Italy 2025 Bayer

Bayer’s presence in Italy dates back to 1899, when the German life-sciences company first established commercial activities in the country. Over time, Bayer became deeply rooted in the Italian industrial and scientific landscape, expanding from the distribution of chemical and pharmaceutical products into research, manufacturing, and innovation.

During the 20th century, Bayer strengthened its role in Italy’s healthcare system through the production and marketing of medicines, including well-known brands such as Aspirin, and later expanded into agricultural science, supporting Italian farmers with crop protection and seed technologies.

Italy gradually became not only a key market but also a strategic hub for research and production, with important facilities such as the pharmaceutical plant in Garbagnate Milanese and several agricultural research centers across the country. Bayer Italy has also collaborated closely with universities, hospitals, and scientific institutions.

Today, with more than 125 years of continuous presence, Bayer Italy operates across Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, and Crop Science, contributing to public health, sustainable agriculture, and scientific progress. Its long history reflects a strong commitment to innovation, responsibility, and partnership with Italian society.

Italy 2024 Pokémon

 

Italy : Marco Polo

Marco Polo (c. 1254 – 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book of the Marvels of the World and Il Milione, c. 1300), a book that described the then-mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China under the Yuan dynasty, giving Europeans their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan, and other Asian societies.

Born in Venice, Marco learned the mercantile trade from his father and his uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, who travelled through Asia and met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, exploring many places along the Silk Road until they reached "Cathay". They were received by the royal court of Kublai Khan, who was impressed by Marco's intelligence and humility. Marco was appointed to serve as Kublai's foreign emissary, and he was sent on many diplomatic missions throughout the empire and Southeast Asia, visiting present-day Burma, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. As part of this appointment, Marco also travelled extensively inside China, living in the emperor's lands for 17 years and seeing many things previously unknown to Europeans. Around 1291, the Polos offered to accompany the Mongol princess Kököchin to Persia; they arrived there around 1293. After leaving the princess, they travelled overland to Constantinople and then to Venice, returning home after 24 years. At this time, Venice was at war with Genoa. Marco joined the war effort on behalf of Venice and was captured by the Genoans. While imprisoned, he dictated stories of his travels to Rustichello da Pisa, a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married, and had three children. He died in 1324 and was buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Venice.

Though he was not the first European to reach China, Marco Polo was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience. His account provided the Europeans with a clear picture of the East's geography and ethnic customs, and it included the first Western record of porcelain, gunpowder, paper money, and some Asian plants and exotic animals. His narrative inspired Christopher Columbus and many other travellers. There is substantial literature based on Polo's writings; he also influenced European cartography, leading to the introduction of the Catalan Atlas and the Fra Mauro map.

8 July 1954 : The 700th Anniversary of the Birth of Marco Polo

22 March 1996 : Italy-San Marino Joint Issue : Return of Marco Polo from China

overprint with 9th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition - CHINA '96

17 June 2024 : The 700th Anniversary of the Birth of Marco Polo

Italy-San Marino Joint Issue 2024 Vespa Club d'Italia

Vespa is an Italian brand of scooters and mopeds manufactured by Piaggio. The name means “wasp” in Italian. The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A. of Pontedera, Italy to a full line of scooters and one of seven companies today owned by Piaggio.

In 2024, San Marino and Italy celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Vespa Club d’Italia (created 1949), the largest Italian association that promotes Vespa riding in its many forms : sporting, tourist, cultural, recreational. Both stamps, with different designs, were issued on April 20, 2024. In the San Marino stamp, the Vespa license plates refer to the day of issue, respectively “20.04” and “2024”. This is very unusual to discover the exact date of issue printed directly on the stamp

Italy 2023 DUCATI : Campioni del Mondo

Ducati is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy. The company is directly owned by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini, whose German parent company is Audi, itself owned by the Volkswagen Group.

Italy 2022 Olio Extra Vergine Di Oliva

Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained by pressing whole olives, the fruit of Olea europaea, a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, and extracting the oil.

It is commonly used in cooking for frying foods or as a salad dressing. It can also be found in some cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps, and fuels for traditional oil lamps. It also has additional uses in some religions. The olive is one of three core food plants in Mediterranean cuisine, together with wheat and grapes. Olive trees have been grown around the Mediterranean since the 8th millennium BC.

In countries that adhere to the standards of the International Olive Council,[63] as well as in Australia, and under the voluntary United States Department of Agriculture labeling standards in the United States:

Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of virgin olive oil derived by cold mechanical extraction without use of solvents or refining methods. It contains no more than 0.8% free acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste, having some fruitiness and no defined sensory defects. Extra virgin olive oil accounts for less than 10% of oil in many producing countries; the percentage is far higher in some Mediterranean countries.

Virgin olive oil is a lesser grade of virgin oil, with free acidity of up to 2.0%, and is judged to have a good taste, but may include some sensory defects.

Refined olive oil is virgin oil that has been refined using charcoal and other chemical and physical filters, methods which do not alter the glyceridic structure. It has a free acidity, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 0.3 grams per 100 grams (0.3%) and its other characteristics correspond to those fixed for this category in this standard. It is obtained by refining virgin oils to eliminate high acidity or organoleptic defects. Oils labeled as pure olive oil or olive oil are primarily refined olive oil, with a small addition of virgin for taste.

Olive pomace oil is refined pomace olive oil, often blended with some virgin oil. It is fit for consumption, but may not be described simply as olive oil. It has a more neutral flavor than pure or virgin olive oil, making it unfashionable among connoisseurs; however, it has the same fat composition as regular olive oil, giving it the same health benefits. It also has a high smoke point, and thus is widely used in restaurants as well as home cooking in some countries.

Matteo Ricci 利玛窦

 

Italy
20 April 2022

Matteo Ricci SJ (6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions.   Ricci arrived at the Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1582 where he began his missionary work in China.   He mastered the Chinese language and writing system. He became the first European to enter the Forbidden City of Beijing in 1601 when invited by the Wanli Emperor, who sought his services in matters such as court astronomy and calendrical science. He emphasized parallels between Catholicism and Confucianism but opposed Buddhism. He converted several prominent Chinese officials to Catholicism.   Ricci created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 map of the world written in Chinese characters.   Ricci also worked with several Chinese elites, such as Xu Guangqi, in translating Euclid's Elements into Chinese as well as the Confucian classics into Latin for the first time in history.

马泰奥·里奇（1552年10月6日—1610年5月11日），漢名利玛窦，号西泰，又号清泰、西江，天主教耶稣會意大利籍神父、传教士、学者。利玛窦在明朝颇受士大夫的敬重，尊称为“泰西儒士”，是天主教在華传教的开拓者之一。   万历十年（1521年）利玛窦前往中国传教，8月7日到达澳門。   万历十一年（1583年）利玛窦获准與羅明堅神父入居广东肇庆。   萬曆十二年（1584年），利瑪竇與明朝光祿寺少卿李之藻合作刊刻的世界地圖《坤輿萬國全圖》。   利玛窦还翻译了《十誡》、《天主經》、《圣母赞歌》，《教理问答书》。译拉丁文《四书》，与瞿汝夔一起翻译了欧几里得《几何原本》     他除传播天主教教义外，还广交中国官员和社会名流，传播西方天文、数学、地理等科学技术知识。他的著述不仅对中西交流作出了重要贡献，对日本和朝鲜半岛上的国家认识西方文明也产生了重要影响。

Vatican City

22 June 2010

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

20 April 2010 

Macau

30 November 2006

Taiwan
3 April 1983

Italy : Polizia di Stato

10 May 1986

Law enforcement in Italy is centralized on a national level, carried out by multiple national forces, helped by few limited local agencies. The Italian law enforcement system is considered complex, with multiple police forces and other agencies taking part in different duties. Policing in the Italian system refers to the duties of "full-powered officers" coming from the four national main forces: Polizia di Stato (State Police), Carabinieri, Polizia Penitenziaria and Guardia di Finanza (Financial Guard). While the duties of these four corps' include investigating and arresting, other local forces carry out limited duties.

12 Dec 1997

12 April 2002

10 April 2022

The Polizia di Stato (State Police or P.S.) is one of the national police forces of Italy. Alongside the Carabinieri, it is the main police force for providing police duties, primarily to cities and large towns, and with its child agencies it is also responsible for highway patrol (autostrade), railways (ferrovie), airports (aeroporti), customs (together with the Guardia di Finanza) as well as certain waterways, and assisting the local police forces.

It was a military force until 1981 when the Italian State Law 121 was passed. This converted the State Police to a civil force, which is in contrast to the other main police forces of Italy: the Arma dei Carabinieri, which is a military police (gendarmerie) force[2][3] and the Guardia di Finanza, the Italian customs and border protection police that also falls in the military corps category.

Italy 2022 Pirelli Tire Company, 150th Anniversary

 

Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is an Italian multinational tyre manufacturer based in the city of Milan, Italy. The company, which has been listed on the Borsa Italiana since 1922, is the 6th-largest tyre manufacturer, and is focused on the consumer production of tyres for cars, motorcycles and bicycles. 

It is present in Europe, the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, North America, and the post-Soviet states, operating commercially in over 160 countries. It has 19 manufacturing sites, across 13 countries, and a network of around 14,600 distributors and retailers.

In 2015, China National Chemical Corp. Ltd. (ChemChina) took controlling interest of Pirelli; with the Chinese state-owned company agreeing to maintain the tyre company's ownership structure until 2023.

Italy 2021 Dalla Terra Italiana

 Poste Italiane has announced that from 20 November 2021, 15 ordinary stamps belonging to the thematic series " Excellence of the production and economic system " dedicated to PDO products will be issued by the Ministry of Economic Development (Mise) at a rate of 0.25 euros.

The top of the sheet bears the inscription "Ministero dello sviluppo economico Prodotti a denominazione protetta".

The fifteen stamps depict, in stylized graphics, a series of Italian agri-food products with Protected Designation of Origin, which are among the 170 recognized by the European Union. In the top left corner of each stamp is the mark of the Protected Designation of Origin, commonly known in Italian by the acronym DOP (PDO).

The stamps are also marked with the inscription "dalla terra Italiana" (from Italian soil) and the corresponding words "Pomodoro" (tomato), "Fagiolo" (bean), "Carciofo" (artichoke), "Arancia" (orange), "Peperone" (bell pepper), "Mela" (apple), "Melanzana" (eggplant), "Patata" (potato), "Castagna" (chestnut), "Cipolla" (onion), "Nocciola" (hazelnut), "Fico" (fig), "Basilico" (basil), "Aglio" (garlic), "Pistacchio" (pistachio), the inscription "Italia" (Italy) and the price indication "€ 0.25". 

Italy 2021 100th Anniversary Venini S.p.A

Founded in 1921 by Paolo Venini, a Milanese lawyer, and Giacomo Cappellin, a Venetian antiques dealer, Venini SpA, then Cappellin, Venini & C., would become a model of excellence in the world of artistic glass, laying the foundations for a stylistic identity that still distinguishes it today. 

Venini boasts an unmatched colour palette that, together with the glassworking techniques, is part of a cultural heritage handed down from generation to generation. The Venini furnace is, in fact, the only one capable of producing 125 colours of glass, the fruit of a long and passionate search for formulae yielding new combinations. The structure is organised to operate with 14 ovens fired up at once, making available to the artists and master glassmakers a colour palette that has no equal.

Creations bearing the Venini signature have become part of the permanent collections of museums of such calibre as the Metropolitan Museum and MoMA in New York, the Fondation Cartier in Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Venini’s own museum contains 45,000 drawings, 10,000 vintage photos and 4,000 works of art, making it the most valuable historical archive of modern and contemporary glass art.

Italy : Venezia

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers.

The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BC. The city was historically the capital of the Republic of Venice for almost a millennium, from 810 to 1797. It was a major financial and maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as an important centre of commerce—especially silk, grain, and spice, and of art from the 13th century to the end of the 17th. 

The lagoon and the historic parts of the city within the lagoon were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, covering an area of 70,176.4 hectares (173,410 acres).

25 Apr 1912 : The Campanile in Venice

1912 : Poster Stamp

5 Mar 1973 : Save Venice Campaign

10 Apr 1973 : Save Venice Campaign

16 Mar 2007 : Venice Unesco Heritage

2 Jul 2009 : Celebrating the SMS Venice Project

25 Mar 2021 : 1600th Anniversary of the Founding of Venice

30 Jun 2021 : Tourism

2021 : Tourism

Italy : Duomo di Milano

Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St. Mary (Santa Maria Nascente), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini.

The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete: construction began in 1386, and the final details were completed in 1965. It is the largest church in the Italian Republic—the larger St. Peter's Basilica is in the State of Vatican City, a sovereign state—and the third largest in the world.

23 March 1996 : 1996 International Philatelic Exhibition - ITALIA '98

Piazza del Duomo

2 July 2016 : Italian Squares

Duomo di Milano

30 June 2021 : Tourism

Italy-San Marino Joint Issue 2021 Centenary of the Carabineiri in San Marino

 

Italy 2021 Professionni Sanitarie

A postage stamp dedicated to the health professions was issued on 28Apr2021 by Italian Post. The issue of the stamp is a further recognition for their effort on the front of the battle against the corana virus.  The frontliners  not referring only to the medical profile in the strict sense but also to the high civic sense shown, to human assistance and comfort that all, doctors, nurses and social health workers, 

The stamp belongs to the thematic series ‘The Civic Sense’.

Italy : Fondazione Di Roma

 

3 Feb 2021

21 April 2004

21 April 1997