Divina commedia.1 The first edition was printed in Foligno by Johann Neumeister and Evangelista Angelini. The second edition was printed in Mantua by Georgius de Augusta and Paulus de Butzbach for Columbinus Veronensis. The third edition was printed by Federicus de Comitibus Veronensis in an unknown location. Scholars once attributed the third edition to Iesi (Jesi) and the 180-lire stamp reflects this, however current scholarship attributes the printing to Venice.

The stamps reproduce the first few printed lines of each respective edition taken from specific copies held in three Italian libraries: the 50-lire image is from the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, the 90-lire image is from the Casa di Dante in Rome, and the 180-lire image is from the Convento di San Francesco in Ravenna. Surrounding each central image is a legend: on the 50-lire stamp: "QUINTO CENTENARIO / EDIZIONE FOLIGNATE / DIVINA COMMEDIA" (5th centenary of the Foligno edition [of the] Divina commedia); on the 90-lire stamp: "QUINTO CENTENARIO / EDIZIONE MANTOVANA / DIVINA COMMEDIA" (5th centenary of the Mantuan edition [of the] Divina commedia); and on the 180-lire stamp: "QUINTO CENTENARIO / EDIZIONE JESINA / DIVINA COMMEDIA" (5th centenary of the Jesi edition of the Divina commedia). Along the bottom edge of each stamp is the abbreviated name of the printer: "I.P.S.-ROMA-1972" (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato).]]>
Dante: Rivista internazionale di studi su Dante Alighieri 10 (2013): 134.]]>
This set of four stamps was issued by Vatican City to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. The 10-lire stamp is based on the portrait of Dante in Raphael's fresco Disputation of the Holy Sacrament in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The other three stamps are based on Sandro Botticelli's illustrations to the Divina commedia found in a manuscript volume in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin known as MS Hamilton 201 and a manuscript in the Vatican Library known as Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896. The illustrations are as follows: Dante encounters a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf (L. 40; Inferno 1; Cod. Reg. Lat. 1896), Dante and Virgil at the foot of Mount Purgatory (L. 70; Purgatorio 3; MS Hamilton 201), and Dante and Beatrice in the heaven of the moon (L. 200; Paradiso 3; MS Hamilton 201). All of the stamps were designed by Casimira Dabrowska and each stamp was engraved by a different person: A. Quieti (L. 10), G. Denza (L. 40), M. Soccorsi (L. 70), and E. V. de Cresci (L. 200).]]> Sandro Botticelli: The Drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2000), p. 40–41, 140–141, and 222–223.]]> Portraits of Dante from Giotto to Raffael: A Critical Study with a Concise Iconography (London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society Ltd.; Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1911), p. 187–203.]]> Vatican Notes 15, no. 6 (May–June 1967): 1, 3–5.]]> This postcard is a photographic reproduction of an 1883 painting by Russian Romantic artist Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) showing Dante on a mountain pointing skyward. The card has a caption in Russian: "И.К. АЙВАЗОВСКІЙ – ДАНТЕ АЮБУЕТСЯ ОБЯАКАМН." (I.K. Aivazovsky – Dante admires the clouds). The card was postmarked on February 24, 1907, carries a message written in Esperanto, and is addressed to a recipient in Turin, Italy.]]> This postcard features an illustration (Il saluto di Beatrice) by A. del Senno of Beatric greeting Dante. On the verso, the card has a quotation in Italian from Dante's Vita nuova (3:1): "'...E passando per una via volse gli occhi verso quella parte ove io era molto pauroso e... mi salutò virtuosamente tanto'." (And passing along a street, she turned her eyes toward where I stood timidly and ... she greeted me so miraculously).

The card is stamped with the 10-lire Vatican City postage stamp of 1965 and was postmarked in Vatican City on September 18, 1965.

]]>
Dante e Beatrice) by Olivotto of Beatrice greeting Dante with the city of Florence in the the distance.]]> This circular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on the portrait by Gustave Doré surrounded by text advertising the "MUESTRA FILATÉLICA Y NUMISMÁTICA / 70 AÑOS ASOCIACIÓN DANTE ALIGHIERI" (Philatelic and Numismatic Exhibition / 70 Years Asociación Dante Alighieri).

]]>
This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante surrounded by text: "BONN 1", "'Dante'~GEDENK~MARKE", "ERSTAUSG.", and "53".]]> This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante looking over his left shoulder with text to the left: "OMAGGIO / A DANTE / ALIGHIERI / 1265 - 1321" (Homage to Dante Alighieri).]]> This rectangular cancellation features Dante's tomb in Ravenna to the left of a text box: "RAVENNA / 1321 – 1971 / 650o / ANNIVERSARIO / MORTE DI DANTE".]]> This square cancellation was created for the "5A MOSTRA FILATELICA NAZIONALE" (5th National Philatelic Exhibition). In addition to that text, the cancellation features a left-facing portrait of Dante and the following text: "38100 TRENTO C.P.", "Servizi distaccali", and "29-5-75 C.A.S.C. BANCA D'ITALIA".]]> This cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante surrounded by the phrase "65oCONGRESSO INT.LE-SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI" (65th International Congress - Società Dante Alighieri).]]> This circular cancellation features a portrait of Dante—based on the Naples Bust—with a globe and open book. The design echoes the 1990 Italian postage stamp issued to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Società Dante Alighieri. Around the central design are "ROMA FILATELICO" (Rome Philatelic) and "CENTENARIO SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI" (Società Dante Alighieri centenary).]]> This circular cancellation celebrates the 523rd anniversary of the first printed edition of the Divina commedia. The edition was printed in 1472 in Foligno by Johann Neumeister and Evangelista Angelini. The central image is of an open printed book which is surrounded by text: "06034 FOLIGNO (PG) / 29.4.1995" and "523o ANNUALE PRIMA EDIZIONE A STAMPA DELLA DIVINA COMMEDIA" (523rd anniversary of the first printed edition of the Divina commedia).]]> This square cancellation features a left-facing portrait of Dante surrounded by the following text: "FIRENZE V.R."; "FESTA DELLA TOSCANA" (Tuscany Festival); "PROFILO DI DANTE" (profile of Dante); and "MOSTRA FILATELICA E CARTOLINE" (Philatelic exhibition and postcards).]]> This circular cancellation features left-facing portraits of Dante and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe surrounded by text: "39012 MERANO CENTRO-MERAN ZENTRUM (BZ)", "50oANNIVERSARIO FONDAZIONE ACCADEMIA DI STUDI ITALO-TEDESCHI" (50th anniversary of the foundation of the Academy of Italian-German Studies), "AKADEMIE DEUTSCH-ITALIENISCHER STUDIEN" (Academy of German-Italian Studies), and "Goethe / 9.5.2009 / Dante / Giorno di emissione" (day of issue).]]> This circular cancellation depicts a scene from the beginning of the Inferno in which Dante (accompanied by Virgil in this illustration but not in the text) is blocked by three beasts. The scene is taken from a miniature in Codex Urbinate Latino 365, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Vatican Library. The design echoes the 2009 joint-issue Italy–San Marino–Vatican City postage stamp. Around the central design are "Italia / 2009 / DANTE ALIGHIERI", "Giorno di emissione" (day of issue), "ROMA EUR", and "FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DELLA FILATELIA" (International Festival of Philately).]]> This circular cancellation depicts a scene from the beginning of the Inferno in which Dante (accompanied by Virgil in this illustration but not in the text) is blocked by three beasts. The scene is taken from a miniature in Codex Urbinate Latino 365, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Vatican Library. The design echoes the 2009 joint-issue Italy–San Marino–Vatican City postage stamp. The text is as follows: "GIORNATA / DELLA / LINGUA ITALIANA" (Day of the Italian Language), "poste" (mail), and "san marino".]]> This rectangular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on the portrait in Raphael's fresco painting The Parnassus. The design echoes the 1965 Mexico postage stamp. To the right of the portrait is text: "DANTE ALIGHIERI / 1265 – 1321 / DIA DE EMISION" (day of issue).]]> This circular cancellation features a right-facing portrait of Dante based on Sandro Botticelli's fifteenth-century portrait now in the Fondation Martin Bodmer in Cologny, Switzerland. The portrait on the cancellation is reversed from the original. The portrait is surrounded by text as follows: "POSTE VATICANE", "DIE EMISSIONIS" (day of issue), and "GIORNATA DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA" (Day of the Italian Language).]]>
  • The 30-centime stamp shows a left-facing portrait of Dante with text as follows: in the upper left corner: "MONACO / 1965"; in the upper right corner: "0,30"; and at the bottom: "DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265-1321". The names of the designer and the engraver appear in the lower right corner: "P. LAMBERT" and "COTTET".
  • The 60-centime stamp depicts Dante in the dark wood impeded by a leopard from Inferno 1:31–36. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper right corner: "MONACO 1965 / 0,60"; and in the lower left corner: "DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265-1321". The names of the designer and the engraver appear in the lower center and right corner: "P. LAMBERT" and "MONVOISIN".
  • The 70-centime stamp depicts Dante and Virgil crossing the Styx from Inferno 8:25–30. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper left corner: "MONACO 1965 / 0,70"; and in the lower right corner: "DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265-1321". The name of the designer, "P. LAMBERT", appears in the lower left corner and the name of the engraver appears vertically in the lower right corner: "BETEMPS".
  • The 95-centime stamp shows Dante observing praying penitents from Purgatorio. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper right corner: "MONACO 1965 / 0,95"; and in the lower left corner: "DANTE ALIGHIERI 1265-1321". The names of the designer and the engraver appear in the lower right corner: "P. LAMBERT" and "DURRENS".
  • The 1-franc stamp depicts Saint Bernard's intercession from Paradiso 31:58–142. Here the saint replaces Beatrice as Dante's guide through the Empyrean and leads him to seek St. Mary. The stamp has text as follows: in the upper left corner: "MONACO 1965 / 1,00"; and in the lower right corner: "1265-1321 / DANTE ALIGHIERI". The name of the designer, "P. LAMBERT", appears vertically in the lower left corner and the name of the engraver appears vertically in the lower right corner: "MONVOISIN".
]]>
COROS Chronicle 108 (June 1966): 56–57.]]>
GIORNATA DELLA DANTE ALIGHIERI" (Dante Alighieri Day). Based on its style, the stamp may be from the 1970s.]]>
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.”.]]>
Universal Philatelic Cover Society cachet.]]> 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.]]>