Postage Stamp - Togo - 2020

Title

Postage Stamp - Togo - 2020

Type

Postage Stamp

Coverage

Togo

Date Issued

2020-05-29

Description

Togo issued this stamp as part of a set commemorating the 545th anniversary of Michelangelo's birth. The stamp reproduces his fresco The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. Dante is barely visible in the upper right quarter (circled here in green). The stamp has text as follows: at the top: "REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE", "POSTES / 2020", and "800F"; at the bottom: "Le Jugement dernier (détail), 1536–1541"; and vertically along the right: "Michel-Ange 1475–1564". The stamp was printed by Stamperija, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Denomination: 800 F (800 XOF)
Perforation: 13 ¼
Printing process: Offset lithography

Extent

40 × 50 mm

Contributor

Michelangelo
Stamperija (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Language

French