Disputation of the Holy Sacrament is printed across the bottom of this miniature sheet. Dante is depicted in the fresco near the right side just behind the standing figure in yellow robes.]]> Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Below the portrait is text as follows: "PRIMER DIA DE EMISIÓN / 23-11-65".]]> Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Above the portrait is text as follows: "VIII CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA DI DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary of the birth of Dante Alighieri); below is: "Primo giorno d'emissione / Premier jour d'émission - First day cover" and "Universal Editrice / ROMA". On the back is a brief blurb about Dante in Italian.]]> Dante in Exile. Issued by Kyrgyz Express Post. Designed by Elnur Isakov. "Maximum Card N^o 8". Limited to 300 pieces.]]> –2018). The set is the 33rd issue in the series "Le Eccellenze del sistema produttivo ed economico" (The excellencies of the productive and economic system).

The stamp shows Mickey Mouse as Dante and Goofy as Virgil as illustrated by cartoonist Giorgio Cavazzano after Angelo Bioletto's comic strip version of Inferno published from October 1949 to March 1950 in Topolino. On the left side of the stamp is text as follows: top: "Disney" (logo); middle: "90 ANNI di / TOPOLINO" (90 years of Mickey Mouse); bottom: "ITALIA / € 0,95". Vertically, along the right side is: "© Disney". Along the bottom edge of the stamp is the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.Z.S. S.p.A. - ROMA - 2017" (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato).

This is the only stamp in the set of eight that also was issued in sheets of 28 stamps.]]> ANTE ALIGHIERI'"; vertically along the right: "Curityba-Paraná-Brasil"; along the bottom: "VI^o CENTENARIO"; below the portrait is: "14 Settembre 1321" (September 14, 1321, Dante’s traditional death day). The name and location (Curitiba) of the printer appears in the lower left corner, however the author could not read it.]]>
The stamp features a portrait of Dante in the upper left corner, St. Peter's Basilica in the upper right corner, a perched eagle clutching a fasces and banner with "S.P.Q.R." in the lower right corner, and "PREGA" (Pray) in the lower left corner. In the center of the stamp is text as follows: "L'armonia Divina / della lingua di / Dante serva ad esal- / tare la Grandezza della / Patria, la Santità della / Religione, l'amore della / Famiglia, la bellezza / della Natura e dell'Arte. / NON CONTAMINATE LA / LINGUA ITALIANA / CON LA / BESTEMMIA" (The divine harmony of Dante's language serves to exalt the greatness of the homeland, the sanctity of religion, family love, the beauty of nature and art. Do not contaminate the Italian language with blasphemy). Below the main text is additional text as follows: "COMITATO CENTRALE / ANTIBLASFEMO / DI VERONA" (Central Antiblasphemy Committee of Verona) and "SOTTO LA PRESIDEN- / ZA ONORARIA DI S.M. IL RE" (Under the honorary presidency of His Majesty the King). The printer's name and city are at the bottom: "MARENGHI & VOTTA - DESENZANO".]]> veikkos-archiv.com).]]> https://schlotforum.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/at-1100-wien-abadie-papiergesellschaft-ag.]]> 1

The stamp reproduces the woodcut portrait of Dante found in the 1521 Venice edition of his Convivio.² The text refers to the second anniversary of the bombardment of Ancona, Italy: "XXIV Maggio MCMXV / Secundo [sic] / Anniversario / XXIV Maggio MCMXVII" (May 24, 1915, second anniversary, May 24, 1917).

Kiddle and Schmidt catalog two versions, one printed in green and brown on white paper and one printed in red and black on gray paper.³]]> 1. Brian J. Birch, "Fontanille, Gaston Aimé Camille," in "Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers," Global Philatelic Library, February 21, 2018, accessed December 4, 2020, http://www.globalphilateliclibrary.org/birch/BiographiesOfPhilatelistsDealers.pdf.

2. Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., The Portraits of Dante Compared with the Measurements of His Skull and Reclassified, Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology 10 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1921): 63–64, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001218985.

3. Charles Kiddle and Walter Schmidt, The Images of the Great War: Delandre World War I Vignettes: Vol. 4, Vignettes Other Than Military or Red Cross, Cinderella Stamp Club Handbook 13 (Alton, Hampshire, England: World War I Study Group, 1996): cat. no. 336.]]> The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Dante is barely visible in the upper right quarter (circled here in green). The sheet was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). The stamp is dated 2003, denominated "120 CF" (the abbreviation should be FC for francs congolais), and has "République Démocratique / du Congo" at the bottom.]]> The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Dante is barely visible in the upper right quarter (circled here in green). The stamp on the sheet is a detail from the same fresco showing Christ and Mary. The sheet was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> Dante Shows an Artist Some Unusual Clouds. The stamp has text as follows: at the top: "IVAN AIVAZOVSKY 1817–1900" and "2016"; vertically along the right: "Dante Mostra o Artista nas Nuvens Incomuns, 1883"; and at the bottom: "MOÇAMBIQUE" and "100.00 MT". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> Miniature Sheet - Mozambique - 2016]]> Postage Stamp - Mozambique - 2016]]> The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Dante is barely visible in the upper right quarter (circled here in green). The stamp has text as follows: at the top: "REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE", "POSTES / 2020", and "800F"; at the bottom: "Le Jugement dernier (détail), 1536–1541"; and vertically along the right: "Michel-Ange 1475–1564". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> Miniature Sheet - Togo - 2020]]> Postage Stamp - Togo - 2020]]> Disputation of the Holy Sacrament. Dante is depicted in the fresco in the lower right quarter (circled here in green). The miniature sheet has text as follows: at the bottom: "RAFFAELLO - LA DISPUTA DEL SACRAMENTO 1509 – 2009 / OeSD - 2009". The sheet's stamp has text as follows: in the upper right corner: "3,30"; at the bottom: "CITTÀ DEL VATICANO"; the Vatican coat of arms are in the upper left corner. The sheet was printed by Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, Austria.]]>