The stamp features a painting, Dante e la Lunigiana, by Italian artist Dante Pierini, showing one of the Bronze Age stelae of the region holding a quill pen. In front of the stela is a book with "D.C." on the cover standing for Divina commedia. Around the central image is the following text: vertically along the left side: "—1306 - 2006—"; at the top: "Lunigiana Dantesca 2006"; vertically along the right side: "VII Centenario della venuta di Dante in Lunigiana" (7th centenary of the coming of Dante in the Lunigiana); and along the bottom: "D. Pierini - Dante e la Lunigiana / CLSD € 2,50 / Tip. Moderna - La Spezia 2006". The stamp was printed by Stampa Moderna of La Spezia, Italy.

The CLSD also issued a portfolio with explanatory text, an inserted stamp, postcard, and first day cover, and images of related artwork.]]>
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".]]> Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The Barque of Dante or Dante and Virgil in Hell). The stamp is dated 2003, denominated "120 CF" (the abbreviation should be FC for francs congolais), and has "République Démocratique / du Congo" at the bottom.]]> This cinderella stamp from the fictional nation of P.R. Tongo features Giotto's portrait of Dante.]]> 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.

]]> 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".]]>
The stamp features a portrait of Dante superimposed on a map of the world with lines focusing on Italy. The stamps have text as follows: upper right corner: “CENT. 50”; at the bottom: “1893-1985 / SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI”; along the bottom edge: “DIS C. RIMOLDI” and “A.N.F.E.”.]]> This series of cinderella stamps was issued for the benefit of the Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Santiago-Cile. The stamps show a left-facing portrait of Dante with a ceremonial torch to the right. At the top of the stamps is text as follows: "SOCIETÀ / DANTE / ALIGHIERI" and "1909"; at the bottom is: "PROPAGANDA DEL / COMITATO DI / SANTIAGO-CILE" and the denomination.]]> The Parnassus. The stamp is printed directly onto the cover envelope which has a cachet of Giotto's portrait of Dante with text as follows: "FAMOUS VICTIMS / WHO DIED OF MALARIA" and "DANTE ALIGHIERI / Italian poet, died of malaria in 1321". The cover also shows a mosquito.]]> o CENTENARIO NASCITA / DANTE ALIGHIERI" (7th centenary [of the] birth [of] Dante Alighieri); and at the bottom: "CONVEGNO COMMERCIALE B.F.N. / MILANO - 31 OTT. - 1-2 NOVEMBRE 1965" (National Philatelic Bourse Commercial Convention, Milan, October 31 - November 1-2, 1965). On the right side of the envelope are pre-printed lines for an address and stamp location.]]> Divina commedia). The envelope was designed and illustrated by O. Pryadkin and printed at Goznak's Ryazhskaya Printing Factory.]]> Purgatorio 7:17. On the back of the envelope is a rubber stamped version of the same logo. This particular envelope was postmarked on March 26, 1915, in Turin and sent to Giovanni Faldella, an Italian senator.]]> This first day cover was issued by the philatelic group Círculo Filatélico de Liniers and postmarked in Rosario, Santa Fe, on September 16, 1965. The cachet features Gustave Doré's portrait of Dante. Below the portrait is a detail from Doré's illustration for Purgatorio 2:43-44 depicting Dante and Virgil watching as a "heavenly pilot" guides his boat toward them as they stand on the shore. A banner proclaims "SEPTIMO CENTENARIO" in reference to the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth.]]> · FIRST DAY COVER"; and "DANTE / ALIGHIERI".]]> 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.]]> 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).
]]> o Centenario / nascita / Dante / Alighieri / 1265-1965" (7th centenary of the birth of Dante Alighieri). The cachet is signed "Lupa 65" in the lower left corner. Above the cachet is text printed in gold: "ANSALDO / DOPOLAVORO AZIENDALE / GENOVA / SEZIONE FILATELICA".]]>