On March 7, 2024, the Ministry issues a commemorative stamp of St. Thomas Aquinas, on the 750th anniversary of his death, with tariff indication B.
The vignette depicts the statue of St. Thomas Aquinas, the work of the sculptor Giuliano Vangi, placed at the entrance to the historic center of the Municipality of Roccasecca. In the background is the church, from the fourteenth century, the first erected in the world in honor of the saint, theologian and philosopher, in the municipality in the province of Frosinone that gave him birth.
The stamp is completed by the legends "SAN TOMMASO D'AQUINO" and "750th anniversary of his death", the inscription "ITALIA" and the tariff indication "B".
Sketcher Emanuela L'Abate.
Mintage: two hundred and fifty thousand twenty copies
Sheet: forty-five copies
The stamp is printed by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A., in rotogravure; colors: three; paper: white, neutral coated, self-adhesive, non-fluorescent; grammage: 90 g/sqm; support: white paper, 80 gsm mono-silicone Kraft; adhesive: water-based acrylic type, distributed in quantities of 20 g/sqm (dry); paper size: 30 x 40 mm; print size: 30 x 38mm.; Tracing format: 37 x 46 mm.; perforation: 11 made with die-cutting.
Note: the depictions of the statue and the church are inspired by two photographs by Giorgio Giovinazzi.
Issue No.:08issue date:07 March 2024n° STAMPS:1
CONDITION: NEW