Return the IT Plague Doctor stamp
complete
Bajaja
Would you please return this beautiful stamp to the stamp store?
At the time I thought the reason was to not offend the Italian users during the first Covid wave but now, as the plague doctor is a part of the italian theatre tradition, I can't imagine anyone being offended.
Thanks.
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Shiro from Slowly
complete
Bajaja
Shiro from Slowly: dear Shiro, what does the status "COMPLETE" mean? Is the stamp available again or you have decided against it? Thanks
Shiro from Slowly
Bajaja: "Completed" means we have accepted the suggestion and the stamp will appear in the Italy Stamp Store again in February.
Александр П.
Shiro from Slowly :As they say in Russia - A truck with diamonds overturned on our street! :-D
Frallallero
I can send it to you if you need it in your stamp collection. Somehow I was fast enough to buy it by the time :)
Yann2
There was indeed a push back from the Italian users
...as it was unfortunately released just days before the Covid epidemic reached Northern Italy in March 2020.
It hit the country hard, there was no vaccine and treatment was not effective. Many people died, including medical personnel, doctors and nurses.
So Slowly took the stamp off the store.
I agree that things have improved, and maybe it can return. It certainly has roots in Italian Art and Culture - the
Plague Doctor
was one of the typical characters on the Comedia dell'Arte
.