Miniature Sheet - Ecuador - 1966
Spanish
Miniature Sheet
Ecuador
Postage Stamp - Ecuador - 1966
<span>This set of three postage stamps was issued by Ecuador to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth, however the stamps were not issued until June 1966. The 10-centavos stamp shows a posterized version of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's 1871 painting </span><em>Dante's Dream</em><span>. The 80-centavos stamp shows a monochrome version of Henry Holiday's 1884 painting </span><em>Dante and Beatrice</em><span>. The 3-sucres stamp shows Gustave Doré's portrait of Dante in reverse next to a flame. Each stamp is captioned as follows: "LA RÉVE de DANTE Rossetti / SEPTIMO CENTENARIO DEL NACIMIENTO DE DANTE – 1.265–1.965" (S/. 0.10); "DANTE y Beatrix – Holiday / SEPTIMO CENTENARIO DEL NACIMIENTO DE DANTE – 1.265–1.965" (S/. 0.80); "1.265 DANTE 1.965 / SEPTIMO CENTENARIO DE SU NACIMIENTO" (S/. 3.00). At the top of each stamp is "CORREOS DEL / ECUADOR" and the denomination while the printer is indicated at the bottom: "DE LA RUE DE COLOMBIA" (Thomas de la Rue de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia).</span>
Denomination: S/. 0.10 (0.10 ECS); S/. 0.80 (0.80 ECS); S/. 3.00 AEREO (3.00 ECS)
Perforation: 13 ½ × 14 (comb)
Printing process: Offset lithography
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Henry Holiday
Gustave Doré
Thomas de la Rue de Colombia (Bogotá, Colombia)
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Spanish
Postage Stamp
Ecuador