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Cancellation - Argentina (Córdoba) - 2008 May 9–30
This circular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on the portrait by Gustave Doré surrounded by text advertising the "MUESTRA FILATÉLICA Y NUMISMÁTICA / 70 AÑOS ASOCIACIÓN DANTE ALIGHIERI" (Philatelic and Numismatic…
Cancellation - Argentina (La Plata) - 1989 May 18
This circular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante. The text around the portrait is as follows: "MUESTRA PRESENCIA ITALIANA EN LA FILATELIA ARGENTINA" (Exhibition [of the] Italian Presence in Argentine Philately). At the bottom of…
Cancellation - Argentina (Rosario) - 1965 September 16
This rectangular, typographic cancellation was designed for use with the 1965 Argentina Dante commemorative postage stamp.
Cancellation - Germany (Bonn) - 1971 September 3
This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante surrounded by text: "BONN 1", "'Dante'~GEDENK~MARKE", "ERSTAUSG.", and "53".
Cancellation - Germany (Bonn) - 2013 October 7–2014 March 7
This rectangular cancellation was created to celebrate an exhibition titled "Florenz!" held at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany, from November 22, 2013, through March 9, 2014. The cancellation features Dante holding a book and gesturing in an…
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 - 1321" (Homage to Dante Alighieri).
Cancellation - Italy (Cesena) - 2011 October 29
The painting depicted on this cancellation shows Dante with the faces of souls in hell and is the work of Patrizio Virzì, an artist from Cesena, Italy. The painting is titled L'Inferno di Dante.
Cancellation - Italy (Firenze) - 2007 November 30
This square cancellation features a left-facing portrait of Dante surrounded by the following text: "FIRENZE V.R."; "FESTA DELLA TOSCANA" (Tuscany Festival); "PROFILO DI DANTE" (profile of Dante); and "MOSTRA FILATELICA E CARTOLINE" (Philatelic…
Cancellation - Italy (Foligno) - 1995 April 29
This circular cancellation celebrates the 523rd anniversary of the first printed edition of the Divina commedia. The edition was printed in 1472 in Foligno by Johann Neumeister and Evangelista Angelini. The central image is of an open printed book…
Cancellation - Italy (Lecce) - 1981 September 22
This cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante surrounded by the phrase "65oCONGRESSO INT.LE-SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI" (65th International Congress - Società Dante Alighieri).
Cancellation - Italy (Merano) - 2009 May 9
This circular cancellation features left-facing portraits of Dante and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe surrounded by text: "39012 MERANO CENTRO-MERAN ZENTRUM (BZ)", "50oANNIVERSARIO FONDAZIONE ACCADEMIA DI STUDI ITALO-TEDESCHI" (50th anniversary of the…
Cancellation - Italy (Mezzolombardo) - 2021 March 25
Place of cancellation: Mezzolombardo, Italy, 38017
Cancellation - Italy (Ravenna) - 1971 October 23
This rectangular cancellation features Dante's tomb in Ravenna to the left of a text box: "RAVENNA / 1321 – 1971 / 650o / ANNIVERSARIO / MORTE DI DANTE".
Cancellation - Italy (Ravenna) - 2005 September 24
Dante's tomb in Ravenna.
Cancellation - Italy (Ravenna) - 2009 May 23
This circular cancellation features a detail from the relief portrait attributed to Pietro Lombardo on Dante's tomb in Ravenna, Italy. Beside the portrait is the Lions Clubs International logo surrounded by text: "RAVENNA / 2009" and "LVII CONGRESSO…
Cancellation - Italy (Rimini) - 2021 July 15
Cancellation featuring portrait of Dante from Marcello Toninelli's comic strip version of the Divina commedia. Celebrates Cartoon Club Rimini – 37th Festival Internazionale del Cinema d'Animazione, del Fumetto e dei Games (International Festival of…
Cancellation - Italy (Roma) - 1990 May 12
This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante—based on the Naples Bust—with a globe and open book. The design echoes the 1990 Italian postage stamp issued to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Società Dante Alighieri. Around the central…
Cancellation - Italy (Roma) - 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,…
Cancellation - Italy (Roma) - 2011 November 18
This cancellation mirrors the 2011 Italian postage stamp for the "GIORNATA DELLA FILATELIA" (Philately Day) designed by Gaetano Ieluzzo. The cancellation reproduces the 1965 Italian 500-lire postage stamp showing the Naples Bust of Dante; the Italian…
