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Poster Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Montevideo
This poster stamp was issued by the Montevideo, Uruguay, chapter of the Società Dante Alighieri to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the poet's death in 1921. The stamp features the logo of the Società Dante Alighieri which is a portrait of Dante…
Maximum Card - Italy - 2011 - Patrizio Virzì
This maximum card and cancellation were commissioned for the philatelic exhibition held in Cesena, Italy, from October 29 to November 1, 2011. The theme of the exhibition was "L'Inferno di Dante" (Dante's Inferno) and 34 members of the Centro…
Poster Stamp - Belloni-Marioni
This poster stamp was issued by Carlo Belloni of Milan and features a paraphrase from Inferno 33:80, "Italia! Il bel paese dove il sì suona......" (Italy! The beautiful country where the "sì" is heard......) followed by the propagandistic phrase "È…
Poster Stamp - Bertieri & Vanzetti
This poster stamp was issued by Bertieri & Vanzetti of Milan and features the Naples Bust of Dante and a propaganda slogan. The stamp has text as follows: "ITALIANI / DATE LA PREFERENZA / ALLE INDUSTRIE / NAZIONALI" (Italians give preference to…
Poster Stamp - C. Borrani
This poster stamp commemorates the 600th anniversary of Dante's visit to San Gimignano as an ambassador from Florence as well as the death of Blessed Bartolo in 1300. The stamp shows the coat of arms of San Gimignano above a portrait of Bartolo and…
Poster Stamp - Budapest Portrait
This poster stamp features a left-facing portrait of Dante within a decorative floral background with the faces of three putti. Below the portrait is text as follows: "DANTE-ALIGHIERI / 1265~1321". The version overprinted in blue has "BUDAPEST" and…
Poster Stamp - Cassa nazionale di previdenza per la invalidità e la vecchiaia degli operai and Società Dante Alighieri
This set of poster stamps was issued around 1903 to promote a loan program benefiting the Cassa nazionale di previdenza per la invalidità e la vecchiaia degli operai (National Insurance Fund for the Disability and Old Age of Workers) and the Società…
Cinderella Stamp - Campagna nazionale antitubercolare, 1965
This set of cinderella stamps was issued by the Federazione italiana contro la tubercolosi e Consorzi provinciali antitubercolari (Italian Federation Against Tuberculosis and Provincial Antituberculosis Consortium) for the "XXVIII CAMPAGNA NAZIONALE…
Poster Stamp - S. Crestani
This poster stamp was designed by S. Crestani to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth in 1965. The stamp shows a scene with Dante and Virgil next to a larger portrait of Dante and has text as follows: at the top: "VIIo CENTENARIO /…
Poster Stamp - Delandre
This poster stamp, likely from around 1920, is in the style of Delandre, pseudonym of Gaston Fontanille, and may have been issued by him.The stamp depicts Cesare Zocchi's 1896 monument to Dante in Trent with the flag of the Kingdom of Italy…
Poster Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri
This poster stamp was issued by the Società Dante Alighieri probably in the lates 1920s. The stamp shows a portrait of Dante in the center of a round shield above a sword. In the background is a sailboat on the Gulf of Naples with Mount Vesuvius in…
Poster Stamp - Kiállítás Budapest
This poster stamp was issued in 1921 for the Kiállítás Budapest (Budapest Exhibition). The stamp depicts a scene showing Dante and two other figures within a circular frame and has text as follows: in the upper corners: "1321 / 1921"; around the…
Poster Stamp - U. Marucelli & Co.
This poster stamp is no. 4 in the second series of "MARCHE NAZIONALISTE" (nationalist stamps) featuring "ITALIANI ILLUSTRI" (illustrious Italians) issued by U. Marucelli & Co. of Milan. The stamp features a portrait of Dante and a propaganda…
Cinderella Stamp - P.R. Tongo
This cinderella stamp from the fictional nation of P.R. Tongo features Giotto's portrait of Dante.
Poster Stamp - Santiago, Chile
This poster stamp was issued to commemorate the 600th anniversary of Dante's death in 1921 and shows Dante in the center of a ceremonial wreath holding a copy of the Divina commedia; above the wreath are the coat of arms of Chile on the left and of…
Poster Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri
This series of seals presumably was produced by or for a local chapter of the Società Dante Alighieri in the 1990s. Each seal features Giotto's portrait of Dante, the letters "SDA" vertically along the left side, and the year at the bottom. The seals…
Cinderella Stamp - Bellosi e Cumino-Dezzutti
These cinderella stamps were issued around 1908 by or for the Società Dante Alighieri, here printed as "Società nazionale Dante Alighieri". A portrait of Dante appears above a quotation from Purgatorio 6:80: "SOL · PER · LO · DOLCE · SVON · DELLA ·…
Cinderella Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Santiago-Cile
This series of cinderella stamps was issued for the benefit of the Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Santiago-Cile. The stamps show a left-facing portrait of Dante with a ceremonial torch to the right. At the top of the stamps is text as follows:…
Poster Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato mantovano
This set of poster stamps was issued by the Mantua chapter of the Società Dante Alighieri, probably in 1930 when the SDA's 35th congress was held in that city. The stamps depict a scene from the base of Cesare Zocchi's 1896 monument to Dante in Trent…
Poster Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri, 33rd Congress (1928)
This set of poster stamps was issued for the Società Dante Alighieri's 33rd congress held in Treviso-Vittorio, Italy, in 1928. The stamps feature a left-facing portrait of Dante below a sunrise and text as follows: "SOCIETÀ NAZIONALE / 'DANTE…
Cinderella Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri "Pro Emigranti"
A mixed series of cinderella stamps issued for the benefit of the Società Dante Alighieri and "Pro Emigranti" (for emigrants). The 10-lire stamps feature a right-facing portrait of Dante, a globe, and a ship. The 50-lire stamps feature a left-facing…
Maximum Card - Argentina - 1965 - Círculo Filatélico de Liniers
This maximum card was issued by the philatelic group Círculo Filatélico de Liniers and postmarked in Buenos Aires on September 16, 1965. The card features Gustave Doré's portrait of Dante. Below the portrait is a detail from Doré's illustration…
Maximum Card - United States - 1965 - Colorano
This maximum card was issued by Colorano (Series 1965, no. 5) and postmarked in San Francisco on July 17, 1965. The card mimics the 1965 United States postage stamp designed by American painter Douglas Gorsline.
Maximum Card - Uruguay - 1967 - Luca Signorelli
This maximum card, postmarked in February 1967, commemorates the 1966 Uruguay postage stamp honoring Dante. The card's portrait of Dante is a reversed detail from Luca Signorelli's painting in the cathedral of Orvieto, Italy.
Postage Stamp - Antigua and Barbuda - 2000
Issued as part of a series to commemorate the turn of the millennium, this postage stamp portrays Dante's lifelong love and muse, Beatrice Portinari, against an Italian landscape with a quotation in English from the Vita nuova (19:11): "So Cupid…
Postage Stamp - Bulgaria - 1998
This postage stamp was issued to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix and reproduces a detail from his first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of…
Postage Stamp - Cambodia - 1983
This stamp was issued by Cambodia as part of a series celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of the painter Raphael. The stamp features a detail from Raphael's painting The Parnassus showing the poets Dante, Homer, and Virgil. The stamp has…
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Chickering-Jackson
This first day cover was designed by Charles R. Chickering and issued by Gladys Jackson's Jackson Cover Service (New York, New York). Chickering retired from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1962 after a fifteen-year career there as a stamp…
Postage Stamp - Italy - 1965
This set of four postage stamps was issued to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. Three of the stamps each depict a scene apiece from one of the parts of the Divina commedia: Inferno, Purgatorio, or Paradiso. The fourth stamp shows the…
Maximum Card - Vatican City - 1965 - Stampa Filatelica
This series of maximum cards was issued by Stampa Filatelica (Golden Series, no. 104–107; series supervised by Vittorio Lo Bianco) for the Vatican City postage stamps of 1965. The first card (no. 104), like the stamp, shows Raphael's portrait of…