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First Day Cover: Franco Alfano
PHILATELY
envelope; postage stamp
Italian Post Office; Edizioni F.D.C. Filagrano
Europe: Italy
1975-11-14
paper; card
overall: 95 mm x 164 mm; stamp: 30 mm x 27 mm

First Day Cover anticipating the centenary of the birth of the composer Franco Alfano (1876-1954). Stamp, value 100 lire, features a violet portrait of Alfano wearing round eye spectacles, set within an oval against a turquoise/grey background. Cancelled with two commemorative postmarks. Envelope features yellow and brown portrait image of Alfano set against a piano keyboard.


2010.68

College Purchase, 2010



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