The postmark, created by Giancarlo Federico, reproduces an image of the portrait of Blessed Fra’ Gerardo Sasso, founder and first Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, kept in the Chapel of the Magistral Palace in Rome.

The postmark is completed by the inscriptions “SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA” and “POSTE MAGISTRALI”, “PROGETTO FILATELIA NELLE CARCERI”, “MILANO OPERA”, “BEATO FRA’ GERARDO SASSO FONDATORE DELL’ORDINE”, and the date “8.III.2024”.

Items for reposting, individually franked by the sender with stamps belonging to the relevant set, must reach the Poste Magistrali office by 8 May 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 22 March 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.