200 lire Dormition of the Virgin single
Object Details
- Description
- On July 4, 1977, a series of stamps was issued to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. The set was comprised of 200-lire and 400-lire values. The value of each is indicated in the top right hand corner. "POSTE VATICANE" appears along the left side, and "ASSUNZIONE" appears along the right side.
- The 200-lire stamp reproduces the Sleep of the Virgin and the Assumption into Heaven, copied from a miniature in the Latin MS. N. 2919 of the Ottoboni (Pope Alexander VIII) collection.
- The stamps are vertical in format, measure 30 x 40 mm, and have perforations of 13 1/4 x 14. They were issued in sheets of forty, and printed by rotogravure on white glossy paper by the Polygraphic Institute of the Italian State. The complete series amounts to 1,250,000 sets.
- Reference:
- Lopreiato, Joseph. "Assumption Issue." Vatican Notes 26, no.1 (July-September 1977): 1-2.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- July 5, 1977
- Object number
- 2008.2009.598
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink(multicolored)
- Place
- VATICAN CITY (independent city state)
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue Vatican City 615
- Topic
- International Stamps & Mail
- Record ID
- npm_2008.2009.598
