The stamp dedicated to the Roman Theater of Lecce has been issued

Poste Italiane announces that today 16 April five ordinary stamps belonging to the thematic series ”Italian artistic and cultural heritage” dedicated to historic theaters are being issued by the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy: Roman Theater of Lecce; Greek Theater of Syracuse, on the 110th anniversary of the first cycle of classical shows; Roman theater of Volterra; Greek Theater of Segesta; Roman amphitheater of Suasa, relating to the value of tariff B equal to €1.25 for each stamp. Circulation: 250,020 copies for each stamp. Sheet: 45 copies for each stamp.

The stamps are printed by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato SpA, in rotogravure, on white, neutral coated, self-adhesive, non-fluorescent paper. Sketches by Tiziana Trinca. The cartoons share the same graphic layout which shows, at the top right, a mask, typical of both the dramas and comedies of ancient theatre, and each depicts details or views from above of the theaters to which the series is dedicated: the Theater Greek from Syracuse; the Roman Theater of Lecce; the Roman Theater of Volterra, the Greek Theater of Segesta and the Roman Amphitheater of Suasa.

The stamps are completed by the respective legends “GREEK THEATER OF SYRACUSE” and “110 YEARS 1st CYCLE OF CLASSICAL SHOWS”, “THEATER OF LECCE”, “THEATER OF VOLTERRA”, THEATER OF SEGESTA” and “ANPHITEATRO OF SUASA”, the writing “ITALY” and the indication of the tariff “B”.

First day of issue cancellations are available at the philatelic counters of the Lecce Centro (Piazza Libertini), Siracusa 2, Volterra (Pisa), Catalifimi Segesta (Trapani) and Castelleone di Suasa (Ancona) post offices. The stamps and related philatelic products, postcards, cards and illustrative bulletins will be available at post offices with philatelic counters (in the province of Lecce, beyond Lecce Center in Tricase and Maglie), the “Spazio Filatelia” in Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples , Rome, Rome 1, Turin, Trieste, Venice, Verona and on the site philately.poste.it.

For the occasion, a philatelic folder was created for each stamp, in A4 format with three panels, each containing the single stamp, the quadruple of stamps, the canceled and stamped postcard, the first day of issue cover and the illustrative bulletin. at the price of €20 each.