202 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2017
Italian text

THE MESSAGES OF THE HEART
ST. VALENTINES' DAY - 14 FEBRUARY

The origins, the history, the legend of Valentine's day and the messages sent on that occasion, the whole seen by means of postcards, greeting cards and postage stamps.

Easy to read and completely colour illustrated with thousands of images, postcards, postage stamps and greeting cards, the book introduces the theme of love and Valentine's day from various perspectives. From Saint Valentine to Cupid, from flowers to animals as symbols of love to sweet children, from valentines with dreaming figures to the telegrams of the heart, from Liebig or Panini trading cards to cartoons, from comics strips, with the alternation of lovers of the Victorian period to fiancés of the XX Century.

The collector-author offers to readers a precious collection realised with extreme care and passion in the course of years and he addresses both to philatelic collectors and to those who intend to approach the book pushed by curiosity of by interest in the subject concerned.