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First Day Cover - Germany - 1971 - GH
This first day cover was issued by GH.
First Day Cover - Germany - 1971 - Hakles
This first day cover was issued by Hakles and features Dante's tomb in Ravenna, Italy.
First Day Cover - Germany - 1971 - Unknown Designer
The cachet on this first day cover features a right-facing portrait of Dante imposed over an open book with the title of the poet's magnum opus in German and Italian: "Die Göttliche Komödie (DIVINA COMMEDIA)".On the envelopes flap is the following…
First Day Cover - Germany - 1971 - E-B-Verlag Erich Braun
This first day cover was issued by E-B-Verlag Erich Braun of Berlin, Germany. The cachet features a portrait of Dante above an open book on the pages of which is the following text: on the left: "DIVINA / COMMEDIA"; and on the right: "DIE / GÖTTLICHE…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Capitolium
These first day covers were issued by Capitolium (no. 81) in blue and purple. The cachets are reminiscent of Sandro Botticelli's illustrations for Inferno 19 showing the souls of simonists in the third bolgia (ditch) of the eighth circle of hell,…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Prestige
This first day cover was issued by Prestige of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The cachet is a black and white halftone image in reverse of Douglas W. Gorsline's design for the United States Dante commemorative stamp of 1965.
The envelope holds a folded…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Centennial
This first day cover was probably issued by Centennial. The poet's name is misspelled "Danti".
First Day Cover - Italy - 1990 - Filagrano
These first day covers were issued by Filagrano. Both cachets feature the same design showing Dante with a globe and stack of books, however the "Gold" series cachet is printed on a small sheet of rayon that is affixed to the envelope within a…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1990 - Roma-Luxor
This first day cover was issued by Roma-Luxor (IT. 458). The cachet shows a photographic reproduction of the Naples Bust of Dante within a gold-embossed circle with the phrase "SOCIETA DANTE ALIGHIERI CENTENARIO DELLA FONDAZIONE" (Dante Alighieri…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1972 - Uncacheted
This uncacheted first day cover was postmarked in Foligno on November 23, 1972. It was owned by Floriano Ornaghi, the Italian philatelist and expert in mechanical cancellations, whose name appears stamped in blue ink.
First Day Cover - Italy - 1972 - 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 blue-green frame with "ITALIA" at the top. On the cachet itself is text as follows: "Vo…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1972 - Venetia
This first day cover was issued by Venetia (333/It.). The cachet features a portrait of Dante in a modern style, executed in green with text in blue: over the portrait: "DIVI / NACO / MME / DIA."; and above the portrait: "primo giorno di emissione"…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Filagrano
These first day covers were issued by Filagrano. One cachet features Gustave Doré's illustration for Paradiso 14:103-105, "The Cross." Surrounding the cachet is text as follows: vertically, on the left: "first day cover"; at the top: "REPUBBLICA…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Roma
This first day cover was issued by Roma (It. 93-a). The cachet features a portrait of Dante based on the portrait in Raphael's fresco painting The Parnassus. Below the portrait is text as follows: "Dante / VII Centenario della nascita" (7th centenary…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Sole
This first day cover was issued by Sole (7). The cachet, signed "Berá", shows Dante looking at Ulysses (Odysseus) and Diomedes in flames, a scene from Inferno 26. Below the image is a quotation from Inferno 26:118–120: "Considerate la vostra semenza:…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Tre Stelle
This first day cover was issued by Tre Stelle. The cachet shows a colorized reproduction of the first page of Inferno from the Divina commedia printed in 1487 in Brescia by Bonino de Boninis. Below the image is text as follows: "Dante Alighieri / nel…
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Venetia
These first day covers were issued by Venetia (nos. 223/It. and 223-2/It.).The cachet on 223/It. features a portrait of Dante in a modern style with text as follows: vertically, on the left: "DANTE ALIGHIERI"; and at the top: "PRIMO GIORNO DI…
First Day Cover - Monaco - 2009 - Office des Émissions de Timbres-Poste
These three first day covers were issued by the Monaco Office des Émissions de Timbres-Poste to accompany the three postage stamps issued to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of a branch of the Società Dante Alighieri in the…
First Day Cover - Monaco - 1966 - Fédération des organisations sociales des Postes telégrammes et télécommunications des Alpes-Maritimes
These first day covers were issued for the Fédération des organisations sociales des Postes telégrammes et télécommunications des Alpes-Maritimes. The issuer is not indicated but the cachets match the design of the Philatélie Péchitch FDCs issued for…
First Day Cover - Monaco - 1966 - Philatélie Péchitch
These first day covers were issued by Philatélie Péchitch. The cachets are drawn after the designs on the stamps and have text as follows: at the top: "MONACO"; and at the bottom: "VIIe CENTENAIRE DE LA NAISSANCE / DE DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary…
First Day Cover - Monaco - 1966 - P.A.C.
This first day cover was issued by P.A.C. The cachet features a portrait of Dante based on Giotto's portrait of the poet over a medieval style letter "D". Above the image is "FIRST DAY COVER - PREMIER JOUR D'ÉMISSION" and below is "DANTE – VIIe…
Cancellation - Slovenia - 2012 January 19
This circular cancellation features a left-facing portrait of Dante. The portrait is surrounded by text as follows: "PROJEKT – PROGETTO / DANTE"; "19.1.2012"; and "6101 KOPER - CAPODISTRIA".
First Day Cover - Monaco - 1966 - R. Géndt and Unknown Designer
The issuer of these first day covers is not indicated but the cachets are all of similar design and the phrases on each FDC are the same and set in the same fonts.One cachet is signed "R. GÉNDT" in the lower right corner and depicts a montage of the…
First Day Cover - San Marino - 1965 - ALA
These first day covers were issued by ALA (nos. 109 and 110). The cachets show Gustave Doré's illustration from Inferno 3:82–84, "Charon and the River Acheron," with the artist's portrait of Dante printed over part of the illustration. Below the…
First Day Cover - San Marino - 1965 - Capitolium
These first day covers were issued by Capitolium (nos. 49 and V. 46/a).The cachet for no. 49 shows a montage of the four illustrations by Gustave Doré used on the San Marino Dante stamps of 1965. The illustrations are as follows: portrait of Dante;…