by InTrieste
Italy honored the late Queen Elizabeth II with a new postage stamp issued to mark the first anniversary of her death at Balmoral one year ago.
The commemorative stamp was unveiled last Tuesday at a ceremony in Rome in the presence of the minister for Enterprises and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, and the British ambassador in Italy, Ed Llewellyn.
The stamp depicts a series of colored silhouettes of “Regina Elisabetta II”, marking various phases of her life as the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
The initiative marks a rare instance of Italy dedicating a commemorative stamp to a non-Italian, an honor which in the past has been bestowed only on a handful of personalities including former popes, Mother Teresa and Florence Nightingale.
“This stamp is almost an exception, because it concerns a historical personality who does not belong to the Italian state”, Minister Urso said in a statement, underlining the “extremely important and significant role” played by Queen Elizabeth II and noting the monarch’s affection for “the culture, history and people” of Italy.
For more details (in Italian) see TG Poste website.
