This postage stamp was issued by Guinea as part of a series celebrating the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. The air mail stamp, designed by Jean-Louis Puvilland, is a collage of images: the 1990 FIFA World Cup logo, the World Cup trophy, a soccer player kicking a ball, and Enrico Pazzi's 1865 statue of Dante in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. At the top of the stamp is the country name, "REPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE"; at the bottom of the stamp is "POSTE AERIENNE" (air mail) and the denomination, "750 F". Below the logo is "STATUE DE / DANTE / (FLORENCE)".]]>
The regular cachet shows the same view within a red frame with "PIAZZE d'ITALIA" (squares of Italy) at the top and "Piazza dei Signori / VERONA" within a rectangular frame at the bottom.

A brief history and description of Piazza dei Signori is printed on the backs of the envelopes of both versions.]]>
o CONGRESSO / PADOVA Settembre / 1923" (28th congress, Padua, September 1923). To the left of the text is the denomination "20 Cmi" (20 centesimi) with the "C" encircling the "20".]]> Ạ ARMATA" (1st Army) and at the bottom is "TRENTO" (Trent).]]>
The stamp showing the basilica has text as follows: vertically, along the left side: "COMITATO·CATTOLICO" (Catholic committee); vertically, along the right side: "VI·CENTENARIO·DANTESCO" (6th Dante centenary); and at the bottom: "·RAVENNA·MCCCXXI·=·MCMXXI·". The denomination is split on either side of the portrait of Dante: "CENT 20". The other stamp has text as follows: at the top, words from Inferno 4:80 and dates: "ONORATE / L'ALTISSIMO POETA·1321 / 1921" (Honor the most exalted poet); and at the bottom: "RAVENNA / CENT. 20".]]>
In 1932, Italy issued a series of twelve stamps for the benefit of the Società Dante Alighieri. In addition to regular issue stamps and Aegean Islands stamps, the government also issued stamps for the Italian colonies. The series depicts famous Italian poets and writers including (in order by increasing denomination) Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, Paolo Sarpi, Vittorio Alfieri, Ugo Foscolo, Giacomo Leopardi, Giosuè Carducci, Carlo Botta, Torquato Tasso, Francesco Petrarca, Ludovico Ariosto, and Dante. The Dante stamp shows a portrait of the poet after the Naples Bust and symbols of Italy (coat of arms and fasces). Above the portrait is "POSTE ITALIANE" and below is "SOCIETÀ NAZIONALE DANTE ALIGHIERI". Below Dante's chin is "DANTE ALIGHIERI". The Italian colonies issue is overprinted in red with the phrase "COLONIE ITALIANE" and printed in blue. The premium of 2.50 lire was intended for the benefit of the society. The series was designed by Francesco Chiapelli and printed by the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori.]]> In 1932, Italy issued a series of twelve stamps for the benefit of the Società Dante Alighieri. In addition to regular issue stamps and stamps for the Italian colonies, the government also issued stamps for the Italian Aegean Islands territory. The series depicts famous Italian poets and writers including (in order by increasing denomination) Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, Paolo Sarpi, Vittorio Alfieri, Ugo Foscolo, Giacomo Leopardi, Giosuè Carducci, Carlo Botta, Torquato Tasso, Francesco Petrarca, Ludovico Ariosto, and Dante. The Dante stamp shows a portrait of the poet after the Naples Bust and symbols of Italy (coat of arms and fasces). Above the portrait is "POSTE ITALIANE" and below is "SOCIETÀ NAZIONALE DANTE ALIGHIERI". Below Dante's chin is "DANTE ALIGHIERI". The Italian Aegean Islands issue is overprinted with the phrase "ISOLE ITALIANE / DELL EGEO" and printed in brown. The premium of 2.50 lire was intended for the benefit of the society. The series was designed by Francesco Chiapelli and printed by the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori.]]> In 1932, Italy issued a series of twelve stamps for the benefit of the Società Dante Alighieri. The series depicts famous Italian poets and writers including (in order by increasing denomination) Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli, Paolo Sarpi, Vittorio Alfieri, Ugo Foscolo, Giacomo Leopardi, Giosuè Carducci, Carlo Botta, Torquato Tasso, Francesco Petrarca, Ludovico Ariosto, and Dante. The Dante stamp shows a portrait of the poet after the Naples Bust and symbols of Italy (coat of arms and fasces). Above the portrait is "POSTE ITALIANE" and below is "SOCIETÀ NAZIONALE DANTE ALIGHIERI". Below Dante's chin is "DANTE ALIGHIERI". The premium of 2.50 lire was intended for the benefit of the society. The series was designed by Francesco Chiapelli and printed by the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori.]]> In addition to the stamp, a miniature sheet also is known. The sheet features nine stamps, each depicting an event or person from each century of the last millennium. Each stamp has a caption running vertically along the left side. The captions are as follows:

  • "1st Crusade begins 11th Century" (100 F)
  • "Chess arrives to England 12th Century" (200 F)
  • "End of Crusades 13th Century" (300 F)
  • "Dante Alighieri 14th Century" (100 F)
  • "Christopher Columbus 15th Century" (200 F)
  • "William Shakespeare 16th Century" (300 F)
  • "Isaak Newton 17th Century" (100 F)
  • "Johann Sebastian Bach 18th Century" (200 F)
  • "Ludwig von Beethoven 19th Century" (300 F)

Along the top of the sheet is the word "MILLENIUM" and along the bottom is "Events & famous people of XI - XIX th Century". The sheet is dated "1999" in the lower left corner.

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o 769 Italia". The card features a black and white photograph of the Naples Bust of Dante, the 1990 Italy postage stamp commemorating the centenary of the Società Dante Alighieri, and a cancellation from Verona showing the city's Basilica di San Zeno.]]> Gaetano Ieluzzo. The cancellation reproduces the 1965 Italian 500-lire postage stamp showing the Naples Bust of Dante; the Italian cancellation of November 30, 2007, showing Dante in profile; the Italian cancellation of October 23, 2009, showing a representation of Dante's hell; and an envelope stamped with three 25-centesimi Italian "Proclamation of the Empire" postage stamps from 1938 designed by Corrado Mezzana.
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This postage stamp is the 25th in a series issued to commemorate the Giornata della Filatelia (Philately Day). In the center of the stamp is a reproduction of the 1965 Italian 500-lire postage stamp showing the Naples Bust of Dante. The background comprises a collage of the following designs: (1) lower left: the Italian cancellation of November 30, 2007, showing Dante in profile; (2) upper right: the Italian cancellation of October 23, 2009, showing a representation of Dante's hell; and (3) lower right: an envelope stamped with three 25-centesimi Italian "Proclamation of the Empire" postage stamps from 1938 designed by Corrado Mezzana.

In the upper left corner of the stamp is text as follows: "GIORNATA / DELLA / FILATELIA / PROGETTO / DANTE" (Philately Day Dante Project); across the bottom of the stamp is "LA DIVINA COMMEDIA ATTRAVERSO LA FILATELIA" (The Divina commedia through philately). Along the bottom edge of the stamp is the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.Z.S. S.p.A. - ROMA - 2011" (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato) and the designer: "G. IELUZZO" (Gaetano Ieluzzo).

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This postage stamp celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Società Dante Alighieri in 1889. The stamp shows a bust of Dante (based on the Naples Bust), an open book, and a globe, symbolizing the goals of the society in spreading Italian culture throughout the world. Above the globe is text as follows: "CENTENARIO SOCIETÀ / DANTE ALIGHIERI" (centenary of the Società Dante Alighieri). Along the bottom edge of the stamp is the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.Z.S. - ROMA - 1990" (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato) and the designer: "M. CODONI" (Mario Codoni).]]> 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: "REGNO D'ITALIA / POSTA / PNEVMATICA / CENT. 15" (Kingdom of 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).]]> Divina commedia: Inferno, Purgatorio, or Paradiso. The fourth stamp shows the Naples Bust of Dante. The subjects are as follows:
  • The 40-lire stamp depicts a scene from Inferno 10 in which Dante and Virgil meet the entombed Florentine heretics Farinata degli Uberti and Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti. The scene is taken from a miniature in Cod. Urb. lat. 365, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Vatican Library.
  • The 90-lire stamp depicts a scene from Purgatorio 26–27 in which the angel of chastity points Dante, Virgil, and Statius toward a wall of fire through which they will pass. The scene is taken from a miniature in MS It. IX, 276 (=6902), a fourteenth-century manuscript in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice.
  • The 130-lire stamp depicts a scene from Paradiso 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.
  • The 500-lire stamp depicts the Naples Bust of Dante.
At the top of each stamp is "1265-DANTE ALIGHIERI-1321" and along the bottom is "POSTE ITALIANE" and the denomination. Along the bottom edge of each stamp is the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.S.-OFF.CART.VAL. 1965" (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Officina Carte Valori).

This series was deemed "Most Beautiful Stamp of 1965" by readers of the Italian stamp collecting magazine Il Collezionista.1]]>
Dante: Rivista internazionale di studi su Dante Alighieri 10 (2013): 132.]]>
Purgatorio 6:80: "SOL PER LO DOLCE SVON DELLA SVA TERRA" (merely for the sweet sound of his city). At the top is the chapter's name: "SOCIETÀ NAZIONALE / DANTE ALIGHIERI / COMITATO MANTOVANO".]]> 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 surrounding the pedestal. At the bottom of the vignette is a quotation from Giosuè Carducci's poem from the same year "Per il monumento di Dante a Trento" (For the Monument of Dante at Trent): "Dante, si spazia da ben cinquecento / anni de l'Alpi sul tremendo spalto. / Ed or s'è fermo, e par ch'aspetti a Trento. / G. Carducci" (Dante, for the span of five hundred years has wandered the tremendous rampart of the Alps. And now he is stopped and seems to wait in Trent.)]]>
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 ANTITUBERCOLARE" (28th National Antituberculosis Campaign) in 1965. Funds raised by the sale of the stamps went toward prevention campaigns and aid for the sick.

The ten stamps each have a portrait of Dante by a different artist: Giotto, Andrea del Castagno, Domenico di Michelino, Luca Signorelli, Raphael, Domenico Petarlini (here credited as "D. Perterlin"), Vittorio Guaccimanni, and Adolfo de Carolis. One portrait is an anonymous miniature from a fifteenth-century manuscript (MS Riccardiano 1040) now in the Biblioteca Riccardiana in Florence; another is the anonymous Naples Bust.

The series was printed by Panetto & Petrelli of Spoleto, Italy, and issued in two formats: a booklet containing one set of stamps and a sheet repeating the set four times.
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Il francobollo antitubercolare dal 1931 al 2000: catalogo-guida (N.p.: Agostino Merlin, 2010), p. 26.]]>
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 dovere di ogni Italiano preferire le industrie paesane." (It is the duty of every Italian to give preference to domestic industries). The stamp depicts a portrait of Dante (probably based on the Naples Bust), Cesare Zocchi's 1896 monument to Dante in Trent, and a branch. The stamp was engraved by F. Marioni.]]> 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 "ROMA FILATELICO" (Rome Philatelic) and "CENTENARIO SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI" (Società Dante Alighieri centenary).]]>