Cinderella Stamp - Congo (DRC)
This cinderella stamp was issued with seven others as part of a miniature sheet fraudulently attributed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While the sheet is titled "Michelangelo" only a few of the artworks on the sheet are his. This stamp reproduces Eugène Delacroix's painting <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (known in English as <em>The Barque of Dante</em> or <em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em>). 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.
Denomination: 120 CF
Eugène Delacroix
French
Cinderella Stamp
Congo (DRC)
First Day Cover - Central African Republic - 2016
Eugène Delacroix
French
First Day Cover
Central African Republic
Miniature Sheet - Central African Republic - 2016
This miniature sheet commemorates the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863). The sheet featues four of the artist's paintings:<br /><ul><li><em>La Liberté guidant le peuple</em> (1830)</li>
<li><em>Chevaux arabes combattant dans une écurie</em> (1860)</li>
<li><em>Dernières paroles de l'empereur Marc Aurèle</em> (1844)</li>
<li><em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (1822)</li>
</ul><p>The background depicts a wooden artist's palette on a piece of wood. Below the stamps is "Eugène Delacroix / 1798–1863". <span>The sheet was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.</span></p>
Eugène Delacroix
Stamperija (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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French
Miniature Sheet
Central African Republic
Postage Stamp - Central African Republic - 2016
This postage stamp was issued by the Central African Republic as part of a series to commemorate the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix. The stamp reproduces his first major painting, <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (known in English as <em>The Barque of Dante</em> or<em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em>). At the top of the stamp is a caption, "Eugène Delacroix 1798–1863 / <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers,</em> 1822", the denomination, "900<sup>F</sup>", and "Postes 2016". At the bottom is the country name: "République Centrafricaine". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Denomination: 900<sup>F</sup> (900 XAF)
Perforation: 14 × 14
Printing process: Offset lithography
Eugène Delacroix
Stamperija (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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French
Postage Stamp
Central African Republic
Miniature Sheet - São Tomé and Príncipe - 2013
Eugène Delacroix
Miniature Sheet
São Tomé and Príncipe
Postage Stamp - São Tomé and Príncipe - 2013
This postage stamp was issued by São Tomé and Príncipe as part of a series to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Eugène Delacroix. The stamp reproduces his first major painting, <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (known in English as <em>The Barque of Dante</em> or <em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em>). At the top of the stamp is: "Eugène Delacroix / 1798 – 1863" and the denomination, "Db 25000"; to the left of Dante is the painting's title in Portuguese: "<em>A Barca de</em> / <em>Dante,</em> 1822". At the bottom is the country name and year: "S. Tomé e Príncipe 2013". <span> The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.</span>
Denomination: Db 25000
Perforation: 13
Printing Process: Offset lithography
Eugène Delacroix
Stamperija (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Portuguese
Postage Stamp
São Tomé and Príncipe
Miniature Sheet - Guinea - 2013
This miniature sheet commemorates the 150th anniversary of the death of the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863). The <a href="http://danteonstamps.com/ds/items/show/239" target="_blank">2013 Guinean postage stamp</a> featuring the artist's painting <em>The Barque of Dante</em> is surrounded by a reinterpretation of his painting <em>The Massacre at Chios</em>. At the top of the sheet is text as follows: "150 ème anniversaire de la disparition / d' EUGÈNE DELACROIX / <em>Le massacre de Chios, 1825</em>" (150th anniversary of the death of Eugène Delacroix, <em>The Massacre at Chios</em>).
Eugène Delacroix
French
Miniature Sheet
Guinea
Postage Stamp - Guinea - 2013
This postage stamp was issued by Guinea to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix. The stamp reproduces his first major painting, <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (known in English as <em>The Barque of Dante</em> or <em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em>). At the top of the stamp is a caption, "<em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers,</em> / <em>1822</em>", and the denomination, "40000<sup>FG</sup>". At the bottom is text as follows: "Eugène Delacroix 1798–1863"; "Office de la Poste Guinéenne 2013"; and "REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE". <span>The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.</span>
Denomination: 40000<sup>FG</sup> (40000 GNF)
Perforation: 13 ½ (comb)
Printing process: Offset lithography
Eugène Delacroix
Stamperija (Vilnius, Lithuania)
French
Postage Stamp
Guinea
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Capitolium
These first day covers were issued by Capitolium (nos. V. 46 and V. 46/a).<br /><br />The cachet for no. V. 46 shows Dante and Beatrice in heaven. In the upper right corner is "1265 / 1965" and at the bottom is the following text: "VII CENTENARIO DELLA NASCITA / DI DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary of the birth of Dante Alighieri). <span>This cachet is known to have been printed in a blue version and a red version.</span><br /><br /><span>One of the cachets for the V. 46/a series features</span><span> Luca Signorelli's painting of Dante in the cathedral of Orvieto, Italy. The other cachet shows <span>a detail from French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, </span><em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em><span> (known in English as </span><em>The Barque of Dante</em><span> or </span><em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em><span>). Below both images is text as follows: "VII CENTENARIO NASCITA DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary [of the] birth [of] Dante Alighieri). </span></span>
Capitolium
Luca Signorelli
Eugène Delacroix
Italian
First Day Cover
Vatican City
First Day Cover - Germany - 1971 - Folio-Print
<span>The cachet on this first day cover reproduces a detail from Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, </span><em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em><span> (known in German as </span><em>Dante und Vergil in der Unterwelt</em><span> and in English as </span><em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em><span> or </span><em>The Barque of Dante</em><span>). The cachet is a separate piece, laminated, and pasted to the envelope.</span>
Eugène Delacroix
Folio-Print
German
First Day Cover
Germany
First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Overseas Mailer
Overseas Mailer reissued other first day covers with a modification. In the case of the Dante FDC, Overseas Mailer added a small, green, woodcut-style portrait of Dante to the <a href="http://www.danteonstamps.com/ds/items/show/58" target="_blank">Chickering-Jackson FDC</a>. The Chickering-Jackson 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 designer. He designed first day cover cachets for Jackson from 1963 until his death in 1970.<br /><br />Chickering's cachet features a reversed detail from Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (known in English as <em>The Barque of Dante</em> or <em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em>). Above this detail is a depiction of the storm of lustful sinners from <em>Inferno</em> 5. Text from the top of the cachet down reads: "Dante Alighieri / Poet · Philosopher / of the Middle / Ages"; "Dante and / Virgil in / Hell"; "Born in / Florence 1265"; and "First Day of Issue" beside which are the names Jackson and Chickering.
Charles R. Chickering
Gladys Jackson
Jackson Cover Service (New York, New York)
Eugène Delacroix
Overseas Mailer
<a href="http://www.danteonstamps.com/ds/items/show/58" target="_blank">First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Chickering-Jackson</a>
English
First Day Cover
United States
Miniature Sheet - Guinea - 2002
<p>This miniature sheet features nine paintings by the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) and is part of a much larger series of seventy-two stamps celebrating European painters. The stamps on this sheet reproduce the following paintings:</p>
<ul><li><a><em>The Barque of Dante</em></a></li>
<li><a><em>The Massacre at Chios</em></a></li>
<li><em>The Women of Algiers (In Their Apartment)</em></li>
<li><em>Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople</em></li>
<li><em>Liberty Leading the People</em></li>
<li>[Battle]</li>
<li><em>Christ on the Sea of Galilee</em></li>
<li><em>Death of Sardanapalus</em></li>
<li><em>The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan</em></li>
</ul><p>All of the stamps have a denomination of 750 FG (750 GNF).</p>
Eugène Delacroix
French
Miniature Sheet
Guinea
Postage Stamp - Sierra Leone - 1993
Issued by Sierra Leone as part of a series to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Musée du Louvre, this postage stamp reproduces a detail from French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (known in English as <em>The Barque of Dante</em> or <em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em>).
Denomination: Le 70 (70.00 SLL)
Perforation: 13 ¾ (harrow)
Printing process: Offset lithography
Eugène Delacroix
English
Postage Stamp
Sierra Leone
Postage Stamp - Guinea - 2002
This postage stamp was issued by Guinea as part of a series of nine stamps celebrating the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix. The stamp reproduces a detail from his first major painting, <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (known in English as <em>The Barque of Dante</em> or <em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em>). At the top of the stamp is the denomination, "750 FG", and the year of issue; at the bottom is the country name, "République de Guinée". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Denomination: 750 FG (750 GNF)
Perforation: 13 ½ (comb)
Printing process: Offset lithography
Eugène Delacroix
Stamperija (Vilnius, Lithuania)
French
Postage Stamp
Guinea
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 designer. He designed first day cover cachets for Jackson from 1963 until his death in 1970.<br /><br />Chickering's cachet features a reversed detail from Eugène Delacroix's <span>first major painting, </span><em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em><span> (known in English as </span><em>The Barque of Dante</em><span> or </span><em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em><span>). Above this detail is a depiction of the storm of lustful sinners from <em>Inferno</em> 5. Text from the top of the cachet down reads: "Dante Alighieri / Poet · Philosopher / of the Middle / Ages"; "Dante and / Virgil in / Hell"; "Born in / Florence 1265"; and "First Day of Issue" beside which are the names Jackson and Chickering. This cachet also is found on the <a href="http://www.danteonstamps.com/ds/items/show/142" target="_blank">Overseas Mailer first day cover</a>.</span>
Charles R. Chickering
Gladys Jackson
Jackson Cover Service (New York, New York)
Eugène Delacroix
<a href="http://www.danteonstamps.com/ds/items/show/142" target="_blank">First Day Cover - United States - 1965 - Overseas Mailer</a>
English
First Day Cover
United States
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, <em>Dante et Virgile aux enfers</em> (known in English as <em>The Barque of Dante</em> or <em>Dante and Virgil in Hell</em>). The stamp has text as follows: "<em>120 лв / поща</em>" (120 leva mail); "<em>Йожен Дьолакроа / 1798-1863</em>" (Eugène Delacroix); vertically, along the right side: "БЪЛГАРИЯ·BULGARIA"; "<em>Данме</em> [sic] <em>и Вергилий в ада</em>" (Dante and Virgil in Hell). The year and designer are indicated along the bottom edge: "1998 АЛЕКСАНДЪР СЕРТЕВ" (Aleksandar Sertev).
Denomination: 120 лв (120 BGL)
Perforation: 13 (comb)
Printing process: Offset lithography
Print run: 800,000
Eugène Delacroix
Aleksandar Sertev
Bulgarian
Postage Stamp
Bulgaria