–30, 1942, in Weimar and Florence, the meeting brought together members of the national fascist youth movements of Germany and Italy—the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) and the Gioventù italiana del Littorio (Italian Youth of the Lictor). The meetings featured competitions and events organized around five themes: Music, Youth Books, Youth Press, Youth Theater, and Radio.

This stamp's theme represents unity between Italy and Germany by showing overlapping portraits of Dante and German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The portrait of Dante is Raphael's painting of the poet (reversed from the original) from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The portraits are flanked by two lions. Above the lion on the left is the Roman gladius sword and shield emblem of the Gioventù italiana del Littorio; above the lion on the right is the emblem of the Hitlerjugend. The left lion holds a shield with a fleur-de-lis, symbol of Florence, and the right lion holds a shield with a fasces, symbol of fascist Italy.

The stamp has text as follows: at the top: "MANIFESTAZIONI CULTURALI"; at the bottom: "DELLA GIOVENTÙ EUROPEA". The year below the lions, "ANNO / XX·EF.", stands for "20th year of the fascist era." The fascist era began when Mussolini rose to power after his infamous march on Rome in October 1922. The 20th year ran from October 28, 1941 to October 27, 1942. Along the bottom edge is the abbreviated name of the printer, "IST. POL. STATO - OFF. CARTE VALORI" (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori), and the designer, "M. MELIS" (Melkiorre Melis). Malorzo erroneously records this as a 1944 issue.]]> Kulturkundgebungen der Europäischen Jugend: Weimar-Florenz, 18. bis 30. Juni 1942: Wettbewerbe und Arbeitsgemeinschaften in Weimar. Weimar?: s.n., 1942. https://archive.org/details/EuropaischeJugend1942Wettbewerbe.]]> https://miles.forumcommunity.net/?t=57488707.]]> the cover issued by K. J. Moran. The cachet features a right-facing portrait of Dante with text as follows: at the top: "HONORING"; and at the bottom "ALIGHIERI DANTE / 700th ANNIVERSARY / OF BIRTH / OFFICIAL FIRST DAY COVER / UNIVERSAL PHILATELIC COVER SOCIETY".]]> This first day cover's hand-painted cachet by Bernard Goldberg depicts Dante, crowned with a laurel wreath, against a purple and green background. Beside the cachet is calligraphic text as follows: "Dante / Alighieri / ~1265~1321~ / 'The Divine Comedy'". The cachet is signed "Goldberg" vertically along the right side. This cover was on the market as of June 2013.

]]> Gaetano Ieluzzo. The stamp commemorates the "Giornata della filatelia 2011" (Philately Day 2011). In the center of the stamp is a reproduction of the 1965 Italian 500-lire postage stamp showing the Naples Bust of Dante. The background comprises a collage of the following designs: 1.) Lower left: the Italian cancellation of November 30, 2007, showing Dante in profile; 2.) Upper right: the Italian cancellation of October 23, 2009, showing a representation of Dante's hell; and 3.) Lower right: An envelope stamped with three 25-centesimi Italian "Proclamation of the Empire" postage stamps from 1938 designed by Corrado Mezzana. The maximum card's cancellation has the same design as the stamp.]]> Raphael's portrait of Dante (reversed from the original) from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The portrait is framed by a letter "D" in the style of a medieval manuscript. Below the portrait is text as follows: "VII CENTENARIO / Dante Alighieri" (7th centenary).]]> The hand-painted cachets by Nino Masiello da Ercole on these first day covers each reproduce a different common portrait of Dante: one is based on the Naples Bust and the other is based on Gustave Doré's portrait of the poet. Below both cachets is "Pezzo unico" (unique item) and the artist's signature "Nino Masiello 2009". In the upper left corner of the envelope is the artist's logo.]]> This first day cover's hand-painted cachet by Nino Masiello da Ercole depicts a scene from Paradiso 24 in which St. Peter interrogates Dante—accompanied by Beatrice—about the poet's faith. The scene is taken from a miniature by Giovanni di Paolo in Yates Thompson 36, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the British Library. Below the cachet is "Pezzo unico" (unique item) and the artist's signature "Nino Masiello 2009". In the upper left corner of the envelope is the artist's logo.]]> This first day cover's hand-painted cachet by Nino Masiello da Ercole echoes the 2011 Italy commemorative stamp designed by Gaetano Ieluzzo. The cachet reproduces the 1965 500-lire Italy Dante stamp, the subject of which is the Naples Bust of the poet. To the left is the Italian cancellation of November 30, 2007, showing Dante in profile, and to the right is the Italian cancellation of October 23, 2009, showing a representation of Dante's hell. Below the cachet is "Pezzo unico" (unique item) and the artist's signature "Nino Masiello 2011". In the upper left corner of the envelope is the artist's logo.]]> 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.]]> Allegory of the Divine Comedy in the Florence cathedral. The cancellation has text as follows: at the top: "BUNDESKUNSTHALLE"; and at the bottom: "FLORENZ! / 22.11.13-9.3.14 in Bonn". The cancellation also features the logo of the Bundeskunsthalle and the fleur-de-lis symbol representing Florence.
]]> BZ 53 Bonn: Stempelnr.: 19/BZ119," Stempel & Informationen: Philatelie vor Ort 19 (September 13, 2013): 18.]]> 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.]]>
The stamp features a painting, Dante e la Lunigiana, by Italian artist Dante Pierini, showing one of the Bronze Age stelae of the region holding a quill pen. In front of the stela is a book with "D.C." on the cover standing for Divina commedia. Around the central image is the following text: vertically along the left side: "—1306 - 2006—"; at the top: "Lunigiana Dantesca 2006"; vertically along the right side: "VII Centenario della venuta di Dante in Lunigiana" (7th centenary of the coming of Dante in the Lunigiana); and along the bottom: "D. Pierini - Dante e la Lunigiana / CLSD € 2,50 / Tip. Moderna - La Spezia 2006". The stamp was printed by Stampa Moderna of La Spezia, Italy.

The CLSD also issued a portfolio with explanatory text, an inserted stamp, postcard, and first day cover, and images of related artwork.]]> Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Across the bottom of the portrait is text as follows: "Raffaello: The dispute (detail)". At the bottom of the stamp are the denomination and country in English and in Arabic.]]> 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".]]>