Beginning in the 1960s, prolific collector and cachet maker John Ranto of Hamilton Township, New Jersey, produced first day covers made from postal bulletins and display posters. According to online sales descriptions by Trenton Stamp and Coin, "these covers were created by hand folding US Postal Service bulletins into a standard FDC size and then applying the current issue for the cover in addition to related combination stamps. He cleverly crafted these covers into mostly one-of-a-kind cachets or productions. In the beginning, Mr. Ranto created these covers for his personal collection, but as he enjoyed the process, he did start to create extras that he would trade or sell. Each of his covers is normally signed or intialed on the reverse side, and also coded, but not in every case."

For the 1982 America's Libraries commemorative stamp (Scott no. 2015), Ranto created a series of covers featuring famous authors. One of the authors chosen was Dante and Ranto used the U.S. Post Office Department poster from the 1965 Dante commemorative issue to make the folded cover.

]]> o CENTENARIO NASCITA / DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary [of the] birth [of] Dante Alighieri); and at the bottom: "CONVEGNO COMMERCIALE B.F.N. / MILANO - 31 OTT. - 1-2 NOVEMBRE 1965" (National Philatelic Bourse Commercial Convention, Milan, October 31 - November 1-2, 1965). On the right side of the envelope are pre-printed lines for an address and stamp location.]]> This bulletin was issued by the Italian Amministrazione delle Poste e delle Telecomunicazioni (no. 210). The bulletin includes information, written by Salvatore Accardo (and translated into French by Madeleine Cerri), about the 1972 Italy postage stamps commemorating the 500th anniversary of the printing of the first three editions of Dante's Divina commedia. The bulletin was printed by the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato in Rome.]]> These last day covers were issued by KimCover (nos. 39 and 39/A). The cachet for no. 39 shows Giotto's portrait of Dante, reversed from the original, within a gold frame at the top of which is "MCCLXV MCMLXV". Below the cachet is "Dante". The cachet for no. 39/A shows a version of Sandro Botticelli's illustration of Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of Mercury from Paradiso 6 found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201. Below the cachet is "BOTTICELLI - DANTE E BEATRICE".

Both covers share some of the same text: vertically, along the left side: "TIRATURA 600 COPIE - ISSUE 600 COVERS"; vertically, along the right side: "ULTIMO GIORNO VALIDITÀ / LAST DAY COVER"; and in the lower right corner: "KimCover S.C.V." Both covers also have a medallion portrait of Pope Paul VI surrounded by text: "PAVLVS VI PONT·MAX·"; "ULTIMA DIE" (last day) appears near the medallion portrait. Each cover is labelled with its respective series number: "39 KimCover 13 - Paulus P.P. VI" or "39/A KimCover 13/A - Paulus P.P. VI".]]> Paradiso 3 found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201. Beside the cachet is text as follows: "ULTIMO GIORNO VALIDITÀ 1966" (Last day of validity); "L.D.C. ITALIA / 50 ÷ 59 / KimCover"; and "STAMPE / ANTONIO LA BATTAGLIA - Ferma Posta ROMA S. Silvestro". On the envelope's reverse is a list of the last day covers in this series (no. 50–59). Two hundred copies were printed.]]> Acta Apostolicae Sedis, the city-state's official gazette. The ordinance (No. XVI) authorizes the issuance of the 1965 Vatican City postage stamps commemorating the 700th anniversary of the birth of Dante.]]> Divina commedia along with monochrome essay images of the stamp designs.]]> This bulletin was issued by the Italian Ministero delle Poste e delle Telecomunicazioni (no. 119). The bulletin includes information, written by Aldo Ferrabino (and translated into French by Madeleine Cerri), about the 1965 Italy postage stamp celebrating the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. The bulletin was printed by the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato in Rome.]]> Norman Rockwell Classics and Historic American Stamps. On the album's title page is the following description: "A limited edition collection of 100 philatelic covers bearing Norman Rockwell paintings, related U.S. postage stamps, and important anniversary postmarks."

The cover for Rockwell's painting The Eleventh Hour was paired with the 1965 Dante commemorative stamp and was cancelled in San Francisco on July 17, 1980, fifteen years to the day after the stamp was first issued. The accompanying album text explains the link between the college students in Rockwell's painting and Dante, "one of the greatest scholars of the ages."

The cachet shows Rockwell's painting with "'The Eleventh Hour'" above. Additional text appears between red and blue lines above the address area: "Dante Alighieri Stamp First Issued San Francisco, Calif., July 17, 1965".]]> E-B-Verlag Erich Braun first day cover.]]> First Day Cover - Germany - 1971 - E-B-Verlag Erich Braun]]> http://www.cift.it/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8711&sid=00ee2f397c5d6d8cee7b07fa6c716cd5#p8711.]]>
This stamp poster has been stamped and bears a first day cancel.]]> Postage Stamp - United States - 1965]]> Postage Stamp - United States - 1965]]> Postage Stamp - United States - 1965]]>