Vatican City First Day Cover for Easter 2001, featuring a Courvoisier-printed stamp depicting a Renaissance scene of the Baptism of Christ with a celestial vision. The cachet showcases a Renaissance painting of the Risen Christ in a gold-bordered frame with the Vatican coat of arms and papal seal. The pictorial postmark reads 'SURREXIT CHRISTUS ALLELUIA' (Christ is Risen, Alleluia) dated 15 April 2001, with Easter greetings in Italian, English, and German.
Claude
The cachet features a Renaissance painting of the Risen Christ holding a flag with a red cross, draped in red cloth, set within a gold-bordered frame on the left side of the envelope. The Vatican coat of arms and papal seal appear prominently. The stamp depicts a large Renaissance scene of the Baptism or gathering of figures in a landscape with a celestial vision above, printed by Courvoisier. The pictorial postmark shows a figure of the Risen Christ with the Latin inscription 'SURREXIT CHRISTUS ALLELUIA' and 'POSTE VATICANE' dated 15 APR. 2001. Text at the bottom reads the Easter message in Italian, English, and German.
Mistral
This First Day Cover from Vatican City features a cachet with Renaissance-style artwork depicting the Risen Christ, partially clothed in a yellow shroud and red cloth, standing in a sepulcher with a flag bearing a red cross. The stamp shows a detailed Renaissance scene of the Baptism of Christ with angels and heavenly light. The pictorial postmark includes an image of the resurrected Christ with the inscription 'SURREXIT CHRISTUS ALLELUIA' and is dated 15 April 2001. The cover includes multilingual Easter greetings in Italian, English, and German printed below the cachet.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
