Stamps of Italy 2006

This article counts the stamps of Italy emitted in 2006 by the Poste italiane.

General information

The emissions are marked “Italia” and a facial value made out in Euro S (€).

The stamps are printed by the Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca dello Stato, which is recalled by mention “IPZS SpA Roma” under the illustration. The Dentelure is of 13 × 13 ¼ (many teeth for 2 cm).

Caption

For each stamp, the text brings back following information:

date of emission, facial value and description,
forms of sale,
artists originators and genesis of the project,
demonstration first day,
date of withdrawal, pulling and sales figures,

as well as the useful informations for a given emission.

January

Dedicated the 18 year old to young people

January 1st, two stamps of 0,45 € dedicated to the young people are emitted who will celebrate to them 18th birthday in 2006: Decicato ale diciottenni for the young women, Dedicato have Diciottenni for the young men. On each stamp a postage stamp is drawn carrying a Sablier in which runs out of the figures. Two fell in bottom and form the number 18. The prime coat takes again the traditional colors devoted to the kind: blue for the men, pink for the women.

These stamps are sold only to the young people who make of it the reservation near their post office in the two months following their birthday. In June, 83 stamps pink and 166 blue were sold to 249 people. The speculation on the philatelic market Italian makes then reach the 200 € for one of these stamps.

The stamps of 2,6 × 3,6 cm are drawn by Maria Carmela Perrini. Printed in Photogravure, they are conditioned in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first day of January 1st takes again the illustration of the stamp and is applied to Rome.

Panini

January 30th, is emitted a stamp of 2,80 € on Panini, made famous for the edition of stickers of Football eurs. The stamp takes again the title of the collecting book in Italy “ Calciatori ”, the Logotype of the company and a footballer in action of shooting.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 is drawn by Pierfrancesco LED Re and Fabrizio Melegari for an impression in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day of January 30th, taking again the player of the stamp, is available to Modena, birthplace of the editor, and Rome.

Pulling envisaged is of 3,5 million specimens.

In his album devoted to the players of the Football world cup of 2006, the editor reproduced the stamp on the image n°0.

February

50e birthday of Quattroruote

February 1st, is emitted a stamp of 0,62 € for the fiftieth anniversary of the automobile review Quattroruote (literally “four wheels”) whose first cover east constitutes the illustration of the stamp.

The cover of the magazine created by Gianni Mazzocchi is reproduced on a stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day of February 1st is available to Rozzano, in the Province of Milan, where a museum of the car is.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Schools and universities

February 6th, four stamps of 0,45 € on schools and Italian Université S are emitted. The University of Urbin, known as “Carlo Bo” ( Università degli studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo” ), celebrates the 500 years of its foundation. The currency “ Vetera and nova ” is written on the stamp devoted to the Liceo classico statale “Ernesto Cairoli” of Varèse. This last establishment and the Liceo scientifico statale “Alessandro Tassoni” of Modena is represented through their contemporary buildings. Lastly, the frontage of Luigi Vanvitelli of the 18th century illustrates the stamp on the Liceo classico statale “Agostino Nifo” of Sessa Aurunca.
The stamps of 4,4 × 3,6 cm are signed Matteo Chilese (Varese), Gaetano Ieluzzo (Modena and Sessa Aurunca) and Francesco Ramberti (university of Urbin). They are printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twenty-five.
The four seals first day of February 6th take again the principal reason for the stamps and are respectively available in the city concerned.
Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens for each type.

Winter Olympics 2006

February 8th, at the time of the Winter Olympics of 2006 with Turin from February 10th to 26th 2006, nine stamps are emitted and a block gathering them, for a total facial value of 7,78 € the nine stamps or the block. Each sport or element of the Olympic ideal is represented by a drawing white or blue very clearly beside the logotype of the plays 2006 on a bottom of bands using different let us tons of blue. Alphabetically sports, were selected: the Biathlon (0,23 €), the Bobsleigh (0,85 €), the Curling (0,70 €), the Hockey (0,65 €), the Toboggan (1,30 €), the Figure skating (0,45 €) and the Alpine skiing (0,90 €). The 1 € evokes the course of the Olympic flame and the 1,70 € the three Médaille S.

The stamps of 3,6 × 2 cm are drawn by Leonardo Coen Cagli and are printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty and a block of ten.

The seal first represents the logotype of the demonstration which prolongs an alpine landscape and is available on February 8th to Turin.

Initial pulling is of 3,5 million for the 0,45 € “Figure skating” and 2 million for the other stamps of sheet, and 550.000 block-layers.

Philatelic exposure to the Montecitorio palate: the kingdom of Italy

February 9th, are emitted a Timbre on stamp of 0,60 € reproducing four postage stamps of the time of the Royaume of Italy ( It Regno d' Italia ), subject of an exposure to the Palais Montecitorio, from February 9th to 16th 2006. In top in the center, the stamp not notched of 15 centimes blue carries the effigy of Victor-Emmanuel II and goes back to 1863. On the left, Hembert I is visible {{er}} on a stamp of five centimes green of 1879. On the right, Victor-Emmanuel III on a stamp of 10 centimes carmine of 1901. In bottom, a stamp large size commemorates in 1930 the marriage of the crown prince Humbert with the princess Marie-Jose to Belgium. The four kings d' Italie all are thus represented.

The stamp of 4,4 × 3,6 cm is designed by Anna Maria Maresca. It is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twenty-five specimens and a notebook of four stamps.

The seal first day of Rome of February 9th takes again the effigies of the kings, prince and princess, without the circumference of the stamps and in the chronological order.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps of sheet and 300.000 notebooks.

This philatelic exposure is the third organized with the seat of the House of Commons. In 1999, the topic was old States with the Italian unit , and in 2003, the Italian République .

Società Dalmata di Storia Patria

February 10th, is emitted a stamp of 0,45 € for the 80e birthday of the Società Dalmata di Storia Patria, association founded with Zadar ( Zara in Italian), on March 26th, 1926. It is devoted to the promotion and the safeguarding of the Italian culture in Dalmatie, become Croatian and Yugoslav by the treated of Rapallo. The stamp represents the armorial bearings of the Company: three crowned heads of lion. The date of emission coincides with the Giorno LED ricordo , day national of the memory of the Exode istrien after the Second world war.

Of a format of 3,6 × 4,4 cm, the stamp are drawn and engraved by Rita Morena for an impression in Taille-douce in sheet of twenty-five specimens.

The seal first day of February 10th takes again the reason for the stamp and is available to Rome and Trieste, city located at the border with the Slovenia.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

5th centenary of died of Andrea Mantegna

February 25th, is emitted a artistic Timbre of 0,45 € at the time of the 500 years of died of the painter Andrea Mantegna. It reproduces a detail of freque entitled the the Court of the marquis Louis III of Mantoue ( Camera degli sposi for the place of realization, the Chambre of the Husbands to the ducal palate of Mantoue), realized in 1474.

The stamp of 3,6 × 4,4 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twenty-five specimens.

Available to Mantoue and Padoue, the seal first day of February 25th represents the contour of the five characters extracted the fresco.

Pulling is of 3,5 million units.

March

28e international Congress of the occupational medicine

March 8th, is emitted a stamp with surtax of 0,60 € + 0,30 € at the time of the 28e international Congrès of the Occupational medicine ( 28° Congresso Internazionale di Medicina del Lavoro ; or “of health at the work” according to certain translations in French), organized with Milan. The light blue bottom and white of the stamp represent the private clinic of work Luigi Devoto of Milan, and over the logotypes of the congress and the center of the Milanese congresses which accommodates the demonstration. The surtax of 30 hundreds is devoted to the fight against the Breast cancer ( pro lotta have tumori LED seno ) symbolized by a pink ribbon. This congress coincides with the centenary of the International Commission one Occupational Health, founded in 1906 in Milan.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is designed by Paolo Baldi and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first day of March 8th is available to Rome and takes again the principal elements of the stamp, in particular the frontage of the private clinic of work in black features.

Pulling is of 5 million specimens.

9th plays paralympic of winter Turin 2006

March 9th, at the time of IX^es Plays paralympic of winter of 2006 ( IX Giochi Paralimpici Invernali ) with Turin from March 10th to 19th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € reproducing the logotype of the sporting event.

Measuring 2,6 × 3,6 cm, the stamp is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day of March 9th is available to Turin and takes again the logotype of the Plays.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Made in Italy

March 11th, in the series of everyday usage Made in Italy , is emitted two stamps on typical products of Italy. The 0,60 € is devoted to the manufacturer of artisanal Ice cream ( gelato artigianale ); an old engraving shows an itinerant salesman with his carriole and approximately plan a horn of three balls of ice. 2,80 € on the Marble of Carrara marble ( marmo di Carrara ); on bottom of a career of extraction, is represented a Statue Michel-Angel, Esclave rebels .

“Gelato artigianale” is drawn by Rita Fantini and “Marmo di Carrara” by Tiziana Trinca. The two stamps of 3,6 × 4,4 cm are printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twenty-five.

The seals first day of March 11th, reproducing the principal reason for the stamps, are available for the 0,60 € to Bellune and Capri, and the 2,80 € with Carrare.

The pulling of each stamp is of 3,5 million specimens.

Associazione Nazionale Italiana Cantanti

March 17th, is emitted a Timbre commemorative of 0,45 € for the 25e birthday the Associazione Nazionale Italiana Cantanti (in French, the national association of the Italian singers). This association of singers with humane goal takes part in friendly matches of Football to the profit of carétatives works. Behind a carried, is held a football team laid out as for photography right before the beginning of the part. The logotype of association is represented in bottom on the left.

Drawn by Cristina Bruscaglia, the stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first day of March 17th, available to Milan, takes again the reasons for the stamp.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Navy: the aircraft carrier Cavour

March 17th, in the series of everyday usage the Institutions , is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € on the Porte-avions Cavour , in construction por the marine soldier Italian whose armorial bearings are reproduced in top on the right stamp.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

The seal with dated March 17th reproduced the two elements of the stamp (ship and armorial bearings) and is available to Milan.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Centenary of the tunnel of the Simplon

March 18th, is emitted a Timbre commemorative of 0,62 € at the time of the centenary of the Tunnel of the Simplon ( centenario traforo del Sempione ). Inaugurated on May 19th, 1906, this railway tunnel in the the Alps connects the Valais in Suisse to the Piedmont in Italy, as the two flags at the end of the tunnel point out it, drawn on the stamp.

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is drawn by Tiziana Trinca for an impression in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

Available to Milan and Domodossola, the first station exploited by an Italian company of Italian railroads to leaving the tunnel, the seal first day of March 18th takes again the illustration of the stamp.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Tourism

March 24th, in the series of everyday usage Tourism, are emitted three stamps of 0,45 € on the Lac of Like ( lago di Como , with a village dominating water surface), Versilia Vacanze in the Seaside resort of Marina di Pietrasanta, in Toscane, and the temple of Sarapis to Pouzzoles ( Pozzuoli ) in Campanie.

The stamps of 4,8 × 3 cm are signed Antonio Ciaburro and are printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twenty-five.

Taking again the illustration of the stamps, each seal first day of March 24th were available to Like, Marina di Pietrassanta and Pouzzoles.

Each stamp is drawn to 3,5 million specimens.

International day of the mountain

March 30th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € to announce the organization, on December 11th, international Journée of the mountain ( Giornata Internazionale della Montagna ) by the United Nations for the food and agriculture (FAO). A plan-cut of a mountainous solid mass is drawn in front of a terrestrial sphere; the logotype of the demonstration appears in top on the left of the stamp.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is designed by Tiziana Trinca and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first illustrated day as the stamp is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

April

Maria Santissima Incaldana - Sanctuary of Mondragone

April 1st, in the series of everyday usage the artistic and cultural inheritance Italian , is emitted a stamp of 0,45 € reproducing a Byzantine icon visible in the basilica of a sanctuary of Campanie, the venerabile santuario di santa Maria Incaldana , on the commune of Mondragone. The icon is a Vierge with the child representative Marie nursing Jesus; both carry a crown and a haloes.

The stamp of 4 × 4,8 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twenty-five.

The Vierge with the child is taken again on the seal first day of April 1st available to Mondragone.

First vote of the Italian citizens from abroad

April 3rd, is emitted a stamp of 0,62 € at the time of the first participation of the Italian citizens from abroad in the legislative elections national ( Primo voto dei cittadini italiani residenti all' estero ). A Planisphère according to the Projection of Mollweide is divided into ballot papers which plunges in a ballot box carrying the weapons of the Italian Republic.

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is drawn by Luca Vangelli. It is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first day taking again the drawing of the map of the world and the ballot box is dated April 3rd and of Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Philatelic exposure: “two Republics”

April 5th, within the framework of a joint emission with San Marino, is emitted a stamp and a layer of 0,62 € representing the pediment of the Palais Montecitorio, seat of the Italian House of Commons, and the tower of the Palazzo Publico, seat of the government of San Marino. The summit part of each monument is registered in a Dentelure recalling that the emission takes place at the time of the philatelic exposure the Two Republics ( Mostra filatelica “ It due Repubbliche ”). Devoted to the history of the postal relations between the two countries, this demonstration takes place from April 8th to May 7th, 2006 in San Marino.

The block emitted simultaneously proposes the Italian stamp himself-holding with the stamp of San Marino. Above the stamps, the Allégorie S of the republics meet.

The stamp of 4 × 3 cm is drawn by Anna Maria Maresca. It is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens and an illustrated block of a stamp himself-holding with a specimen of San Marino placed at its line.

Pulling is of two million stamps and 550.000 blocks.

The stamp of San Marino is identical apart from the name of the transmitting country. The block of San Marino carries the Italian stamp to the right-hand side of the stamp of San Marino and is drawn with 150.000 specimens.

70e birthday of the school of ski of Cervin

April 13rd, is emitted a stamp of 0,45 € for the 70e birthday of the School of ski of the Cervin ( Scuola di sci del Cervino ). Founded in 1936, it is installed in this solid mass of the the Alps. The stamp presents the drawing of a lesson of ski for children, with Cervin in background and one of the logotypes of the school in top on the right.

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is drawn by Cristina Bruscaglia and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day of April 13rd is available to the ski station of Breuil-Cervinia.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Gentile da Fabriano, Madonna LED' Umiltà

April 20th, is emitted a stamp of 2,80 € reproducing the Madonna LED' Umiltà of the painter Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni Massi, known under the name of Gentile da Fabriano. It is about a Vierge to the child realized with the beginning of the year 1420.

The work preserved at the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo of Pisa is reproduced on a stamp of 3,6 × 4,4 cm printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twenty-five units.

The seal first day, taking again the central reason of the Virgin and the child, is available on April 20th to Fabriano, birthplace of the painter from which it draws his nickname.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

50e birthday of the daily newspaper It Giorno

April 21st, is emitted a stamp of 0,45 € for the fiftieth anniversary of the Journal Quotidien It Giorno . The illustration is a resumption of a drawing of 1956: a character in pijama rises while opening his window on the first page of the daily newspaper.

The original drawing of the advertizing French Raymond Savignac is taken again on a stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first day, of the same illustration, is available on April 21st to Milan, city where It Giorno has its seat.

Pulling is of 3,5 million units.

50 years of activity of the Constitutional court

April 22nd, in the series of everyday usage the Institutions ( Li Istituzioni ), is emitted a stamp of 0,45 € for the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the activities of the Constitutional court ( 50 anni di attività beyond Corte costituzionale ). The stamp represents the room of the audiences of this institution.

The stamp of 4,4 × 3,6 cm is drawn and engraved by Antonio Ciaburro. It is printed in Taille-douce in sheet of twenty-five.

The seal first day is dated April 22nd and available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Enrico Mattei 1906-1962

April 29th, is emitted a stamp of 0,45 € for the centenary of the birth of Enrico Mattei, resistant during the Second world war and first owner of the Ente nazionale idrocarburi (ENI), the Italian national company of oils.

The portrait on bottom of the colors of the Italian flag is drawn by Gaetano Ieluzzo. The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day carrying a portrait of Mattei, is available in its birthplace of Acqualagna, Matelica where he lived part of his youth, and Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Areas of Italy

April 29th, in the series of everyday usage Areas of Italy, is emitted four stamps of 0,45 € on the areas of the Latium ( Lazio ), of the Piedmont ( Piemonte ), of the Pouilles ( Puglia ) and of Toscane ( Toscana ). On each one, geographical profile côtoie of the elements pointing out the area. For Latium, was selected the green landscape of the Etruscan Nécropole of Cerveteri and a Etruscan Sarcophage called “of the Husband” preserved at the Etruscan National museum of the villa Giulia, with Rome. On the stamp “Piedmont”, the equestrian Statue of Emmanuel-Philibert, prince de Piémont at the 16th century, was set up on the Place San Carlo of Turin and is the work of the sculptor Carlo Marocchetti; on the line of the figurine, is represented the Château of Racconigi, residence of the princes de Carignan. The profile of Pouilles cuts the stamp in two triangles: in bottom on the left, the basilica San Nicola of Bari and in top on the right, the island Tremiti in Adriatic Sea. For the Tuscan , the left edge carries the profile of the face of the David of Michel-Angel and opens the stamp on a rural landscape Tuscan.

The stamps of 3,6 × 2,6 cm are drawn by Tiziana Trinca for an impression in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

Each stamp can be obliterated with a seal first day reiterating the essence of its illustration. The seal is available to Bari (“Pouilles”), Florence (“Tuscan”), Rome (“Latium”) and Turin (“Piedmont”).

Pulling is of 4,5 million for each of the four stamps.

May

Centenary of Targa Florio

May 6th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € for the centenary, day for day, of the first edition of the sicilian automobile race , the Targa Florio which disappeared in 1977. On this stamp, a painting of 1930 on this race is reproduced.

The work of Margaret Bradley of 1930 is printed in Héliogravure on a stamp of 4,4 × 3,6 cm conditioned in sheet of twenty-five.

Reinterpreting in black contours the painting of Bradley, the seal first day is available to Palermo and Termini Imerese, in Sicily.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Christophe Colomb, 5th centenary of its death

May 6th, is emitted a Timbre commemorative of 0,62 € for the fifth centenary of died of Christophe Colomb ( Cristoforo Colombo. V centenario beyond dead ). The navigator, hair bleached by the age, writes a work, with the background the profile of the three ships of his first forwarding in a whole of colors orange.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Anna Maria Maresca. It is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

Taking again the scene, the seal first day is available to Genoa, famous birthplace of the explorer.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Europa: the integration seen by the young people

May 8th, within the framework of the emission Europa, are emitted two stamps of 0,45 € and 0,62 € on the common topic of the integration seen by the young people ( the integrazione Vista dai giovani ). The drawing of the 0,45 € represents five young people of different origins sitted on a wall. The 0,62 € watch same characters of back, being held by the arms.

The two stamps of 3,6 × 2,6 cm are drawn by Anna Maria Maresca. Printed in Photogravure, they are conditioned in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day illustrated of the same characters, this time upright in front of the wall, is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 4 million specimens for each of the two stamps.

Parliament of the International counsel of the military sport

May 9th, is emitted a stamp of 0,45 € at the time of the 61e general meeting of the International counsel of the military sport ( Assemblea Generale del Consiglio Internazionale dello Sport Militare ) organized with Rome from May 15th to 22nd 2006. The white basic stamp is illustrated Logotype of the assembly: the Colisée in nuances of gray and a sword surrounded by five rings.

The drawing of the stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is designed by Vincenzo Mazziotta. The stamp is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Olympiad of failures of 2006 in Turin

May 20th, is emitted a stamp of 0,62 € at the time of the Olympiade of failures of 2006 ( Mondiali has squadre di scacchi ) held with Turin of at the end of May at the beginning of June 2006. The illustration represents a door Globe whose sphere is replaced by a chess-board.

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is drawn by Gaetano Ieluzzo for an impression in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

The seal first day taking again the sphere-chess-board is available to Turin.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

June

60 years of the constituent Assembly 1946-2006

June 1st, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € for the commemoration of the election, on June 2nd, 1946, of the constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution Italian République. The same day, the voters and électrices (the Italians voted for the first time) chose the republic like their new political regime. The illustration is inspired by a photograph of a session of the constituent Assembly on whom three arcs of circle were imposed on the colors of the Italian flag.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Niccolò Desii for an impression in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day taking again the arcs of circle is available on June 1st to Genoa and Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Vote for all

June 1st, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € for the 60e birthday of the Vote for all in Italy, described on the stamp as the “Right to vote for all” ( diritto di voto ale gives ). The first election where this vote was applied took place on June 2nd, 1946 for the Référendum of the choice of the political regime and the election of a constituent Assembly. To recall that the women were principal the recipients of the extension of the right to vote, it is selected a photograph in black and white on pink bottom of Leonilde “Nilde” Iotti, elected appointed this June 2nd and who was president of the House of Commons of 1979 to 1992.

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

The seal first day with the effigy of Nilde Iotti is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Championship of the world of bridge Vérone 2006

June 9th, is emitted a stamp of 0,65 € to announce the organization of the championship of the world of Bridge to Vérone from June 9th to 24th 2006. On bottom of the symbols of the colors of the Card deck, the logotypes of the Italian Federation of the play of bridge (in top) and world Fédération of bridge (in bottom) are posed on a red drawing inspired of the Arènes of Vérone.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Andrea Pagani and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The reason for the stamp is taken again on the seal first day available to Vérone.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Military aeronautics: polygon of shooting inter-arm Salto di Quirra

June 13rd, is emitted a Timbre commemorative of 0,60 € for the fiftieth anniversary of the experimental Polygon inter-arm Salto di Quirra ( Poligono Sperimentale Interforze Salto di Quirra ), located at Perdasdefogu in Sardinia. The stamp represents the chart of the island with the localization of Perdasdefogu and the blazon of the base.

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is drawn by Fabio Simonelli and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day, identical to the stamp without the colors, is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Guardia di Finanza

June 21st, are emitted two stamps of 0,60 € for the centenary of the Guardia di Finanza, police customs and financial Italian. One of the stamps is devoted to the Comando general , the chief of the institution, is represented by its current seat on the avenue of April 21st to Rome and a preceding seat avenue of September 20th in background. The other stamp presents the Légion Allievi ( Legione Allievi ) with the seat to Maddaloni and a soldier carrying the uniform of 1906.

The two stamps are drawn by Alessandro Biffignandi and are printed in Héliogravure in sheet of cinqante. They measure 2,6 × 3,6 cm, “Commando general” in the vertical direction and “Legione Allievi” in the horizontal direction.

Two seals taking again each one the reason of one of the stamps are available on June 21st to Naples; the seal for “Legione Allievi” is also available to Bari.

Each stamp is drawn to 3,5 million specimens.

July

50e birthday of the reopening of the Greek theater of Tindari

July 6th, within the framework of the series of everyday usage the Italian historical heritage and cultural , is emitted a stamp of 1,50 € for the fiftieth anniversary of the reopening of the Greek theater of Tindari ( 50° anniversario will riapertura LED teatro greco di Tindari ), located on the commune of Patti in Sicily. The drawing shows the representation of a part of night, with in background, the ruins, the Tyrrhenian Sea and one of the islands Éoliennes.

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is signed Cristina Bruscaglia. It is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The complete reason for the illustration is taken again on the seal first day available to Patti.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

50e birthday of the Highway of the Sun

July 10th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € for the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the building site of the Autoroute of the Sun (A1 and A2, Autostrada del Sole ). On the stamp, the north and the south of Italy are connected by a bridge posed on a chart of the country.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Antonio Ciaburro and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first day is available to Sasso Marconi, city of the Province of Bologna served by a1 highway.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

August

26e birthday of the “massacre of Bologna”

August 2nd, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € in remembering the “massacre of Bologna” ( strage of Bologna ), a attack at the station of Bologna during which 85 people were killed, on August 2nd, 1980. The illustration presents a wall cut into two by the explosion and letting see, on a purple bottom, the Numeral adjective ordinal “26°”.

The illustration is a creation of Federico Dovesi and Samuele Salvatori. The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

This wall open is also used as illustration to the seal first day available to Bologna.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

September

Union of the Italian philatelic press 1966-2006

September 1st, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € himself-holding with a label without postal value for the 60e birthday of the Union of the Italian philatelic press ( Unione Stampa Filatelica Italiana , USFI). Founded in May 1966, it gathers the journalists, authors and philatelic editors of Italy. The stamp is illustrated logotype of association: a messenger with horse. the label announces the National conference of organized philately on September 1st with Riccione.

The stamp and its label measure both 3,6 × 2,6 cm. They are drawn by Renato Russo and Paolo Santovito and are printed in Héliogravure in sheet of eight stamps and labels himself-holding.

The seal first day carrying the logotype of the USFI is available to Riccione.

Pulling is of 3,5 million units.

San Gregorio Magno 540-604

September 2nd, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € representing the Pape Gregoire I {{er}}, said also holy Gregoire the large one ( San Gregorio Magno ). Its portrait is inspired by a visible sculpture in the Saint-Andrew vault on the mount Cælius, with Rome. With the background the frontage of the basilica is drawn Saint-Gregoire-the-Large.

The sculpture of Nicolas Rope-maker and the frontage of the basilica are reproduced by Rita Fantini. The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

World champion 2006

September 9th, is emitted a stamp of 1 € to celebrate the victory of the team of Italy of football at the time of the world cup organized in Germany in June - July 2006. The stamp, on blue bottom, mixes photography in white with the champion team holding up the trophy, the Italian flag and four stars, for each victory of the national team in this competition since 1930. In the corner in top on the right, the logotype of the competition of 2006 is reproduced.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Angelo Merenda and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twelve units.

Taking again the flag, four stars and the player holding up the trophy, the seal first day is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 7,2 million stamps.

Victims of terrorism

September 16th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € in homage to the victims of the Terrorisme ( vittime LED terrorismo ). Characters whose children and that only a white contour makes it possible to distinguish, are upright in front of a face made up of tasks of colors, with the blue eyes.

The drawing is of Tiziana Trinca. The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

Reproducing in black and white the whole drawing of the stamp, the seal first day is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million units.

Centenary of the birth of Ettore Majorana

September 18th, is emitted a Timbre commemorative of 0,60 € for the centenary of the birth of the physicist Ettore Majorana, disappeared in mysterious circumstances at 32 years during a voyage in boat in Tyrrhenian Sea. The portrait is reproduced in black spots on blue bottom. In bottom on the left, the simplified representation of a Atome is: a core of form square around whose three electron S turns of which one is used to write “O” in the name of the scientist.

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is drawn by Gaetano Ieluzzo and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first day is available to Catania, birthplace of the physicist, and with Turin. On this seal, the portrait is more usual in black features and the atom is represented in more important dimensions compared to the stamp.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Saint Ignace de Loyola (1491-1556) and holy François Xavier (1506-1552)

September 27th, is emitted two stamps of 0,60 € out of two Saint S catholic having lived during first half of the 16th century and represented in the form of holy pictures. Ignace de Loyola ( Sant' Ignazio di Loyola ) it is the 450e birthday of death, is represented préchant a man and a woman. For the fifth centenary of the birth, François Xavier ( San Francesco Saverio ) évangélise a couple; the men's clothes recalls that the missionary worked with the conversion of people into Asia.

The two stamps of 3,6 × 4,4 cm are the work of Anna Maria Maresca and are printed in Héliogravure in sheet of twenty-five.

Two seals first day are available, taking again each one one of the scenes of the stamps. They are available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million for each stamp.

Championship of the world of fencing Turin 2006

September 29th, in the series of everyday usage the Italian sport , is emitted a stamp of 0,65 € for the organization of the Championnats of the world of fencing 2006, from September 30th to October 7th with Turin. On an orange red bottom, the principal illustration is a scene of combat of Escrime. Above the duellists, the logotype of these championships of the world and, on the left, the profile of the Mole Antonelliana, monument of the town of Turin.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Marco Schiavon and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day carries the logotype of the championships of the world (a fencer striking an horizontal line) and is available to Turin.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

October

5th centenary of the play of the lotto

October 6th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € for the 500 years of the play of the lotto ( gioco LED lotto ), a Loterie. In front of a landscape of blue sky, white clouds and mauve figures, appears on the left the profile of a woman the bandaged eyes symbolizing the Hasard.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Gaetano Ieluzzo and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The allegorical effigy is reproduced on the seal first day available to Naples and Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Day of philately

October 6th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € to mark the day of philately. A child armed with a Loupe observes a stamp stuck on a Globe.

Measuring 3,6 × 2,6 cm, the stamp is drawn by Giustina Milite. It is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty units.

The seal first day is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

National organization of the terrestrial and marine protected areas

October 6th, is emitted a stamp of 0,65 € on the National organization of the terrestrial and marine protected areas ( Sistema nazionale delle aree protette terrestri E marinades ), charged with the natural parks in Italy. The action of the organization is presented in the shape of a logotype in which a circle is divided between four types of protected natural elements: a sheet of tree, a fish, a wolf and a bird.

Conceived by Paolo Moretti, the stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first is available to Rome.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

Luchino Visconti 1906-1976

October 13rd, is emitted a Timbre commemorative of 0,60 € for the centenary of the birth and the thirtieth birthday of died of Luchino Visconti. The portrait of the realizer of cinema neighbor with the title of some of its films: Bellissima , It Gattopardo ( the Cheetah ), Notti Bianche ( Sleepless nights ), Ossessione ( diabolic Lovers ), Senso and Terra Dieresis ( the ground trembles ).

The stamp of 2,6 × 3,6 cm is drawn by Maria Carmela Perrini for an impression in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty.

The seal first day taking again all the illustration of the stamp is available to Milan and Rome, respectively birthplace and of death of Visconti.

Pulling is of 3,5 million specimens.

Dino Buzzati 1906-1972

October 16th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € for the centenary of the birth of the writer Dino Buzzati. The writer is represented with work in front of a Typewriter.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Anna Maria Maresca and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

Taking again the scene without the rectangles of color, the seal first day is available to Bellune, commune native of the writer.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

It Santo Native

October 28th, is emitted two stamps of everyday usage in the series It Santo Natale devoted to Christmas. The 0,60 € is on the topic of the Christian festival by reproducing a work of Jacopo Bassano, Adoration of the Mages , as that of two shepherds around the crib where Jesus was born. The 0,65 €, more centered on the festive side, presents a fir tree gilded by its decorations on a red bottom.

The engraver Antonello Ciaburro reproduces on the 0,60 € the work of Bassano exposed in the vault of the catholic Civiltà , with Rome. This horizontal stamp is printed in Taille-douce in sheet of fifty specimens. The 0,65 €, vertical, is drawn by Cristina Bruscaglia and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty. The two stamps measure 2,6 × 3,6 cm.

Two seals first day take again each one one of the two reasons. They are available to Rome.

The pulling of the 0,65 € is of 3,5 million specimens compared with 5 million for the 0,60 €.

November

Fallen in Nassiriya

November 11th, is emitted a stamp of 0,60 € in remembering the killed Italian soldiers ( Caduti di Nassiriya ), on November 12th, 2003, in an attack with Nassiriya, in Iraq. It is one of the attacks which followed the combat of the war which caused the fall of Saddam Hussein. It had an important repercussion on the Italian public opinion. The stamp represents the Tombe of the Unknown soldier to the foot of the Vittoriano, surrounded by two flags in Bern. With the foot of the monument, flowers deposited by the citizens in memory of the soldiers killed in the attack. The emission of the stamp coincides with the 88e birthday of the end of the First World War.

The stamp of 3,6 × 2,6 cm is drawn by Maria Carmela Perrini and is printed in Héliogravure in sheet of fifty specimens.

The seal first day illustrated of the monument in Victor-Emmanuel II is available to Rome and Sassari in Sardinia.

Pulling is of 3,5 million stamps.

December

See too

Sources

philatelic Emissions of 2006 on the site of the Post office italiane.

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