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So-called "Marg" cachets were created by Edmund J. Shea for Shea Advertising.

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This was the first FDC issue from Lone Star Cachet.

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The cachets on these first day covers were hand painted by Ben Kraft. One cachet depicts Dante against a red background next to the phrases "HE GLORIFIED HELL!" and "DANTE 1265–1321". Another depicts Dante against a yellow background facing the devil…

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Kolor Kover first day covers are distinguished by the colored paper used for the envelopes. The red cachet on this yellow envelope shows a portrait of Dante in profile within an ornamental frame.

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This first day cover was issued by KJM (K. J. Moran) and features a right-facing portrait of Dante with text as follows: at the top: "HONORING"; and at the bottom "ALIGHIERI DANTE / 700th ANNIVERSARY / OF BIRTH / FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / KJM". Except for…

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This first day cover may have been issued by the Keepsake Press of Chicago.

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This first day cover features a hand-painted, add-on cachet by Kathryn O. Hayden of Salt Lake City, Utah. The cachet shows a portrait of Dante wearing a laurel wreath and facing a small, black devil. The cachet was executed in pastels and the…

This first day cover's hand-painted cachet by Bernard Goldberg depicts Dante, crowned with a laurel wreath, against a purple and green background. Beside the cachet is calligraphic text as follows: "Dante / Alighieri / ~1265~1321~ / 'The Divine…

This first day cover's add-on cachet was hand-painted by Melissa Fox.

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This first day cover was designed by Paul L. Hubartt for Fluegel Covers.

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This first day cover's hand-painted cachet by Ralph Dyer depicts Dante, crowned with a laurel wreath, against a background of flames holding a book on which are written the words "Poet", "Soldier", "Writer", and "EXILE". Below the portrait is a…

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This first day cover was designed by George Boltrek and issued by Cover Craft Cachets of Paterson, New Jersey. It was the "Official Cover" of the Italian Historical Society of America.

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This first day cover was designed by Charles R. Chickering and issued by Gladys Jackson's Jackson Cover Service (New York, New York). Chickering retired from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1962 after a fifteen-year career there as a stamp…

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The typed cachet on this first day cover addressed to Linda Challand may have been created by Challand herself.

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This first day cover was probably issued by Centennial. The poet's name is misspelled "Danti".

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This Cachet Craft cover designed by Ken Boll features a profile portrait of Dante ("Mask of Dante") printed in black surrounded by flames printed in red.

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This first day cover features Andrea del Castagno's portrait of Dante.

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This first day cover was designed by Day Lowry for The Aristocrats. The cachet features a portrait of Dante above a brief biography of the poet, the text of which is as follows:Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, born in Florence, May 21, 1265. The world…

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This first day cover was designed by C. Stephen Anderson. The cachet features a woodcut-style portrait of Dante above a brief biography of the poet. The text of the biography is as follows:Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, Dante Aligheri was perhaps…

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Poste Magistrali, the postal arm of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), a sovereign, Roman Catholic order of chivalry. The cachet is simply the order's logo with text as follows: "Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di…

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These first day covers have the same cachet created by Renato Volpini featuring a portrait of Dante within a frame. Below the portrait is a banner with the following text from Purgatorio 1:71: "LIBERTÀ VA / CERCANDO / CH'E SÌ CARA ...." (He is…

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These first day covers were issued by Venetia (nos. 90-1/SM and 90-2/SM).The cachet on 90-1/SM features a portrait of Charon from Gustave Doré's illustration "Charon and the River Acheron" from Inferno 3:82–84 with text as follows: at the top: "PRIMO…
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