A special first day of issue postmark was available for “Fifth centenary of the circumnavigation of the Globe by Antonio Pigafetta” issued on  23 March 2022.

Designed by Giancarlo Federico, it reproduces some details taken from the stamps that compose the set and, precisely, the bronze bust of Antonio Pigafetta, a copy of the one present in the monument in Campo Marzo in Vicenza, then located in the city of Punta Arenas (Chile), and a representation of the ship Victoria, the only survivor of the fleet of the expedition of the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan, on which Antonio Pigafetta returned to Spain in September 1522. The image of the ship is taken from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abrahamus Ortelius, 1592, kept in the Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana in Vicenza.
The postmark is completed by the inscriptions “SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA”, “POSTE MAGISTRALI” and “GIORNO DI EMISSIONE”, the legend “ANTONIO PIGAFETTA” and the date “23.III.2022”.

Items for reposting, individually franked by the sender with stamps belonging to the relevant set, must reach Poste Magistrali by 23 May 2022. A suitable self-addressed envelope, bearing Order of Malta stamps corresponding to the ordinary (Posta4) or priority (Posta1) mail  rate in force in Italy, must be enclosed for the postmarked items to be returned under cover. For return by registered mail, please contact Poste Magistrali in advance.

Items to be returned uncovered must reach Poste Magistrali by 8 April 2022 and must be individually marked “Corrispondenza filatelica” (Philatelic correspondence) on the address side in indelible ink. In case of missing, it will be automatically applied by Poste Magistrali.