Title
First Day Cover - Vatican City - 1965 - Roma
Type
First Day Cover
Coverage
Vatican City
Date Issued
1965-05-18
Description
This first day cover was issued by Roma (Vat. 49). The cachet features Raphael's portrait of Dante from the artist's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The cachet is signed "D. NIZZI" in the area of Dante's neck. Below the portrait is text as follows: "Dante / VII CENTENARIO / DELLA NASCITA" (Dante, 7th centenary of [his] birth).
Extent
94 × 164 mm
Contributor
Raphael
D. Nizzi
Roma
Language
Italian