San Marino – Centenary of Gianni Widmer Landing

Image-da667604-8245-4e2f-a97b-b53276babe06In the stamp designed by Giovanni Cremonini there is in the foreground the memory stone made by the sculptor Carlo Reffi with the inscription of Pietro Franciosi. The stone was positioned on the tableland of Monte Carlo, where on the 16th April 1913 the landing took place after a flight of eleven minutes. In the background the mount Titano and next the stone a nice portrait of the pilot Gianni Widmer and the French monoplane, the only coloured element of the stamp.

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