Art of miniature (2016)

Arte della miniatura

On sale Yes
Face value Complete set 11,80 €
Stamp description

from 15th century miniatures depicting the travels of Marco Polo:

four € 0.95 stamps in a block:
Marco Polo departure from Venice.
©2016. De Agostini Picture Library/Scala Florence.

four € 2.00 stamps in a block:
Kublai Khan delivers Tablet of Commandments to Marco Polo.
©2016. Photo Josse/Scala, Florence.

 Marco Polo delivers Kublai Khan’s letter to Pope Gregory X.
©2016. Photo Josse/Scala, Firenze.

Men with dog heads discovered by Marco Polo.
©2016. Photo Josse/Scala, Florence.

Marco Polo Venetian navigator.
©2016. Photo Josse/Scala, Florence.

Date of issue 14 November 2016.
Face values four € 0.95 stamps in a block for a total of € 3.80 ; four € 2.00 stamps in a block for a total of € 8.00.
Size 52 x 40 mm.
Perforation 13 x 13.
Print run eight thousand complete sets.
Stamp sheet four complete sets for a total of sixteen stamps.
Printed by offset. Cartor Security Printing, La Loupe, Francia.