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Cancellation - Monaco - 2015 April 9
This circular cancellation feature a line-drawing version of Laure Fissore's portrait of Dante on the 2015 Monaco stamp she designed. The text is as follows: "OFFICE DES TIMBRES MONACO"; "09.04.2015"; and "JOUR D'EMISSION".
Cancellation - Mexico - 1965 November 23
This rectangular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on the portrait in Raphael's fresco painting The Parnassus. The design echoes the 1965 Mexico postage stamp. To the right of the portrait is text: "DANTE ALIGHIERI / 1265 –…
Cancellation - Italy (Verona) - 2015 November 27
For the 125th Veronafil exhibition.
Cancellation - Italy (Verona) - 1987 October 10
This circular cancellation echoes the 1987 Italian postage stamp that is was designed to accompany. The cancellation and the stamp show the same view of Piazza dei Signori in Verona, Italy, with Ugo Zannoni's 1865 statue of Dante in front of the…
Cancellation - Italy (Trento) - 1975 May 29
This square cancellation was created for the "5A MOSTRA FILATELICA NAZIONALE" (5th National Philatelic Exhibition). In addition to that text, the cancellation features a left-facing portrait of Dante and the following text: "38100 TRENTO C.P.",…
Cancellation - Italy (Trent) - 1996 October 11
This square cancellation commemorates the centenary of and depicts Cesare Zocchi's 1896 monument to Dante in Trent, Italy.
Cancellation - Italy (Torino) - 2021 June 28
Place of cancellation: Torino, Italy, 10121
Cancellation - Italy (Roma) - 2011 November 18
This cancellation mirrors the 2011 Italian postage stamp for the "GIORNATA DELLA FILATELIA" (Philately Day) designed by Gaetano Ieluzzo. The cancellation reproduces the 1965 Italian 500-lire postage stamp showing the Naples Bust of Dante; the Italian…
Cancellation - Italy (Roma) - 2009 October 21
This circular cancellation depicts a scene from the beginning of the Inferno in which Dante (accompanied by Virgil in this illustration but not in the text) is blocked by three beasts. The scene is taken from a miniature in Codex Urbinate Latino 365,…
Cancellation - Italy (Roma) - 1990 May 12
This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante—based on the Naples Bust—with a globe and open book. The design echoes the 1990 Italian postage stamp issued to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Società Dante Alighieri. Around the central…
Cancellation - Italy (Rimini) - 2021 July 15
Cancellation featuring portrait of Dante from Marcello Toninelli's comic strip version of the Divina commedia. Celebrates Cartoon Club Rimini – 37th Festival Internazionale del Cinema d'Animazione, del Fumetto e dei Games (International Festival of…
Cancellation - Italy (Ravenna) - 2009 May 23
This circular cancellation features a detail from the relief portrait attributed to Pietro Lombardo on Dante's tomb in Ravenna, Italy. Beside the portrait is the Lions Clubs International logo surrounded by text: "RAVENNA / 2009" and "LVII CONGRESSO…
Cancellation - Italy (Ravenna) - 2005 September 24
Dante's tomb in Ravenna.
Cancellation - Italy (Ravenna) - 1971 October 23
This rectangular cancellation features Dante's tomb in Ravenna to the left of a text box: "RAVENNA / 1321 – 1971 / 650o / ANNIVERSARIO / MORTE DI DANTE".
Cancellation - Italy (Mezzolombardo) - 2021 March 25
Place of cancellation: Mezzolombardo, Italy, 38017
Cancellation - Italy (Merano) - 2009 May 9
This circular cancellation features left-facing portraits of Dante and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe surrounded by text: "39012 MERANO CENTRO-MERAN ZENTRUM (BZ)", "50oANNIVERSARIO FONDAZIONE ACCADEMIA DI STUDI ITALO-TEDESCHI" (50th anniversary of the…
Cancellation - Italy (Lecce) - 1981 September 22
This cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante surrounded by the phrase "65oCONGRESSO INT.LE-SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI" (65th International Congress - Società Dante Alighieri).
Cancellation - Italy (Foligno) - 1995 April 29
This circular cancellation celebrates the 523rd anniversary of the first printed edition of the Divina commedia. The edition was printed in 1472 in Foligno by Johann Neumeister and Evangelista Angelini. The central image is of an open printed book…
Cancellation - Italy (Firenze) - 2007 November 30
This square cancellation features a left-facing portrait of Dante surrounded by the following text: "FIRENZE V.R."; "FESTA DELLA TOSCANA" (Tuscany Festival); "PROFILO DI DANTE" (profile of Dante); and "MOSTRA FILATELICA E CARTOLINE" (Philatelic…