Senno
This postcard features an illustration (Il saluto di Beatrice) by A. del Senno of Beatric greeting Dante. On the verso, the card has a quotation in Italian from Dante's Vita nuova (3:1): "'...E passando per una via volse gli occhi verso quella parte…
Postcard - Sborgi-Olivotto
This postcard features an illustration (Dante e Beatrice) by Olivotto of Beatrice greeting Dante with the city of Florence in the the distance.
Envelope - Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Torino
This envelope is an example of stationery used by the Turin Committee of the Società Dante Alighieri in the 1910s. At the top of the envelope is text as follows: "Società Nazionale 'DANTE ALIGHIERI, / COMITATO DI TORINO / Piazza Castello, N. 25 -…
Envelope - Sociedad Dante Alighieri, Comite central de Venezuela
This envelope is an example of stationery used by the Venezuelan Central Committee of the Società Dante Alighieri in the 1950s. In the upper left corner of the envelope is text as follows: "SOCIEDAD DANTE ALIGHIERI / COMITE CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA /…
Envelope - Circolo filatelico Dante Alighieri
This envelope is an example of stationery used by the Circolo filatelico Dante Alighieri (Dante Alighieri Philatelic Circle; now the Circolo filatelico e numismatico Dante Alighieri [Dante Alighieri Philatelic and Numismatic Circle]) of Ravenna,…
Envelope - Russian Post
This envelope was issued by Marka for Russian Post as no. 271 in the "Envelope with Commemorative Stamp" series and the fifth issue of 2015 in the "Figures of World Culture" series. The envelope commemorates the 750th anniversary of Dante's birth…