Welcome to Dante on Stamps, an authoritative resource and comprehensive catalog of postage stamps, first day covers, cancellations, and other philatelic items depicting the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
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Cancellation - Vatican City - 2013 May 18
Detail from Filippino Lippi's painting Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard (ca. 1480) showing Mary and St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Created for the…
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Maximum Cards
A maximum card or maxi-card is a postcard with a postage stamp placed on the picture side of the card. Ideally, the theme of the postage stamp and the…
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Postage Stamp - Italy - 2017
This stamp was issued as part of a series celebrating 90 years of Mickey Mouse in Italy (1928–2018). The stamp shows Mickey Mouse as Dante and Goofy…see more
