Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta

150th Anniversary of the death of Gioacchino Rossini

150° Anniversario della morte di Gioacchino Rossini

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Face value Stamp 2,40 €
Stamp description

born in Pesaro on 29 February 1792, Gioacchino Rossini, one of the greatest opera composers in the history of music, learned the first rudiments of musical theory in the Malerbi brothers’ school.

Band: joined vertically to left of stamp, it depicts:
Autographed score of The Barber of Seville, opera by Gioacchino Rossini. Bologna, Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica.
©2018. De Agostini Picture Library/Scala, Florence.
Commemorative caption along lower side.

Stamp: Sketch of costumes for William Tell, opera by Gioacchino Rossini Vienna, Wien Museum.
©2018. De Agostini Picture Library/ Scala, Florence.

Date of issue 5 December 2018.
Face values one stamp at € 2,40 joint to a label.
Size 40 x 52 mm.
Perforation 13 x 13.
Print run six thousand stamps and six thousands labels.
Stamp sheet six stamps and six labels.
Printed by offset. Cartor Security Printing, La Loupe, Francia.