Sistine Madonna 2012 - DE

Today a beautiful cover arrived to my mailbox. It had the German SS issued this year to celebrate 5 centuries of a very special piece of art.

In 1512 Raphael painted it originally intended as an altar piece. It stayed unnoticed in the monastery church of san sisto in Piacenza for more than 200 years.
Until 1754, when king of Poland Augustus III bought it and relocated it to Dresden, Germany.

The SS is beautiful and feels like you have a copy of the painting in an envelope.
 Thanks Ulrich for this piece.