COVER N.102 - ITALY

Postmark: 21047 Saronno (VA) - Postaitaliane - Filatelia 1104.22 
Posted on the 11th April; received on the 20th April 2022
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It has been a while since I last got a cover from Italy, so getting two on consecutive days felt like the old portuguese adagio "Não há fome que não dê em fartura" (there's no hunger that won't bring about abundance) had been proven right.  

Thank you Giuseppe

Stamps, left to right:

400 Lire stamp, part of a 4 stamp set with the same face value issued on 28MAR1983, in souvenir sheet form ,dedicated to italian aircarft. other than the caproni C22J, the set comprises the SIAI 21, the A.129 Agusta Helicopter and the AMX.

The Caproni C22J was conceived as a low cost jet trainer for the air force, but the design, of which the prototype flew in 1980, with only 3 aircraft being ever built, never got any orders and was eventually cancelled.

750 Lire stamp part of a joint Issue Italy/San Marino including 2 stamps in souvenir sheet form issued on 08OCT1994, celebrating the 9th centenary of the dedication of the world famous St. Mark's Basilica, in Venice,  which took place on 08 October 1094, one for use exclusively in Italy, the other for use exclusively in San Marino.

0,60 € stamp, issued on 21OCT2009, celebrating the day of the Italian Language, a joint issue with the Vatican State. The stamp contains the reprodution of what I presume to be an illustration of the original 1491 edition of Dante's La Divina Comedia, with a vignete containing the last verse of the first stanza: Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita / mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, /ché la diritta via era smarrita

Midway upon the journey of our life /  I found myself within a forest dark, /  For the straightforward pathway had been lost.