Christmas Mail 2015 6 - Italy

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Christmas Mail 2014 14 - Italy

Christmas cover from Italy. This one's got both the stamps issued this year for Christmas. Again there is a traditional stamp issue and a contemporary or modern one. The stamps were issued on the 1st of December 2014.

The €0.95 stamp depicts a typical Italian Christmas.

The €0.80 religious-themed stamp reproduces a 1586 painting by Agostino Carracci titled Madonna with Child and Saints, one of the many treasures of the National Gallery of Parma. The painting shows Mary feeding Jesus in the center with St. Cecilia on the right, a young St. John the Baptist at Mary’s feet, a kneeling St. Margaret and St. Benedict standing on the left. Each saint is pictured with various symbols

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Cover - Italy

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Cover - Italy

Received this cover from Italy yesterday. On the cover is the complete set of five commemorative stamps featuring birds of the Alps in their natural environment issued on 4th Dec. 2013. Thank you Salvatore.

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Cover - Italy

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Cover - Italy

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Cover - Italy

Here's another cover from Italy with two stamps of the current Pope, Pope Francis and the very popular former, Pope John Paul II. I am so happy to have this cover in my collection.

Italy issued the new postage stamp honoring the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Francis. The stamp is part of a joint issue with the Vatican City.

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Cover - Italy

Received this lovely cover from Italy yesterday. Two striking things about the cover - A complete set of stamps and the Pope Francis cancellation.

The stamps were issued on the 5th of April 2013 and commemorate the Gardens of Castel Trauttmansdorff in Merano, the Cinque Terre National Park and the Botanic Garden Museum in Bari. Each of the stamps is denominated 0.7 Euro. The stamps feature a vertical strip on the left composed of flowers and plants representative of the flora of the relevant botanic garden. Beautiful stamps.

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Cover - Italy

Salvatore sent me this lovely cover from Italy. Thanks a lot Sal. Love the stamps on the cover especially the one that features 50th Anniversary of Berlucchi Wine. Beautiful clear cancellations this time too.

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Christmas Mail 2012 - 11

The Italian Christmas stamps from this year came in on this lovely cover sent across by my good friend Sal. Thank you so much for the treat.

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Cover - Italy

Another lovely cover from Italy. The cancellations are not missing this time Salvatore. Thanks.

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Cover Bonanza

Yesterday was another good cover day. Four lovely covers in my mailbox from four different countries, two of which I didn't have any covers of until now. I received one from Nicaragua, another from Latvia, Italy and Belgium. Needless to say, I was super delighted. Im doing this post only of the Italy cover.

A beautiful souvenir sheet on the cover. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, Italian Post and Bolaffi created a unique collection of stamps to explore and learn about Italy, the past, the most important characters, but also regions and places that made ​​history.

- Detail of the painting "Battle of Bezzecca", Museum of the Risorgimento in Rome
- the painting "breach of Porta Pia" by Charles Ademollo, Civic Museum of Risorgimento in Milan
- engraving of "Battle of the Isonzo", Museum Contemporary History of Milan.

The stamps have imprinted on them "BATTLE OF INDEPENDENCE WAR III BEZZECCA 1866", "POWER OF ROME breach of Porta Pia 1870", "FIRST WORLD WAR Battle of Isonzo 1915-1917", the caption "ITALY" and value "0.60" respectively.

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One more from Italy

Salvatore Izzo, a fellow collector and blogger, http://salstampsandcovers.blogspot.com/ sent me yet another wonderful cover from Italy. Thanks Sal. Interestingly though, the stamps have no cancellation.

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Cover - Italy

Matteo sent me this nice cover from Italy with a miniature sheet on it.

2000 New Millennium. “The Past and the Future”. Sheet 110×80 mm containing
2000l. Child looking at Aspects of Earth
2000l. Astronaut looking at Moon

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Covers - Italy, Country #26

Lately, I received two lovely covers from Italy. Beautiful stamps and a MS on the covers. Thanks Omar and Giorgio for the nice covers.

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