San Marino Stamps year 1960 Stamps Exhibition San Marino – Riccione MNH**
🇸🇲 San Marino — 1960 Riccione Stamp Exhibition Stamps
📆 Date of issue: 27 August 1960
📍 Event: International Stamp Exhibition, Riccione, Italy — a joint philatelic event commemorated by San Marino with a special stamp issue.
📦 Stamps in the Set
The issue consists of two postage stamps celebrating the Riccione philatelic exhibition:
- They were issued specifically for the 1960 Riccione international stamp exhibition and are commonly referred to as the Riccione ‘60 set.
- The designs typically feature themes related to philately and exhibition imagery, and often depict a sailboat or boat motif (a common element in this issue).
🔎 Catalog Identifiers
These stamps are listed in major catalogues with the following numbers:
- Michel: No. 665 (single stamp) — and together, Nos. 665–666 when treated as a two‑stamp set.
- Yvert: 504 + 126 (two values).
- Scott: 471 + C116 (including the exhibition label or semi‑postal as catalogued).
- Stanley Gibbons: 623 #624 (two values).
- Sassone: 535 + A137 (reflecting the general and exhibition add‑on values).
🧾 Technical Details
- Designer: Roberto Franzoni (1882–1960).
- Printer: I.P.S., Rome, Italy (typical printer for many San Marino issues of the era).
- Perforation: Comb perforation 14.
- Paper & Gum: Traditional stamp paper with water‑activated gum.
- Watermark: Star (multiple).
- Print run: Around 181,918 sets issued.
📌 Collector Notes
- These are regular postal issues originally intended for everyday use during and after the Riccione exhibition, but today they are valued by philatelic exhibition collectors and those specializing in San Marino stamps from the 1960s
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