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Postage Stamp - San Marino - 2021
The Republic of San Marino issued three stamps designed by Davide Pagliardini in a print run of 30,000. The stamps feature quotations from Dante's Inferno: "Amor ch'a nullo amato amar perdona" (Love, which pardons no one loved from loving in return),…
Cancellation - San Marino - 2021 June 1
Place of cancellation: San Marino, San Marino
Cancellation - San Marino - 2015 November 27
For the 125th Veronafil exhibition.
First Day Cover - San Marino - 1965 - Volpini
These first day covers have the same cachet created by Renato Volpini featuring a portrait of Dante within a frame. Below the portrait is a banner with the following text from Purgatorio 1:71: "LIBERTÀ VA / CERCANDO / CH'E SÌ CARA ...." (He is…
First Day Cover - San Marino - 1965 - Venetia
These first day covers were issued by Venetia (nos. 90-1/SM and 90-2/SM).The cachet on 90-1/SM features a portrait of Charon from Gustave Doré's illustration "Charon and the River Acheron" from Inferno 3:82–84 with text as follows: at the top: "PRIMO…
First Day Cover - San Marino - 1965 - F.A.I.P.
These first day covers were issued by F.A.I.P. (no. 127). The cachets repeat images found on the San Marino Dante stamps of 1965, themselves reproductions of illustrations by Gustave Doré. One cachet features Doré's portrait of Dante and the other…
First Day Cover - San Marino - 1965 - Capitolium
These first day covers were issued by Capitolium (nos. 49 and V. 46/a).The cachet for no. 49 shows a montage of the four illustrations by Gustave Doré used on the San Marino Dante stamps of 1965. The illustrations are as follows: portrait of Dante;…
First Day Cover - San Marino - 1965 - ALA
These first day covers were issued by ALA (nos. 109 and 110). The cachets show Gustave Doré's illustration from Inferno 3:82–84, "Charon and the River Acheron," with the artist's portrait of Dante printed over part of the illustration. Below the…
First Day Cover - San Marino - 1965
The cachets on these first day covers issued by Rodia feature "The Eagle," Gustave Doré's illustration for Purgatorio 9:29–30 also found on the 130-lire San Marino Dante postage stamp of 1965. The text below the illustrations is as follows: "Dante…
Postage Stamp - San Marino - 2009
This postage stamp was issued as part of a joint issue with Italy and Vatican City for the Giornata della Lingua Italiana (Celebration Day of the Italian Language) in 2009. It depicts a scene from the beginning of Inferno in which Dante (accompanied…
Postage Stamp - San Marino - 1965
This set of four postage stamps was issued by San Marino to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. The stamps feature the following illustrations by Gustave Doré: portrait of Dante (LIRE 40; engraved by Z. Vannelli); "Charon and the River…
Cancellation - San Marino - 2009 October 21
This circular cancellation depicts a scene from the beginning of the Inferno 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,…