Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
First day of issue postmark – Our Lady of Philermos, Protector of the Order (2024)
On the occasion of the issue of a stamp enclosed in a sheet dedicated to Our Lady of Philermos, Protector of the Order of Malta, the Poste Magistrali counter located inside the Magistral Palace in Rome, with public entrance from Via delle Carrozze 79, will use the special postmark on 30 September 2024.
The postmark, created by Giancarlo Federico, depicts the icon of Our Lady of Philermos, kept in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Assisi, where the Order of Malta’s pilgrimage traditionally takes place at the beginning of September, on the anniversary of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The postmark is completed by the inscriptions “SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA”, “POSTE MAGISTRALI”, “GIORNO DI EMISSIONE”, “NOSTRA SIGNORA DEL FILEREMO PROTETTRICE DELL’ORDINE” and the date “30.IX.2024”.
Items for reposting, individually franked by the sender with stamps belonging to the relevant set, must reach the Poste Magistrali office by 2 December 2024. A suitable self-addressed envelope, bearing the Order of Malta stamps corresponding to the ordinary (Posta4) or priority (Posta1) postal rate in force in Italy, must be enclosed for the postmarked items to be returned under cover. For any return by registered mail, please contact Poste Magistrali in advance.
Items to be returned uncovered must reach Poste Magistrali by 14 October 2024 and must be individually marked as “Corrispondenza filatelica” (Philatelic correspondence) on the address side in indelible ink. Should this indication be missing, it will be applied by Poste Magistrali.
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