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This poster stamp was issued by the Montevideo, Uruguay, chapter of the Società Dante Alighieri to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the poet's death in 1921. The stamp features the logo of the Società Dante Alighieri which is a portrait of Dante…

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This poster stamp features a left-facing portrait of Dante within a decorative floral background with the faces of three putti. Below the portrait is text as follows: "DANTE-ALIGHIERI / 1265~1321". The version overprinted in blue has "BUDAPEST" and…

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This poster stamp was issued in 1921 for the Kiállítás Budapest (Budapest Exhibition). The stamp depicts a scene showing Dante and two other figures within a circular frame and has text as follows: in the upper corners: "1321 / 1921"; around the…

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This poster stamp was issued to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Dante's death in 1921 and shows Dante in the center of a ceremonial wreath holding a copy of the Divina commedia; above the wreath are the coat of arms of Chile on the left and of…

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These are the first postage stamps ever issued that feature Dante and the first Italian postage stamps to feature an author.1 One of the first descriptions of these stamps is perhaps the best: the following account appeared in the October 1, 1921,…

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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 -…

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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:…

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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…

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This poster stamp was issued by the Curitiba, Brazil, chapter of the Società Dante Alighieri to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the poet's death in 1921. The stamp features a portrait of Dante surrounded by text as follows: vertically along the…
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