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 - 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
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 <em>Inferno</em>) and 34 members of the Centro italiano di filatelia tematica exhibited their collections of stamps illustrating each canto of the <em>Inferno</em> (part of the Progetto Dante). The exhibition was a collaboration of the local philatelic circle, Circolo culturale filatelico numismatico "Ennio Giunchi", and the national thematic organization, Centro italiano di filatelia tematica. The painting depicted on the card and on the cancellation shows Dante with the faces of souls in hell and is the work of Patrizio Virzì, an artist from Cesena, Italy. The painting is titled <em>L'Inferno di Dante</em>. The card is stamped with the 2009 Italian stamp from the Italy-San Marino-Vatican City joint issue.
Patrizio Virzì
Circolo culturale filatelico numismatico "Ennio Giunchi" (Cesena, Italy)
Centro italiano di filatelia tematica (Florence, Italy)
Italian
Maximum Card
Italy
Postage Stamp - Italy - 2009
<span>This postage stamp was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Accademia di studi italo-tedeschi/Akademie Deutsch-Italienischer Studien in Merano, Italy. The stamp shows the academy's logo consisting of overlapping profile portraits of Dante and German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe within a circle. At the top of the stamp is text as follows: "ACCADEMIA DI STUDI ITALO-TEDESCHI / AKADEMIE DEUTSCH-ITALIENISCHER STUDIEN / 1959-2009 / MERANO MERAN" (Academy for Italian-German Studies, Merano). Along the bottom edge of the stamp is the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.Z.S. S.p.A. - ROMA - 2009" (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato) and the designer: "A.M. MARESCA" (Anna Maria Maresca).</span>
Denomination: € 0,60 (0.60 EUR)
Perforation: 13 × 13 ¼ (comb)
Printing process: Four-color rotogravure
Print run: 3,500,000
Anna Maria Maresca
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Rome, Italy)
German
Italian
Postage Stamp
Italy
Postage Stamp - Monaco - 2009
This set of three postage stamps was issued by Monaco to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of a committee of the Società Dante Alighieri in the principality. The stamps feature portraits of three famous Italians: Niccolò Machiavelli, Giovanni Boccaccio, and Francesco Petrarca. In the lower right corner of each stamp is a small version of Giotto's portrait of Dante surrounded by text as follows: "DANTE ALIGHIERI - MONACO 1979 - 2009". The stamps have text as follows:<br /><ul><li>70-cent stamp: at the top: "Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527); and at the bottom: "0,70€ / MONACO".</li>
<li>85-cent stamp: at the top: "Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375); and at the bottom: "0,85€ / MONACO".</li>
<li>1.30-euro stamp: at the top: "Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374); and at the bottom: "1,30€ / MONACO".</li>
</ul>
The names of the designer, printer, and engraver appear along the bottom edge of each stamp: "DE LA PATELLIERE" (Cyril de la Patelliere); "Phil@poste 2009"; and "BEAUJARD" (Yves Beaujard).
Denomination: 0,70€ (0.70 EUR); 0,85€ (0.85 EUR); 1,30€ (1.30 EUR)
Perforation: 12 ¼ × 13 (comb)
Printing process: Three-color steel-engraving
Cyril de la Patelliere
Yves Beaujard
Giotto
Phil@poste (Boulazac, France)
French
Italian
Postage Stamp
Monaco
Postage Stamp - Italy - 2009
This postage stamp was issued as part of a joint issue with San Marino and Vatican City for the Giornata della Lingua Italiana (Celebration Day of the Italian Language) in 2009. It is also the fourth issue in the Festival internazionale della Filatelia "Italy 2009" (International Festival of Philately) series.<br /><br />The stamp depicts a scene from the beginning of <em>Inferno</em> 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. Each stamp is printed adjacent to a label with the third line from <em>Inferno</em> 1: "ché la / diritta / via / era / smarrita." (that the right way was lost). The first two lines of <em>Inferno</em> appear on the Vatican City and San Marino stamps, respectively. The stamp has text as follows: at the top: "€ 0,60"; at the bottom: "ITALIA"; and along the bottom, the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.Z.S. S.p.A. - ROMA - 2009" (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato). The stamp was designed by Mauro Olivieri and Orlando Tomassi.
Denomination: € 0,60 (0.60 EUR)
Perforation: 13 ¼ × 13 (comb)
Printing process: Rotogravure
Print run: 5,000,000
Mauro Olivieri
Orlando Tomassi
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Postage Stamp
Italy
Postage Stamp - San Marino - 2009
<span>This postage stamp was issued as part of a joint issue with Italy and Vatican City for the Giornata della Lingua Italiana (Celebration Day of the Italian Language) in 2009. It depicts a scene from the beginning of </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. Each stamp is printed adjacent to a label with the second line from <em>Inferno</em> 1: "mi / ritrovai / per una / selva / oscura," (I found myself in a dark wood). The first and third lines of </span><em>Inferno</em><span> appear on the Vatican City and Italy stamps, respectively. The stamp was designed by Mauro Olivieri and Orlando Tomassi and printed by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato.</span>
Denomination: 0,60 (0.60 EUR)
Perforation: 13 ¼ × 13 (comb)
Printing process: Rotogravure
Print run: 600,000
Mauro Olivieri
Orlando Tomassi
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Postage Stamp
San Marino
Postage Stamp - Vatican City - 2009
<span>This postage stamp was issued as part of a joint issue with Italy and San Marino for the Giornata della Lingua Italiana (Celebration Day of the Italian Language) in 2009. It depicts a scene from the beginning of </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. Each stamp is printed adjacent to a label with the first line from <em>Inferno</em> 1: "Nel / mezzo / del cammin / di nostra / vita" (Midway in the journey of our life). The second and third lines of </span><em>Inferno</em><span> appear on the San Marino and Italy stamps, respectively. The stamp was designed by Mauro Olivieri and Orlando Tomassi and printed by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato.</span>
Denomination: 0,60 (0.60 EUR)
Perforation: 13 ¼ × 13 (comb)
Printing process: Rotogravure
Print run: 600,000
Mauro Olivieri
Orlando Tomassi
Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Rome, Italy)
Italian
Postage Stamp
Vatican City
Miniature Sheet - Italy - 2009
The Italy miniature sheet features five stamps with adjacent labels. In the left margin are logos for the 2009 Festival Internazionale della Filatelia (International Festival of Philately) and Poste Italiane; in the right margin is a barcode and the repeated festival logo. At the top is “EMISSIONE CONGIUNTA ITALIA – CITTÀ DEL VATICANO – SAN MARINO” (joint issue, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino) and at the bottom is “21 OTTOBRE 2009 – GIORNATA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA" (21 October 2009, Celebration Day of the Italian Language).
Italian
Miniature Sheet
Italy
Miniature Sheet - San Marino - 2009
Italian
Miniature Sheet
San Marino
Miniature Sheet - Vatican City - 2009
Italian
Miniature Sheet
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 2009 - Uncacheted
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Italy - 2009 - Poste Italiane
Poste Italiane
Italian
First Day Cover
Italy
First Day Cover - Italy - 2009 - Poste Italiane
Poste Italiane
Italian
First Day Cover
Italy
First Day Cover - Monaco - 2009 - Office des Émissions de Timbres-Poste
<span>These three first day covers were issued by the Monaco Office des Émissions de Timbres-Poste to accompany the </span>three postage stamps<span> issued to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of a branch of the Società Dante Alighieri in the principality. The cachets feature a globe showing Europe and northern Africa with the location of Monaco indicated in red. Above the globe is "PRINCIPAUTÉ DE MONACO OFFICE DES ÉMISSIONS DE TIMBRES-POSTE" and the coat of arms of Monaco. Below is "2009 PREMIER JOUR D'ÉMISSION - FIRST DAY COVER".</span>
Office des Émissions de Timbres-Poste (Monaco)
English
French
First Day Cover
Monaco
First Day Cover - San Marino - 2009 - Azienda Autonoma di Stato Filatelica e Numismatica
Azienda Autonoma di Stato Filatelica e Numismatica (San Marino)
Italian
First Day Cover
San Marino
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 2009 - Masiello da Ercole
<span>This first day cover's hand-painted cachet by Nino Masiello da Ercole depicts <span>a scene from </span><em>Paradiso </em><span>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.</span></span><span><span> 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.</span></span>
Nino Masiello da Ercole
Giovanni di Paolo
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Italy - 2009 - Masiello da Ercole
<span>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 <span>Gustave Doré's portrait of the poet. </span></span><span><span>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.</span></span>
Nino Masiello da Ercole
Gustave Doré
Italian
First Day Cover
Italy
Miniature Sheet - Vatican City - 2009
Vatican City issued this miniature sheet to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Raphael's fresco <em>Disputation of the Holy Sacrament</em>. 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 <span>– 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.</span>
Österreichische Staatsdruckerei (Vienna, Austria)
Raphael
Italian
Miniature Sheet
Vatican City