COMMEMORATIVE STAMP PLINIO IL VECCHIO ON THE BIMILLENNIUM OF HIS BIRTH - FROM AN ARTWORK BY FABRIZIO MUSA

The Ministry issues on April 3, 2023, a commemorative stamp of Plinio il Vecchio, on the bimillennium of his birth, with tariff indication B.

The vignette reproduces painter Fabrizio Musa's work entitled "Plinio.txt," created in 2022, depicting a portrait of Pliny the Elder (private collection).

Completing the stamp are the legend "Plinio il Vecchio," the inscription "Italy," and the tariff indication "B."

Sketch by the Philatelic Production Center of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato SpA.

Circulation: two hundred and seventy thousand copies.
Sheet: forty-five copies.

Stamp features:
The stamp is printed by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato SpA, in rotogravure on white, neutral coated, self-adhesive, non-fluorescent paper; weight: 90 g/sq.m.; backing: white, 80 g/sq.m. single-siliconed Kraft paper; adhesive: water-based acrylic type, distributed in quantities of 20 g/sq.m. (dry); paper size and printing format: 30 x 40 mm; tracing format: 37 x 46 mm; perforation: 11 made by die-cutting; colors: four-color.

Note: The artwork depicting Plinio il Vecchio is reproduced courtesy of Luca Levrini, President of the Alessandro Volta Foundation.

FACT SHEET:

Issue date: April 3, 2023.

Value: rate B.

Circulation: two hundred and seventy thousand copies.

Vignette: reproduces the work by painter Fabrizio Musa entitled "Pliny.txt," created in 2022, depicting a portrait of Pliny the Elder (private collection). Completing the stamp are the legend "PLINIO IL VECCHIO," the inscription "ITALIA," and the tariff indication "B."

Sketch: by the Philatelic Production Center of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A.

Printing: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A., rotogravure.

Colors: four-color.

Paper: white, neutral coated, self-adhesive, non-fluorescent.

Grammage: 90 gsm.

Backing: white, single-siliconed kraft paper, 80 g/sqm.

Adhesive: water-based acrylic type, distributed in quantity of 20 g/sqm (dry).

Paper and print size: 30 x 40 mm.

Tracing format: 37 x 46 mm.

Indentation: 11 made by die-cutting.

Sheet: Note: forty-five copies.

the work depicting Pliny the Elder is reproduced courtesy of Luca Levrini, President of the Alessandro Volta Foundation. Code: 1000002305.

Related philatelic products Illustrated Bulletin: € 10.00, print run 500 numbered copies, code: 1060014606.

First Day Envelope: € 2.50, code: 1060014607.

Unobligated postcard: € 1.30, code 1060014608.

Obliterated postcard: € 2.50, code 1060014610.

Folder: Card: € 20.00, A4 3-page format, print run 1,500 numbered copies, no. 1060014611.

€ 2.50, circulation 1,200 numbered copies, code 1060014612.

An illustrated bulletin with an article by Massimiliano Mondelli, vice-president of the National Committee for the Bimillenary Celebrations of Plinianus, is being produced to comment on the issue.
The Philatelic Desk of the Como Centro Post Office will use, on the day of issue, the special cancellation made by Filatelia di Poste Italiane.

The stamp and related philatelic products can be purchased at authorized Post Offices, the "Spazio Filatelia" in Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Rome, Rome 1, Turin, Trieste, Venice, Verona and on the website filatelia.poste.it.
The Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy is the Issuing Authority for the stamps.
Rome, April 3, 2023