Postage Stamp - Russia / Soviet Union - 1965
This stamp was issued by the Soviet Union (Russia) to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. The stamp shows a portrait of the poet with text as follows: in the upper right corner: "4 к"; and at the bottom: "1265 1321 / ДАНТЕ / ПОЧТА СССР·1965" (Dante, Soviet Post).
Denomination: 4 к (0.04 SUR)
Perforation: 11 ½ (comb)
Printing process: Photogravure
Print run: 3,000,000
Russian
Postage Stamp
Postage Stamp - Argentina - 1965
This stamp features the statue of Dante sculpted by Enrico Pazzi and erected in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, in 1865. The statue is distinguished by the sweeping mantle which Dante holds closed and by the eagle perched behind the poet's left leg. The stamp has text as follows: "8 / PESOS"; vertically, along the right side: "DANTE ALIGHIERI"; and at the bottom: "REPUBLICA ARGENTINA". The printer and designer are indicated along the bottom edge: "CASA DE MONEDA VIII – 1965 H. GUIMARANS DIS.".
Denomination: 8 PESOS (8 ARM)
Perforation: 13 ½ (comb)
Printing process: Photogravure
Print run: 2,000,000
Enrico Pazzi
Héctor Guimarans
Casa de Moneda (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Spanish
Postage Stamp
Argentina
Postage Stamp - Italy - 1945
This postage stamp was issued for pneumatic mail and features an image of the Naples Bust of Dante. Below the portrait is "DANTE ALIGHIERI". To the right of the portrait is text as follows: "ITALIA / POSTA / PNEUMATICA / CENT. 60" (Italy, pneumatic mail). This text is superimposed on the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy. Along the bottom edge is the abbreviated name of the printer: "IST. POL. STATO - OFF. CARTE VALORI" (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori).
Denomination: CENT. 60 (0.60 ITL)
Perforation: 14 (comb)
Printing process: Photogravure
Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Postage Stamp
Italy
Postage Stamp - Italy - 1972
This series of postage stamps—issued during the 1972 UNESCO International Book Year—commemorates the 500th anniversary of the printing of the first three editions of Dante's <em>Divina commedia</em>.<sup>1</sup> The <a href="https://data.cerl.org/istc/id00022000" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">first edition</a> was printed in Foligno by Johann Neumeister and Evangelista Angelini. The <a href="https://data.cerl.org/istc/id00023000" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">second edition</a> was printed in Mantua by Georgius de Augusta and Paulus de Butzbach for Columbinus Veronensis. The <a href="https://data.cerl.org/istc/id00024000" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">third edition</a> was printed by Federicus de Comitibus Veronensis in an unknown location. Scholars once attributed the third edition to Iesi (Jesi) and the 180-lire stamp reflects this, however current scholarship attributes the printing to Venice.<br /><br />The stamps reproduce the first few printed lines of each respective edition taken from specific copies held in three Italian libraries: the 50-lire image is from the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, the 90-lire image is from the Casa di Dante in Rome, and the 180-lire image is from the Convento di San Francesco in Ravenna. Surrounding each central image is a legend: on the 50-lire stamp: "QUINTO CENTENARIO / EDIZIONE FOLIGNATE / DIVINA COMMEDIA" (5th centenary of the Foligno edition [of the] <em>Divina commedia</em>); on the 90-lire stamp: "QUINTO CENTENARIO / EDIZIONE MANTOVANA / DIVINA COMMEDIA" (5th centenary of the Mantuan edition [of the] <em>Divina commedia</em>); and on the 180-lire stamp: "QUINTO CENTENARIO / EDIZIONE JESINA / DIVINA COMMEDIA" (5th centenary of the Jesi edition of the <em>Divina commedia</em>). Along the bottom edge of each stamp is the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.S.-ROMA-1972" (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato).
Denomination: L. 50 (50 ITL); L. 90 (90 ITL); L. 180 (180 ITL)
Perforation: 13 ¼ × 14 (comb) (L. 50); 14 × 13 ¼ (comb) (L. 90); 13 ¼ × 14 (comb) (L. 180)
Printing process: Rotogravure
Print run: 15,000,000 (L. 50); 8,000,000 (L. 90); 8,000,000 (L. 180)
Johann Neumeister
Evangelista Angelini
Georgius de Augusta
Paulus de Butzbach
Columbinus Veronensis
Federicus de Comitibus Veronensis
Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Postage Stamp
Italy
Postage Stamp - Vatican City - 1965
<span>This set of four stamps was issued by Vatican City to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. The 10-lire stamp is based on the portrait of Dante in Raphael's fresco </span><em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em><span> in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The other three stamps are based on Sandro Botticelli's illustrations to the </span><em>Divina commedia</em> found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201 and a manuscript in the Vatican Library known as Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896. The illustrations are as follows<span>: Dante encounters a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf (L. 40; <em>Inferno</em> 1; Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896</span><span>), Dante and Virgil at the foot of Mount Purgatory (L. 70; </span><em>Purgatorio</em> 3<span>; MS Hamilton 201), and Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of the moon (L. 200; </span><em>Paradiso</em> 3<span>; MS Hamilton 201). All of the stamps were designed by Casimira Dabrowska and each stamp was engraved by a different person: A. Quieti (L. 10), G. Denza (L. 40), M. Soccorsi (L. 70), and E. V. de Cresci (L. 200).</span>
Denomination: 10 lire (10 VAL); 40 lire (40 VAL); 70 lire (70 VAL); 200 lire (200 VAL)
Perforation: 13 ½ × 14 (comb)
Printer: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori (Rome, Italy)
Printing process: Photogravure
Print run: 3,156,600 sets
Raphael
Sandro Botticelli
Casimira Dabrowska
A. Quieti
G. Denza
M. Soccorsi
E. V. de Cresci
Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Latin
Postage Stamp
Vatican City
Envelope - Asociación Dante Alighieri
This envelope, printed by Exito, is an example of stationery used by the Asociación Dante Alighieri in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1970s. The association is a cultural institution devoted to Italian language and culture. The envelope was postmarked on July 29, 1974 in Buenos Aires with a related typographic meter stamp.
1974-07-29
Asociación Dante Alighieri (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Exito (Argentina)
Spanish
Stationery-Envelope
Argentina
Postage Stamp - Italy - 1987
This postage stamp was issued as part of a four-stamp set celebrating Italian piazzas. The stamp shows Piazza dei Signori (also known as Piazza Dante) in Verona. In the center of the piazza is a statue of Dante sculpted by Ugo Zannoni and erected in 1865. Behind the statue are two buildings: the Loggia del Consiglio on the left and the Palazzo del Podestà on the right. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper left corner: "Italia"; in the upper right corner: "700"; and at the bottom: "Verona – Piazza dei Signori". Along the bottom edge is the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.Z.S. ROMA 1987" (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome) and the designer: "F. TULLI" (Francesco Tulli).
Denomination: 700 (700 ITL)
Perforation: 14 × 13 ¼ (comb)
Printing process: Photogravure and offset
Print run: 5,000,000
Ugo Zannoni
Francesco Tulli
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Postage Stamp
Italy
Postcard - Ivan Aivazovsky
<span>This postcard is a photographic reproduction of an 1883 painting by Russian Romantic artist </span>Ivan Aivazovsky<span> (1817–1900) showing Dante on a mountain pointing skyward. The card has a caption in Russian: "</span><small>И.К. АЙВАЗОВСКІЙ – ДАНТЕ АЮБУЕТСЯ ОБЯАКАМН</small><span>." (I.K. Aivazovsky – Dante admires the clouds). <span>The card was postmarked on February 24, 1907, carries a message written in Esperanto, and is addressed to a recipient in Turin, Italy.</span></span>
1907-02-24
Ivan Aivazovsky
Russian
Esperanto
Stationery-Postcard
Italy
Postcard - Sborgi-A. del Senno
<p>This postcard features an illustration (<em>Il saluto di Beatrice</em>) by A. del Senno of Beatric greeting Dante. On the verso, the card has a quotation in Italian from Dante's <em>Vita nuova</em> (3:1): "'...E passando per una via volse gli occhi verso quella parte ove io era molto pauroso e... mi salutò virtuosamente tanto'." (And passing along a street, she turned her eyes toward where I stood timidly and ... she greeted me so miraculously).</p>
<p>The card is stamped with the 10-lire Vatican City postage stamp of 1965 and was postmarked in Vatican City on September 18, 1965.</p>
E. Sborgi (Florence, Italy)
1965-09-18
A. del Senno
E. Sborgi (Florence, Italy)
Italian
Stationery-Postcard
Italy
Postcard - Sborgi-Olivotto
This postcard features an illustration (<em>Dante e Beatrice</em>) by Olivotto of Beatrice greeting Dante with the city of Florence in the the distance.
E. Sborgi (Florence, Italy)
Olivotto
E. Sborgi (Florence, Italy)
Italian
Stationery-Postcard
Italy
Cancellation - Argentina (Córdoba) - 2008 May 9–30
<p><span><span>This circular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on the portrait by </span></span>Gustave Doré <span>surrounded by text advertising the "</span><small>MUESTRA FILATÉLICA Y NUMISMÁTICA</small><span> / </span><small>70 AÑOS ASOCIACIÓN DANTE ALIGHIERI</small><span>" (Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition / 70 Years Asociación Dante Alighieri).</span></p>
Place of cancellation: Córdoba, Argentina, X5000ZAA
Gustave Doré
Spanish
Cancellation
Argentina
Cancellation - Germany (Bonn) - 1971 September 3
<span>This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante surrounded by text: "</span><small>BONN</small><span> 1", "'Dante'~</span><small>GEDENK~MARKE</small><span>", "</span><small>ERSTAUSG.</small><span>", and "53".</span>
Place of cancellation: Bonn, Germany, 53
German
Cancellation
Germany
Cancellation - Italy (Bagnacavallo) - 1971 September 26
<span>This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante looking over his left shoulder with text to the left: "</span><small>OMAGGIO / A DANTE / ALIGHIERI / 1265 - 1321</small><span>" (Homage to Dante Alighieri).</span>
Place of cancellation: Bagnacavallo, Italy, 48012
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - Italy (Ravenna) - 1971 October 23
<span>This rectangular cancellation features Dante's tomb in Ravenna to the left of a text box: "</span><small>RAVENNA / 1321 – 1971 / 650<sup>o</sup> / ANNIVERSARIO / MORTE DI DANTE</small><span>".</span>
Place of cancellation: Ravenna, Italy, 48100
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - Italy (Trento) - 1975 May 29
<span>This square cancellation was created for the "</span><small>5<sup><span style="text-decoration:underline;">A</span></sup> MOSTRA FILATELICA NAZIONALE</small><span>" (5th National Philatelic Exhibition). In addition to that text, the cancellation features a left-facing portrait of Dante and the following text: "</span><small>38100 TRENTO C.P.</small><span>", "Servizi distaccali", and "</span><small>29-5-75 C.A.S.C. BANCA D'ITALIA</small><span>".</span>
Place of cancellation: Trento, Italy, 38100
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - Italy (Lecce) - 1981 September 22
<span>This cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante surrounded by the phrase "</span><small>65<sup>o</sup>CONGRESSO INT.LE-SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI</small><span>" (65th International Congress - Società Dante Alighieri).</span>
Place of cancellation: Lecce, Italy, 73100
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - Italy (Roma) - 1990 May 12
<span>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 design are "</span><small>ROMA FILATELICO</small><span>" (Rome Philatelic) and "</span><small>CENTENARIO SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI</small><span>" (Società Dante Alighieri centenary).</span>
Place of cancellation: Roma, Italy
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - Italy (Foligno) - 1995 April 29
<span>This circular cancellation celebrates the 523rd anniversary of the first printed edition of the </span><em>Divina commedia</em><span>. The edition was printed in 1472 in Foligno by Johann Neumeister and Evangelista Angelini. The central image is of an open printed book which is surrounded by text: "</span><small>06034 FOLIGNO (PG) / 29.4.1995</small><span>" and "</span><small>523<sup>o</sup> ANNUALE PRIMA EDIZIONE A STAMPA DELLA DIVINA COMMEDIA</small><span>" (523rd anniversary of the first printed edition of the </span><em>Divina commedia</em><span>).</span>
Place of cancellation: Foligno, Italy, 06034
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - Italy (Firenze) - 2007 November 30
<span>This square cancellation features a left-facing portrait of Dante surrounded by the following text: "</span><small>FIRENZE V.R.</small><span>"; "</span><small>FESTA DELLA TOSCANA</small><span>" (Tuscany Festival); "</span><small>PROFILO DI DANTE</small><span>" (profile of Dante); and "</span><small>MOSTRA FILATELICA E CARTOLINE</small><span>" (Philatelic exhibition and postcards).</span>
Place of cancellation: Firenze, Italy
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - Italy (Merano) - 2009 May 9
<span>This circular cancellation features left-facing portraits of Dante and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe surrounded by text: "</span><small>39012 MERANO CENTRO-MERAN ZENTRUM (BZ)</small><span>", "</span><small>50<sup>o</sup>ANNIVERSARIO FONDAZIONE ACCADEMIA DI STUDI ITALO-TEDESCHI</small><span>" (50th anniversary of the foundation of the Academy of Italian-German Studies), "</span><small>AKADEMIE DEUTSCH-ITALIENISCHER STUDIEN</small><span>" (Academy of German-Italian Studies), and "Goethe / 9.5.2009 / Dante / Giorno di emissione" (day of issue).</span>
Place of cancellation: Merano, Italy, 39012
German
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
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 NAZIONALE MULTIDISTRETTO 108 ITALY" (57th National Multidistrict Congress 108 Italy).
Place of cancellation: Ravenna, Italy
Pietro Lombardo
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - Italy (Roma) - 2009 October 21
<span>This circular cancellation depicts a scene from the beginning of the </span><em>Inferno</em><span> 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, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Vatican Library. The design echoes the 2009 joint-issue Italy–San Marino–Vatican City postage stamp. Around the central design are "Italia / 2009 / </span><small><em>DANTE ALIGHIERI</em></small><span>", "Giorno di emissione" (day of issue), "</span><small>ROMA EUR</small><span>", and "</span><small>FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DELLA FILATELIA</small><span>" (International Festival of Philately).</span>
Place of cancellation: Roma, Italy
Italian
Cancellation
Italy
Cancellation - San Marino - 2009 October 21
<span>This circular cancellation depicts a scene from the beginning of the </span><em>Inferno</em><span> 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, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Vatican Library. The design echoes the 2009 joint-issue Italy–San Marino–Vatican City postage stamp. The text is as follows: "</span><small>GIORNATA / DELLA / LINGUA ITALIANA</small><span>" (Day of the Italian Language), "poste" (mail), and "san marino".</span>
Place of cancellation: San Marino, San Marino
Italian
Cancellation
San Marino
Cancellation - Mexico - 1965 November 23
<span>This rectangular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on the portrait in Raphael's fresco painting </span><em>The Parnassus</em><span>. The design echoes the 1965 Mexico postage stamp. To the right of the portrait is text: "</span><small>DANTE ALIGHIERI / 1265 – 1321 / DIA DE EMISION</small><span>" (day of issue).</span>
Place of cancellation: Mexico D.F., Mexico
Raphael
Spanish
Cancellation
Mexico
Cancellation - Vatican City - 2009 October 21
<span>This circular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on Sandro Botticelli's fifteenth-century portrait now in the Fondation Martin Bodmer in Cologny, Switzerland. The portrait on the cancellation is reversed from the original. The portrait is surrounded by text as follows: "</span><small>POSTE VATICANE</small><span>", "</span><small>DIE EMISSIONIS</small><span>" (day of issue), and "</span><small>GIORNATA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA</small><span>" (Day of the Italian Language).</span>
Place of cancellation: Vatican City
Sandro Botticelli
Italian
Latin
Cancellation
Vatican City
Postage Stamp - Monaco - 1966
This set of five postage stamps was issued by Monaco to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. While the stamps are dated 1965, they were not issued until February 1, 1966. All of the stamps were designed by P. Lambert and the subjects are as follows:<br /><ul><li>The 30-centime stamp shows a left-facing portrait of Dante with text as follows: in the upper left corner: "MONACO / 1965"; in the upper right corner: "0,30"; and at the bottom: "DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265-1321". The names of the designer and the engraver appear in the lower right corner: "P. LAMBERT" and "COTTET".</li>
<li>The 60-centime stamp depicts Dante in the dark wood impeded by a leopard from <em>Inferno</em> 1:31–36. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper right corner: "MONACO 1965 / 0,60"; and in the lower left corner: "DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265-1321". The names of the designer and the engraver appear in the lower center and right corner: "P. LAMBERT" and "MONVOISIN".</li>
<li>The 70-centime stamp depicts Dante and Virgil crossing the Styx from <em>Inferno</em> 8:25–30. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper left corner: "MONACO 1965 / 0,70"; and in the lower right corner: "DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265-1321". The name of the designer, "P. LAMBERT", appears in the lower left corner and the name of the engraver appears vertically in the lower right corner: "BETEMPS".</li>
<li>The 95-centime stamp shows Dante observing praying penitents from <em>Purgatorio</em>. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper right corner: "MONACO 1965 / 0,95"; and in the lower left corner: "DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265-1321". The names of the designer and the engraver appear in the lower right corner: "P. LAMBERT" and "DURRENS".</li>
<li>The 1-franc stamp depicts Saint Bernard's intercession from <em>Paradiso</em> 31:58–142. Here the saint replaces Beatrice as Dante's guide through the Empyrean and leads him to seek St. Mary. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper left corner: "MONACO 1965 / 1,00"; and in the lower right corner: "1265-1321 / DANTE ALIGHIERI". The name of the designer, "P. LAMBERT", appears vertically in the lower left corner and the name of the engraver appears vertically in the lower right corner: "MONVOISIN".</li>
</ul>
Denomination: 0,30 (0.30 MCF); 0,60 (0.60 MCF); 0,70 (0.70 MCF); 0,95 (0.95 MCF); 1,00 (1.00 MCF)
Perforation: 13 (comb)
Printing process: Steel-engraving
Print run: 418,019 (0,30); 228,847 (0,60); 229,238 (0,70); 227,247 (0,95); 227,929 (1,00)
P. Lambert
Cottet
Monvoisin
Betemps
Durrens
French
Postage Stamp
Monaco
Poster Stamp - Giornata della Dante Alighieri
This poster stamp features Giotto's portrait of Dante embossed in gold on a dark blue background with a fleur-de-lis in each corner and surrounded by text as follows: "<span>GIORNATA DELLA DANTE ALIGHIERI" (Dante Alighieri Day). Based on its style, the stamp may be from the 1970s.</span>
Italian
Poster Stamp
Italy
Cinderella Stamp - Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Milano
The Milan chapter of the Società Dante Alighieri issued this cinderella stamp in sheets of six in 1985 possibly for the benefit of the Associazione Nazionale Famiglie degli Emigrati (National Association of Families of Emigrants).
The stamp features a portrait of Dante superimposed on a map of the world with lines focusing on Italy. The stamps have text as follows: upper right corner: “CENT. 50”; at the bottom: “1893-1985 / SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI”; along the bottom edge: “DIS C. RIMOLDI” and “A.N.F.E.”.
Denomination: CENT. 50 (0.50 ITL)
C. Rimoldi
Associazione Nazionale Famiglie degli Emigrati (Italy)
Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Milano (Milan, Italy)
Italian
Cinderella Stamp
Italy
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - KJM
This first day cover was issued by KJM (K. J. Moran) and 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 / FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / KJM". Except for the text at the bottom the design is identical to Moran's <a href="http://danteonstamps.com/ds/items/show/224" target="_blank">Universal Philatelic Cover Society</a> cachet.
KJM
K. J. Moran
English
First Day Cover
United States
Cinderella Stamp - Verneland
This cinderella stamp from the fictional nation of Verneland features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco painting <em>The Parnassus</em>. The stamp is printed directly onto the cover envelope which has a cachet of Giotto's portrait of Dante with text as follows: "FAMOUS VICTIMS / WHO DIED OF MALARIA" and "DANTE ALIGHIERI / Italian poet, died of malaria in 1321". The cover also shows a mosquito.
Denomination: 3g
Raphael
Giotto
English
Cinderella Stamp