together with Italy and Vatican City, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta presents a philatelic issue of six stamps. Some of the important works of art recovered by the Italian Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale are reproduced:

Raffaello Sanzio: Portrait of a Lady (La Muta). Marche National Gallery;

15^th century master miniaturist: Psalter Sheet. Aracoeli Provincial Archive (APA-Storico);

Vincent van Gogh: The Gardener. National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome;

Roman Art: Face in ivory (1st century AD). National Roman Museum in Palazzo Massimo;

Andrea Mantegna: Holy Family with Saint. Courtesy of the Verona Civic Museums Management.

On the stamp, the headquarters of the Comando in Rome.

In the background of the souvenir sheet, on the left is Caravaggio’s Nativity with St. Lawrence and St. Francis of Assisi, stolen in 1969 from the Oratorio di San Lorenzo in Palermo, and still missing.