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.
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E-B-Verlag Erich Braun first day cover.]]> First Day Cover - Germany - 1971 - E-B-Verlag Erich Braun]]> · FIRST DAY COVER"; and "DANTE / ALIGHIERI".]]> The cachet on this first day cover features a right-facing portrait of Dante imposed over an open book with the title of the poet's magnum opus in German and Italian: "Die Göttliche Komödie (DIVINA COMMEDIA)".

On the envelopes flap is the following text:
"Dante Alighieri"-Gedenkmarke — Aus Anlaß der 650. Wiederkehr des Todesjahres von Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), der zu den bedeutendsten Gelehrten und Politikern Italiens gehörte und ein hervorragender Dichter war, gibt die Deutsche Bundespost eine Gedenkmarke heraus. Entwurf: Prof. Karl Hans Walter, Nürnberg - Stich: Egon Falz - Druck: Bundesdruckerei Berlin - Wert: 10 Pf - Farbe: dunkelblau - Größe: V (27,5 × 32,8 mm) Hochformat, 50 Stück auf Schalterbogen - Auflage: 30 000 000 Stück Ausgabetag: 3. September 1971".
(Dante Alighieri Commemorative Stamp — On the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) who was one of the most eminent scholars and politicians in Italy and was an outstanding poet, the Deutsche Bundespost publishes a commemorative stamp. Design: Prof. Karl Hans Walter, Nuremberg - Engraving: Egon Falz - Printer: Bundesdruckerei Berlin - Value: 10 Pf - Color: dark blue - Size: V (27.5 × 32.8 mm) portrait, <50 Stück auf Schalterbogen> - Circulation: 30,000,000 units Date of issue: September 3, 1971).
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The cachet on this first day cover reproduces a detail from Eugène Delacroix's first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in German as Dante und Vergil in der Unterwelt and in English as Dante and Virgil in Hell or The Barque of Dante). The cachet is a separate piece, laminated, and pasted to the envelope.]]> This maximum card features a black and white photograph of Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, the 1971 Germany postage stamp commemorating the 650th anniversary of Dante's death (which also shows the same portrait by Raphael), and a cancellation from Bonn showing Dante.]]> This postage stamp was issued by Germany in 1971 to commemorate the 650th anniversary of Dante's death. The stamp features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Above the portrait is text as follows: "DANTE ALIGHIERI + 1321"; to the right of the portrait is "DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST" and the denomination, "10". Along the bottom edge is the year, "1971". The stamp was designed by Karl Hans Walter, engraved by Egon Falz, and printed by the Bundesdruckerei (Berlin).

A stamp with the same portrait, a face value of 30 Pf, and a horizontal orientation was designed but not issued and is known from existing photographic essay stamp specimens.

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This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante surrounded by text: "BONN 1", "'Dante'~GEDENK~MARKE", "ERSTAUSG.", and "53".]]>