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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…
Postage Stamp - Monaco - 2015
Monaco issued this postage stamp to commemorate the 750th anniversary of Dante’s birth. The stamp features two angels and a portrait of Dante and has text as follows: at the top: “1,90€ MONACO”; and at the bottom: “Dante Alighieri 1265 - 1321”. The…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Ansaldo Dopolavoro Aziendale, Sezione Filatelica
This first day cover was issued by the Ansaldo Dopolavoro Aziendale, Sezione Filatelica (Ansaldo Company Recreation Club, Philatelic Section). The cachet shows Dante reading a book; in the background is an unrolled scroll with text as follows: "7o…
Poster Stamp - Tobler
Tobler, the Swiss chocolate company, issued these poster stamps as no. 370 in their "Poets and Philosophers" series.Both stamps use the "somewhat oldwomanly likeness" of Dante drawn by Stefano Tofanelli and engraved by Raffaello Morghen in the…
Miniature Sheet - Guinea - 2013
This miniature sheet commemorates the 150th anniversary of the death of the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863). The 2013 Guinean postage stamp featuring the artist's painting The Barque of Dante is surrounded by a reinterpretation of…
Postage Stamp - Sovereign Military Order of Malta - 2014
This set of six postage stamps was issued by Poste Magistrali, the postal arm of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), a sovereign, Roman Catholic order of chivalry. The set is SMOM issue number 472, "Capolavori della letteratura"…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1987 - Venetia
This first day cover was issued by Venetia (641-2/It). The cachet features a modern representation of part of Piazza dei Signori executed in red and brown with "PIAZZA / DEI SIGNORI" at the bottom.
First Day Cover - Italy - 1987 - Filagrano
These first day covers were issued by Filagrano. The "Gold" series cachet is printed on a small sheet of rayon that is affixed to the envelope within a printed gold frame with "Piazza dei Signori / Verona" at the top. The cachet shows a photographic…
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 - 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 - 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 -…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Bucintoro
This first day cover was issued by Bucintoro (no. 5-65). The cachet features a portrait of Dante in a modern style with text as follows: vertically, through the portrait: "DANTE ALIGHIERI"; and at the bottom: "PRIMO GIORNO DI EMISSIONE" (first day of…
Cover - Italy - Convegno commerciale B.F.N. - 1965
This cover was issued in conjunction with the Convegno commerciale B.F.N. (National Philatelic Bourse Commercial Convention) held in Milan from October 31 to November 2, 1965. Printed on the left side of the cover is a facsimile of the 15-centesimi…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1990 - Roma
This first day cover was issued by Roma. The cachet shows a photographic reproduction of the Naples Bust of Dante within a gold-embossed frame, the left side of which is in the style of stamp perforations. Below the frame is "Centenario Fondazione…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1990 - Capitolium
This first day cover was issued by Capitolium (no. 683). The cachet features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Surrounding the portrait is text as follows:…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1990 - ALA
This first day cover was issued by ALA (no. 806) and features Gustave Doré's portrait of Dante with a red overprint of a book titled "DIVINA / COMMEDIA" and a smoldering oil lamp. Below the portrait is "CENTENARIO SOCIETÀ / DANTE ALIGHIERI" (Dante…
First Day Cover - Monaco - 1966 - Gustave Doré and Unknown Designer
The issuer of these first day covers is not indicated but they bear a logo featuring a rooster. The covers are numbered 139 and 140. The cachet for no. 139 is by an unidentified artist and depicts a scene from the beginning of the Inferno in which…
Postage Stamp - Guinea - 2013
This postage stamp was issued by Guinea to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix. The stamp reproduces his first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of…
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 - Argentina (La Plata) - 1989 May 18
This circular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante. The text around the portrait is as follows: "MUESTRA PRESENCIA ITALIANA EN LA FILATELIA ARGENTINA" (Exhibition [of the] Italian Presence in Argentine Philately). At the bottom of…
Cinderella Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri, 28th Congress (1923)
This cinderella stamp was issued for the Società Dante Alighieri's 28th congress held in Padua, Italy, September 24–26, 1923. The stamp features the Naples Bust of Dante below two figures holding an embossed, gold seal captioned "BOLLA / DELLA…
Poster Stamp - Monumento a Dante
This poster stamp was issued in 1915 as part of a large series promoting the Italian irredentist campaign to annex the cities of Trent and Trieste and surrounding regions back to Italy. The stamp depicts Cesare Zocchi's 1896 monument to Dante in…
Poster Stamp - Opera nazionale pro orfani infanti
These poster stamps were issued in Italy around 1918 to promote the Opera nazionale pro orfani infanti (National Work for Orphaned Infants). The stamps feature a version of Giotto's portrait of Dante with the addition of a right hand holding a stem…
Bulletin - Italy - 1972 - Amministrazione delle Poste e delle Telecomunicazioni
This bulletin was issued by the Italian Amministrazione delle Poste e delle Telecomunicazioni (no. 210). The bulletin includes information, written by Salvatore Accardo (and translated into French by Madeleine Cerri), about the 1972 Italy postage…
Poster Stamp - 1a Armata (Prima Armata)
This poster stamp, probably issued in late 1919 or 1920, honors the Prima Armata (First Army), a division of the Italian Army responsible during World War I for the area around the Italian-Swiss-Austro-Hungarian border. The stamp depicts Cesare…
Postage Stamp - Ajman - 1972
These two stamps are part of a set of six stamps celebrating paintings by Raphael. One stamp shows Raphael's The Parnassus and the other shows his Disputation of the Holy Sacrament. Both frescoes are in the Stanza della Segnatura (Room of the…
Cancellation - Vatican City - 1965 May 18
This armorial cancellation quotes part of a Latin inscription on a plaque in the church of Santa Margherita dei Cerchi in Florence, Italy, the church in which Dante may have married Gemma Donati and where Beatrice Portinari is buried. The full…
Cinderella Stamp - Comitato cattolico per l'omaggio a Dante Alighieri
These two cinderella stamps were issued by the Comitato cattolico per l'omaggio a Dante Alighieri (Catholic Committee for the Homage to Dante Alighieri) in Ravenna, Italy, in 1921, presumably to raise funds for the restoration of the Basilica of San…
Poster Stamp - U. Marucelli & Co. (1921)
These poster stamps make up nos. 9–16 in the twenty-second series of "MARCHE NAZIONALISTE" (nationalist stamps) issued by U. Marucelli & Co. of Milan. The stamps feature various subjects related to Dante, as follows:No. 9: Bust of Dante
No. 10:…
Poster Stamp - Edizioni Fascio
This gold-colored, embossed poster stamp was issued by Edizioni Fascio in Bologna, Italy, to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Dante's death in 1921. Malorzo records two versions: type "a" has a right-facing portrait of Dante with dates "MCCCXXI -…