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First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Anderson
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…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Aristocrats
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…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - ArtCraft
This first day cover features Andrea del Castagno's portrait of Dante.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Cachet Craft
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.
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 - United States - 1965 - Challand
The typed cachet on this first day cover addressed to Linda Challand may have been created by Challand herself.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Chickering-Jackson
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…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Cover Craft Cachets
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.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Dyer
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…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Fluegel Covers
This first day cover was designed by Paul L. Hubartt for Fluegel Covers.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Hayden
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…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Keepsake Press
This first day cover may have been issued by the Keepsake Press of Chicago.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - KJM
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…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Kolor Kover
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.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Kraft
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…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Lone Star Cachet
This was the first FDC issue from Lone Star Cachet.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Marg
So-called "Marg" cachets were created by Edmund J. Shea for Shea Advertising.
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Maul
This first day cover's cachet was hand-painted by Herman R. Maul. The cachet shows a smiling devil's head above flames representing hell. The cachet has text as follows: at the top: "DANTE ALIGHIERI / ITALIAN POET / 1265 / 1965"; and at the bottom:…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Overseas Mailer
Overseas Mailer reissued other first day covers with a modification. In the case of the Dante FDC, Overseas Mailer added a small, green, woodcut-style portrait of Dante to the Chickering-Jackson FDC. The Chickering-Jackson first day cover was…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Powell
These first day covers feature hand-painted, add-on cachets by L. Ziola Powell. One cachet depicts a portrait of Dante partly covered by an angel with trumpet above and flames below. The other cachet depicts a portrait of Dante with laurel wreath…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Press Cover Club
The cachet on this first day cover issued by Press Cover Club was printed in black and then colored by hand with pink, orange, and blue highlights.