Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). The stamp is dated 2003, denominated "120 CF" (the abbreviation should be FC for francs congolais), and has "République Démocratique / du Congo" at the bottom.]]>
  • La Liberté guidant le peuple (1830)
  • Chevaux arabes combattant dans une écurie (1860)
  • Dernières paroles de l'empereur Marc Aurèle (1844)
  • Dante et Virgile aux enfers (1822)

The background depicts a wooden artist's palette on a piece of wood. Below the stamps is "Eugène Delacroix / 1798–1863". The sheet was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante orDante and Virgil in Hell). At the top of the stamp is a caption, "Eugène Delacroix 1798–1863 / Dante et Virgile aux enfers, 1822", the denomination, "900F", and "Postes 2016". At the bottom is the country name: "République Centrafricaine". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> F (900 XAF)]]> 2016 Central African Republic miniature sheet]]> Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). At the top of the stamp is: "Eugène Delacroix / 1798 – 1863" and the denomination, "Db 25000"; to the left of Dante is the painting's title in Portuguese: "A Barca de / Dante, 1822". At the bottom is the country name and year: "S. Tomé e Príncipe 2013".  The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> 2013 Guinean postage stamp featuring the artist's painting The Barque of Dante is surrounded by a reinterpretation of his painting The Massacre at Chios. At the top of the sheet is text as follows: "150 ème anniversaire de la disparition / d' EUGÈNE DELACROIX / Le massacre de Chios, 1825" (150th anniversary of the death of Eugène Delacroix, The Massacre at Chios).]]> Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). At the top of the stamp is a caption, "Dante et Virgile aux enfers, / 1822", and the denomination, "40000FG". At the bottom is text as follows: "Eugène Delacroix 1798–1863"; "Office de la Poste Guinéenne 2013"; and "REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> FG (40000 GNF)]]>
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). This cachet is known to have been printed in a blue version and a red version.

One of the cachets for the V. 46/a series features Luca Signorelli's painting of Dante in the cathedral of Orvieto, Italy. The other cachet shows a detail from French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). Below both images is text as follows: "VII CENTENARIO NASCITA DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary [of the] birth [of] Dante Alighieri). ]]>
The cachet on this first day cover reproduces a detail from Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in German as Dante und Vergil in der Unterwelt and in English as Dante and Virgil in Hell or The Barque of Dante). The cachet is a separate piece, laminated, and pasted to the envelope.]]> Chickering-Jackson FDC. The Chickering-Jackson 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 designer. He designed first day cover cachets for Jackson from 1963 until his death in 1970.

Chickering's cachet features a reversed detail from Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). Above this detail is a depiction of the storm of lustful sinners from Inferno 5. Text from the top of the cachet down reads: "Dante Alighieri / Poet · Philosopher / of the Middle / Ages"; "Dante and / Virgil in / Hell"; "Born in / Florence 1265"; and "First Day of Issue" beside which are the names Jackson and Chickering.]]>
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Chickering-Jackson]]> Mark Lerner, "Charles R. Chickering: Cachetmaker - Part I," First Days: Journal of the American First Day Cover Society 55, no. 5 (July 15, 2010): 10–20.]]>
This miniature sheet features nine paintings by the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) and is part of a much larger series of seventy-two stamps celebrating European painters. The stamps on this sheet reproduce the following paintings:

  • The Barque of Dante
  • The Massacre at Chios
  • The Women of Algiers (In Their Apartment)
  • Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople
  • Liberty Leading the People
  • [Battle]
  • Christ on the Sea of Galilee
  • Death of Sardanapalus
  • The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan

All of the stamps have a denomination of 750 FG (750 GNF).

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Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell).]]> Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). At the top of the stamp is the denomination, "750 FG", and the year of issue; at the bottom is the country name, "République de Guinée". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.]]>
Chickering's cachet features a reversed detail from Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). Above this detail is a depiction of the storm of lustful sinners from Inferno 5. Text from the top of the cachet down reads: "Dante Alighieri / Poet · Philosopher / of the Middle / Ages"; "Dante and / Virgil in / Hell"; "Born in / Florence 1265"; and "First Day of Issue" beside which are the names Jackson and Chickering. This cachet also is found on the Overseas Mailer first day cover.]]>
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Overseas Mailer]]> First Days: Journal of the American First Day Cover Society 55, no. 5 (July 15, 2010): 10–20.]]>
Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). The stamp has text as follows: "120 лв / поща" (120 leva mail); "Йожен Дьолакроа / 1798-1863" (Eugène Delacroix); vertically, along the right side: "БЪЛГАРИЯ·BULGARIA"; "Данме [sic] и Вергилий в ада" (Dante and Virgil in Hell). The year and designer are indicated along the bottom edge: "1998 АЛЕКСАНДЪР СЕРТЕВ" (Aleksandar Sertev).]]>