Miniature Sheet - São Tomé and Príncipe - 1983
Raphael's fresco <em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em> is printed across the bottom of this miniature sheet. Dante is depicted in the fresco near the right side just behind the standing figure in yellow robes.
Raphael
Portuguese
Miniature Sheet
São Tomé and Príncipe
Postage Stamp - Cambodia - 1983
This stamp was issued by Cambodia as part of a series celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of the painter Raphael. The stamp features a detail from Raphael's painting <em>The Parnassus</em> showing the poets Dante, Homer, and Virgil. The stamp has text as follows: "សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា" (People's Republic of Kampuchea); vertically, along the left side: "500<sup><span style="text-decoration:underline;">e</span></sup> Anniv. du peintre RAPHAËL" (500th anniversary of [the] painter Raphael; the Khmer equivalent appears vertically, along the right side); "<sup>០,៛</sup>២០" (0,20 riel), "REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE / DU KAMPUCHEA" (People's Republic of Kampuchea), and "<sup>0</sup>20 / RIEL".
Denomination: <sup>០,៛</sup>២០ (0.20 KHR)
Perforation: 12 ¾ (comb)
Printing process: Offset lithography
Raphael
French
Khmer
Postage Stamp
Cambodia