Cancellation - Vatican City - 2021 September 8
Italian
Cancellation
Vatican City
Miniature Sheet - Vatican City - 2021
Printing process: Four-color offset lithography
Print run: 26,000 sheets
Gabriele Dell'Otto
Cartor (La Loupe, France)
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Italian
Miniature Sheet
Vatican City
Postage Stamp - Vatican City - 2021
This stamp was issued by Vatican City to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's death. The stamp, designed by Gabriele Dell'Otto, shows Saint Peter and Dante from <em>Paradiso</em> 24 and has text as follows: in the top right corner: "Dante Alighieri / 1321 - 2021"; at the bottom: "Città del Vaticano 1,15"; and along the bottom edge: "G. DELL'OTTO" and "CARTOR 2021". Printed by Cartor, La Loupe, France.
Denomination: 1,15 (1.15 EUR)
Perforation: 14
Printing process: Four-color offset lithography
Print run: 104,000 (26,000 miniature sheets of 4)
Gabriele Dell'Otto
Cartor (La Loupe, France)
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Italian
Postage Stamp
Vatican City
Miniature Sheet - Vatican City - 2009
Vatican City issued this miniature sheet to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Raphael's fresco <em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em>. Dante is depicted in the fresco in the lower right quarter (circled here in green). The miniature sheet has text as follows: at the bottom: "RAFFAELLO - LA DISPUTA DEL SACRAMENTO 1509 <span>– 2009 / OeSD - 2009". The sheet's stamp has text as follows: in the upper right corner: "3,30"; at the bottom: "CITTÀ DEL VATICANO"; the Vatican coat of arms are in the upper left corner. The sheet was printed by Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, Austria.</span>
Österreichische Staatsdruckerei (Vienna, Austria)
Raphael
Italian
Miniature Sheet
Vatican City
Cancellation - Vatican City - 2013 May 18
Detail from Filippino Lippi's painting <em>Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard</em> (ca. 1480) showing Mary and St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Created for the philatelic exhibition "Dante Alighieri, il Lazio e la Divina Commedia" held in Latina, Italy, May 17–19, 2013.
Filippino Lippi
Italian
Cancellation
Cancellation - Vatican City - 1965 May 18
This armorial cancellation quotes part of a Latin inscription on a plaque in the church of Santa Margherita dei Cerchi in Florence, Italy, the church in which Dante may have married Gemma Donati and where Beatrice Portinari is buried. The full quotation is as follows:<br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;">HIC ORAVIT</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">SUAE GENTIS IMPERITURA GLORIA</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">UNITATIS ASSERTOR POPULORUM</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">DIVUS POËTA</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">FIDEM CECINIT DIVINE</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">VIRGINEM MATREM EXALTAVIT</div>
<br />Jan Ziolkowski provides the following translation:<br /><br /><div style="text-align:center;">Here prayed</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">the undying glory of his race,</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">the proclaimer of the oneness of the peoples,</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">the divine poet:</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">he sang the faith divinely,</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">he exalted the virgin mother.</div>
<br />The cancellation quotes all but the first and last lines: "SUAE GENTIS / IMPERITURA GLORIA / UNITATIS ASSERTOR / POPULORUM / DIVUS POETA / FIDEM CECINIT DIVINE". The current plaque in the church was apparently installed on May 31, 1979.<br /><br />The right side of the cancellation is occupied by the coat of arms of the Holy See with text as follows: "POSTE / VATICANE" (Vatican mail), "DIE EMISSIONIS" (day of issue), and the date.
Italian
Latin
Cancellation
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 2009 - Masiello da Ercole
<span>This first day cover's hand-painted cachet by Nino Masiello da Ercole depicts <span>a scene from </span><em>Paradiso </em><span>24 in which St. Peter interrogates Dante—accompanied by Beatrice—about the poet's faith. The scene is taken from a miniature by Giovanni di Paolo in Yates Thompson 36, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the British Library.</span></span><span><span> Below the cachet is "Pezzo unico" (unique item) and the artist's signature "Nino Masiello 2009". In the upper left corner of the envelope is the artist's logo.</span></span>
Nino Masiello da Ercole
Giovanni di Paolo
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
Last Day Cover - Vatican City - 1966 - KimCover
<span>These last day covers were issued by KimCover (nos. 39 and 39/A). The cachet for no. 39 shows <span>Giotto's portrait of Dante, reversed from the original, within a gold frame at the top of which is "MCCLXV MCMLXV". Below the cachet is "Dante". </span>The cachet for no. 39/A shows <span>a version of Sandro Botticelli's illustration of Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of Mercury from </span><em>Paradiso</em><span> 6 found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201. Below the cachet is "BOTTICELLI - DANTE E BEATRICE".<br /><br />Both covers share some of the same text: vertically, along the left side: "TIRATURA 600 COPIE - ISSUE 600 COVERS"; vertically, along the right side: "<span>ULTIMO GIORNO VALIDITÀ / LAST DAY COVER"; and in the lower right corner: "KimCover S.C.V." Both covers also have a medallion portrait of Pope Paul VI surrounded by text: "PAVLVS VI PONT·MAX·"; "ULTIMA DIE" (last day) appears near the medallion portrait. Each cover is labelled with its respective series number: "39 KimCover 13 - Paulus P.P. VI" or "39/A KimCover 13/A - Paulus P.P. VI".</span></span></span>
Giotto
Sandro Botticelli
KimCover
English
Italian
Latin
Last Day Cover
Vatican City
Ordinance - Vatican City - 1965
This is the ordinance enacted by the Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano (Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State), the legislative body of Vatican City, as published in the Italian supplement to <em>Acta Apostolicae Sedis</em>, the city-state's official gazette. The ordinance (No. XVI) authorizes the issuance of the 1965 Vatican City postage stamps commemorating the 700th anniversary of the birth of Dante.
Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano (Vatican City)
Italian
Latin
Miscellaneous
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Venetia
These first day covers were issued by Venetia (nos. 87-1/V and 87-2/V).<br /><br /><span>The cachet on 87-1/V features a modern interpretation of <span>Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco <em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em> in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, </span>with text as follows: at the top: "VII<sup>o</sup> CENT. DELLA NASCITA" (7th centenary of the birth); and at the bottom: "DIE EMISSIONIS" (day of issue).<br /><br /></span><span>The cachet on 87-2/V features a montage of two modern interpretations of illustrations by Sandro Botticelli of Dante and Beatrice; these are based on the artist's<span> illustrations to the </span><em>Divina commedia</em><span> found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201 and a manuscript in the Vatican Library known as Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896. The cachet is surrounded by text as follows: at the top: "DIE EMISSIONIS" (day of issue); vertically, on the right: "DANTE"; and at the bottom: "VII<sup>o</sup> CENT. DELLA NASCITA" (7th centenary of the birth).</span></span>
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
Venetia (Modena, Italy)
Italian
Latin
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Tre Stelle
This first day cover was issued by Tre Stelle. <span>The cachet features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco <em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em> in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Below the portrait is text as follows: "RAFFAELLO. PARTICOLARE DELLA DISPUTA DEL SACRAMENTO / VII Centenario della nascita di / Dante Alighieri / F.D.C. VATICANO" (Raphael, detail from the <em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em>, 7th centenary of the birth of Dante Alighieri).</span>
Raphael
Tre Stelle
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Roma
<span>This first day cover was issued by Roma (Vat. 49). The cachet features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco </span><em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em><span> in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The cachet is signed "D. NIZZI" in the area of Dante's neck. Below the portrait is text as follows: "Dante / VII CENTENARIO / DELLA NASCITA" (Dante, 7th centenary of [his] birth).</span>
Raphael
D. Nizzi
Roma
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Rodia
These first day covers were issued by Rodia. One cachet features <span>Sandro Botticelli's illustration of </span><span>Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of the moon from </span><em>Paradiso </em><span>3 <span>found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201 (reversed from the original). Below the cachet is "DANTE ALIGHIERI". The other design shows Giotto's portrait of Dante, above which is "DANTE ALIGHIERI / 1265 1321". Both designs are known in red and blue versions (the blue Giotto was used for the 1965 Italy Dante issue).</span></span>
Sandro Botticelli
Giotto
Rodia
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Re.Ru.
These first day covers were issued by Re.Ru. The cachets feature Giotto's portrait of Dante, reversed from the original, surrounded by a decorative frame. Below the portrait is "DANTE ALIGHIERI / 1265 - 1321".
Giotto
Re.Ru.
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - KimCover
These first day covers were issued by KimCover (nos. 13 and 39/A). Both covers use the same cachet, a version of Sandro Botticelli's illustration of Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of Mercury from <em>Paradiso</em> 6 found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201. The cachet for no. 13 has text as follows: at the top: "Civitas Vaticana / DIE EMISSIONIS" (Vatican City, day of issue); at the bottom: "BOTTICELLI - DANTE E BEATRICE / Dante Alighieri / MCCLXV - MCMLXV". The cachet for no. 39/A has text as follows: at the bottom: BOTTICELLI - DANTE E BEATRICE". Additionally, no. 13 is labeled as "SPECIAL DE LUXE".
Sandro Botticelli
KimCover
English
Italian
Latin
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Stampa Filatelica
<span>This first day cover likely was issued by Stampa Filatelica. The cachet features a reproduction of an anonymous miniature portrait of Dante from a fifteenth-century manuscript (MS Riccardiano 1040) in the Biblioteca Riccardiana in Florence. Above the cachet is "The Golden Series / First Day Cover" and below is "VII EXPLETO SAECULO / AB ORTU DANTIS ALAGHERII" (7th century since the birth of Dante Alighieri). The first day cover is part of the "Golden Series" (no. 62) and the statement "Supervised by Vittorio lo Bianco" appears on the envelope's reverse.</span>
Stampa Filatelica (Italy)
Vittorio Lo Bianco
Italian
Latin
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Filagrano
<span>This first day cover was issued by Filagrano. The cachet shows a full-length portrait of Dante holding a book on which is written the text of </span><em>Paradiso</em><span> 1:1–2: "La gloria di colui che tutto muove / per l'universo penetra e risplende" (The glory of Him who moves all things pervades the universe and shines); Dante's tomb in Ravenna is shown in the background. The cachet is surrounded by text as follows: vertically, on the left: "first day cover"; at the top: "CITTA' DEL VATICANO"; and at the bottom: "VII CENT. DELLA NASCITA / DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary of the birth [of] Dante Alighieri).</span><br /><br /><span>A brief biography of Dante is printed on the envelope's flap.</span>
Filagrano (Forlì, Italy)
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Capitolium
These first day covers were issued by Capitolium (nos. V. 46 and V. 46/a).<br /><br />The cachet for no. V. 46 shows Dante and Beatrice in heaven. In the upper right corner is "1265 / 1965" and at the bottom is the following text: "VII CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA / DI DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary of the birth of Dante Alighieri). <span>This cachet is known to have been printed in a blue version and a red version.</span><br /><br /><span>One of the cachets for the V. 46/a series features</span><span> Luca Signorelli's painting of Dante in the cathedral of Orvieto, Italy. The other cachet shows <span>a detail from French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, </span><em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em><span> (known in English as </span><em>The Barque of Dante</em><span> or </span><em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em><span>). Below both images is text as follows: "VII CENTENARIO NASCITA DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary [of the] birth [of] Dante Alighieri). </span></span>
Capitolium
Luca Signorelli
Eugène Delacroix
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - ALA
<span>This first day cover was issued by ALA (no. 70). The cachet shows <span>the portrait of Dante in Raphael's fresco </span><em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em><span> in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. This is overprinted with Sandro Botticelli's illustration of <span>Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of the moon from </span><em>Paradiso </em><span>3 <span>found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201. Below the cachet is text as follows: "1265 / 1965 / Città del Vaticano".</span></span></span><br /></span>
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
ALA
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 2009 - Uncacheted
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
Miniature Sheet - Vatican City - 2009
Italian
Miniature Sheet
Vatican City
Postage Stamp - Vatican City - 2009
<span>This postage stamp was issued as part of a joint issue with Italy and San Marino for the Giornata della Lingua Italiana (Celebration Day of the Italian Language) in 2009. It depicts a scene from the beginning of </span><em>Inferno</em><span> in which Dante (accompanied by Virgil in this illustration but not in the text) is blocked by three beasts. The scene is taken from a miniature in Codex Urbinate Latino 365, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Vatican Library. Each stamp is printed adjacent to a label with the first line from <em>Inferno</em> 1: "Nel / mezzo / del cammin / di nostra / vita" (Midway in the journey of our life). The second and third lines of </span><em>Inferno</em><span> appear on the San Marino and Italy stamps, respectively. The stamp was designed by Mauro Olivieri and Orlando Tomassi and printed by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato.</span>
Denomination: 0,60 (0.60 EUR)
Perforation: 13 ¼ × 13 (comb)
Printing process: Rotogravure
Print run: 600,000
Mauro Olivieri
Orlando Tomassi
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Postage Stamp
Vatican City
Maximum Card - Vatican City - 1965 - KimCover
<span>This series of maximum cards was issued by KimCover (KimCover Art Gallery of Vatican Stamps, no. 36–39) for the Vatican City postage stamps of 1965. Each card reproduces its respective stamp within a decorative frame. At the top of each frame is "DANTE ALIGHIERI" and the coat of arms of Pope Paul VI; below each frame is "MCCLXV - MCMLXV". <span>The first card (no. 36) shows Raphael's portrait of Dante from his fresco </span><em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em><span> in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The second, third, and fourth cards (no. 37<span>–39) <span>are based on Sandro Botticelli's illustrations to the </span><em>Divina commedia</em><span> found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201 and a manuscript in the Vatican Library known as Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896. The illustrations are as follows</span><span>: Dante encounters a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf (no. 37; <em>Inferno</em> 1; Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896</span><span>), Dante and Virgil at the foot of Mount Purgatory (no. 38; </span><em>Purgatorio</em><span> 3</span><span>; MS Hamilton 201), and Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of the moon (no. 39; </span><em>Paradiso </em><span>3</span><span>; MS Hamilton 201). <span>Each card was postmarked in Vatican City on May 18, 1965.</span></span></span></span></span>
KimCover
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
English
Italian
Maximum Card
Vatican City
Maximum Card - Vatican City - 1965 - Stampa Filatelica
<span>This series of maximum cards was issued by Stampa Filatelica (Golden Series, no. 104–107; series supervised by Vittorio Lo Bianco) for the Vatican City postage stamps of 1965. The first card (no. 104), like the stamp, shows Raphael's portrait of Dante from his fresco </span><em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em><span> in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The second and third cards (no. 105–106) show scenes taken from miniatures in Codex Urbinate Latino 365, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Vatican Library. No. 105 shows a scene from the beginning of </span><em>Inferno</em><span> in which Dante (accompanied by Virgil in this illustration but not in the text) is blocked by three beasts. No. 106 is from</span><em>Purgatorio</em><span> and shows Dante and Virgil at the foot of Mount Purgatory. The fourth card (no. 107) echoes the stamp and shows Sandro Botticelli's illustration from </span><em>Paradiso</em><span> 3 of Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of the moon. The original illustration is found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201. Each card was postmarked in Vatican City on May 18, 1965.</span>
Stampa Filatelica (Italy)
Vittorio Lo Bianco
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
English
Italian
Maximum Card
Vatican City
Cancellation - Vatican City - 2009 October 21
<span>This circular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on Sandro Botticelli's fifteenth-century portrait now in the Fondation Martin Bodmer in Cologny, Switzerland. The portrait on the cancellation is reversed from the original. The portrait is surrounded by text as follows: "</span><small>POSTE VATICANE</small><span>", "</span><small>DIE EMISSIONIS</small><span>" (day of issue), and "</span><small>GIORNATA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA</small><span>" (Day of the Italian Language).</span>
Place of cancellation: Vatican City
Sandro Botticelli
Italian
Latin
Cancellation
Vatican City
Postage Stamp - Vatican City - 1965
<span>This set of four stamps was issued by Vatican City to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. The 10-lire stamp is based on the portrait of Dante in Raphael's fresco </span><em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em><span> in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The other three stamps are based on Sandro Botticelli's illustrations to the </span><em>Divina commedia</em> found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201 and a manuscript in the Vatican Library known as Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896. The illustrations are as follows<span>: Dante encounters a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf (L. 40; <em>Inferno</em> 1; Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896</span><span>), Dante and Virgil at the foot of Mount Purgatory (L. 70; </span><em>Purgatorio</em> 3<span>; MS Hamilton 201), and Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of the moon (L. 200; </span><em>Paradiso</em> 3<span>; MS Hamilton 201). All of the stamps were designed by Casimira Dabrowska and each stamp was engraved by a different person: A. Quieti (L. 10), G. Denza (L. 40), M. Soccorsi (L. 70), and E. V. de Cresci (L. 200).</span>
Denomination: 10 lire (10 VAL); 40 lire (40 VAL); 70 lire (70 VAL); 200 lire (200 VAL)
Perforation: 13 ½ × 14 (comb)
Printer: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori (Rome, Italy)
Printing process: Photogravure
Print run: 3,156,600 sets
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
Casimira Dabrowska
A. Quieti
G. Denza
M. Soccorsi
E. V. de Cresci
Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Latin
Postage Stamp
Vatican City