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
Issue 488 – Commemorative stamps of the San Giovanni Battista Hospital in Rome of the Association of Italian Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Joint issue with the Italian Republic
| On sale | Yes |
| Face value | Souvenir sheet 1,90 € |
| Stamp description | commemorative stamps of the St. John Baptist hospital in Rome of the Association of the Italian Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. On souvenir sheet, Cour d’honneur with the fountain of Pius IV, palace of Innocent VIII and the legend: EMISSIONE CONGIUNTA SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA – ITALIA. On stamps: the ancient part of the Castello della Magliana with the entrance of the St. John Baptist Hospital; view of the modern structure of the Hospital. On both stamps, the captions: ROMA – OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA DELL’ASSOCIAZIONE DEI CAVALIERI ITALIANI DEL SOVRANO MILITARE ORDINE DI MALTA; Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta; Poste Magistrali and denomination € 0.95. Sketch by Anna Maria Maresca. |
| Date of issue | 27 November 2015. |
| Face values | two € 0.95 stamps in a souvenir sheet for a total of € 1.90. |
| Size | 40 x 30 mm. |
| Perforation | 13 x 13 ½. |
| Souvenir sheet size | 160 x 90 mm. |
| Print run | fourforty thousand numbered souvenir sheets. |
| Printed by | in rotogravure. Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.P.A. |
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