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 - Italy (Bagnacavallo) - 1971 September 26
This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante looking over his left shoulder with text to the left: "OMAGGIO / A DANTE / ALIGHIERI / 1265 -…
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First Day Covers
A first day cover (FDC) is an envelope upon which postage stamps are affixed to be canceled on their first day of issue. Depending on the policy of…
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First Day Cover - United States - 1982 - Ranto
Beginning in the 1960s, prolific collector and cachet maker John Ranto of Hamilton Township, New Jersey, produced first day covers made from postal…see more
First Day Cover - Paraguay - Centro Filatélico del Paraguay
The cachet on this first day cover, issued by the Centro Filatélico del Paraguay, repeats the portraits of four famous authors from the stamps it was…see more