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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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…
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Miniature Sheets
A miniature sheet or souvenir sheet is a small group of postage stamps still attached to the sheet on which they were printed. They may be either…
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Maximum Card - Kyrgyzstan - 2015 - Kyrgyz Express Post
Domenico Petarlini's painting Dante in Exile. Issued by Kyrgyz Express Post. Designed by Elnur Isakov. "Maximum Card No 8". Limited to 300 pieces.see more
First Day Cover - Italy - 1965 - Universal Editrice
The cachet on this first day cover features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic…see more
First Day Cover - Kyrgyzstan - 2015 - Kyrgyz Express Post
Issued by Kyrgyz Express Post. Designed by Olga Derej. Brief biography of Dante in Kyrgyz and English on back. Limited to 400 pieces. see more