COVER N. 534 - ITALY

Postmark: Giorno di emissione 25 anni Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace 00187 Rova V.R. 14.11.2024

Posted on the 14th November; Received on the 19th November 2024

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Who doesn't love a surprise? I was trully happy to find this nice cover in my letter box. Little did I know that this was just the beginning.... Un grand Merci, Eric, pour cette belle surprise.

The Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace, was established on 16 December 1999.

According to its website, the founding bodies of the Foundation include, alongside the Veneto Region, the Province and the Municipality of Venice, the University of Venice, the Cini Foundation, the European Cultural Society, the Literary Society of Verona, the Veneto Institute of Science, Literature and Arts. Religious culture is alsoo represented in the organisation through the Maytreya Study Centre for Buddhists, the Lutheran Church and the Don Germano Pattaro Centre for Theological Studies; the University of Padua is nowadays also a member of the Foundation.

The Foundation is tasked with carrying out research activities, by itself or in collaboration with national and international institutions, on security, development and peace issues and the implementation and promotion of initiatives to disseminate the results of the research carried out.

On the occasion of its 25th anniversary The Ministry for Business and Made in Italy and the City State of  The Vatican issued, on 14Nov2024,  the single stamp joint issue used on the FDC. 

The tariff "B" stamp (Domestic, 20g) is illustrated with the logo of the Foundation printed over  a  map entitled ‘Perspective Plan of the City of Venice and its Lagoons’, published in a 1534  book by Benedetto Bordone, entitled ‘Isolario’, kept at the Correr Museum Library in Venice.

The Rome issued First Day Postmark replicates most of the graphic elements of the stamp.