Title
First Day Cover - Italy - 1990 - Capitolium
Type
First Day Cover
Coverage
Italy
Date Issued
1990-05-12
Description
This first day cover was issued by Capitolium (no. 683). 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. Surrounding the portrait is text as follows: "CENTENARIO DELLA FONDAZIONE DELLA SOCIETA / DANTE ALIGHIERI" (centenary of the foundation of the Dante Alighieri Society). The cachet is signed "T.O." (Orlando Tomassi) at the bottom.
Extent
95 × 164 mm
Contributor
Capitolium
Raphael
Orlando Tomassi
Language
Italian