COVER N.147 - ITALIA.

Postmark: Pratovecchio Poste Italiane 20-07-22 
Posted on the 20th July; received on the 11th August 20227th July 2022

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Some more mail from Roberto, from Italy. Grazie mille, Roberto

Roberto used the following two  self-adhesive Tariff B (domestic, up to 20g) commemorative stamps to mail  his letter to me:

- Stamp issued on 26JAN2019 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of soccer player Valentino Mazzola. I, not being a soccer fan, had to go and see and I learned that tragically there is a link between Mazzola and Portugal, since he was a member of the Torino Football Club team whose members would sadly loose their lives in an  airplane crash on a flight between Lisbon, where they had played against Benfica, and their hometown, on the 4th May 1949.

- Stamp issued on 19MAR20222, to celebrate 800th Anniversary of the University of Padua, established in 1222, what makes it even older than our own University of Coimbra, set up in 1290. An existence of 800 years is quite a feat for any institution but to think that a university has been spreading knowledge for such a long time, is really something to celebrate. My congratulations to the beautiful city of Padua and to its University!