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Miniature Sheet - Guinea - 1990
This miniature sheet, designed by Jean-Louis Puvilland, was issued by Guinea as part of a series celebrating the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. The sheet shows the Italsat satellite, St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, and the Arch of Peace in…
Cancellation - Vatican City - 2013 May 18
Detail from Filippino Lippi's painting Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard (ca. 1480) showing Mary and St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Created for the philatelic exhibition "Dante Alighieri, il Lazio e la Divina Commedia" held in Latina, Italy, May…
Cancellation - Italy (Ravenna) - 2005 September 24
Dante's tomb in Ravenna.
Postage Stamp - Guinea - 1990
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…
First Day Cover - Sovereign Military Order of Malta - 2014 - Poste Magistrali
Poste Magistrali, the postal arm of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), a sovereign, Roman Catholic order of chivalry. The cachet is simply the order's logo with text as follows: "Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di…
Miniature Sheet - Sovereign Military Order of Malta - 2014
This miniature sheet was issued by Poste Magistrali, the postal arm of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), a sovereign, Roman Catholic order of chivalry. The set is SMOM issue number 472, "Capolavori della letteratura" (masterpieces of…
Cancellation - Italy (Cesena) - 2011 October 29
The painting depicted on this cancellation shows Dante with the faces of souls in hell and is the work of Patrizio Virzì, an artist from Cesena, Italy. The painting is titled L'Inferno di Dante.
Cancellation - Italy (Verona) - 2015 November 27
For the 125th Veronafil exhibition.
Postage Stamp - São Tomé and Príncipe - 2013
This postage stamp was issued by São Tomé and Príncipe as part of a series to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Eugène Delacroix. The stamp reproduces his first major painting, Dante et Virgile aux enfers (known in English as The…
Miniature Sheet - Monaco - 2015
This miniature sheet celebrates the 750th anniversary of Dante's birth. The sheet contains six of the 2015 Monaco Dante stamps designed by Laure Fissore. The margin text is as follows: "2015"; "Principatu de Mùnegu" (Principality of Monaco); and…
Cancellation - Monaco - 2015 April 9
This circular cancellation feature a line-drawing version of Laure Fissore's portrait of Dante on the 2015 Monaco stamp she designed. The text is as follows: "OFFICE DES TIMBRES MONACO"; "09.04.2015"; and "JOUR D'EMISSION".
First Day Cover - Monaco - 2015 - Office des Timbres
This first day cover was issued by the Monaco Office des Timbres to accompany the postage stamp issued to celebrate the 750th anniversary of Dante's birth. The simple cachet features an outline drawing of the Prince's Palace of Monaco and "2015" in…
Postage Stamp - Kyrgyzstan - 2015
This postage stamp was issued by Kyrgyz Express Post and shows a detail of Henry Holiday's 1884 painting Dante and Beatrice. In the upper left corner is the denomination; in the upper right corner is the logo of Kyrgyz Express Post; vertically, along…
Postage Stamp - Paraguay - 1973
Part of a series of stamps issued by Paraguay in 1973 depicting Florentine paintings, this air mail stamp shows a detail from Domenico di Michelino's La commedia illumina Firenze (The Comedy Illuminates Florence). Michelino's fifteenth-century fresco…