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A 1930 "happy worker's soviet family". From a USSR card, encouraging to save money (thus, the savings bank book) for summer holidays. Those were the days...  |
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Virginia Dare and her parents. Where are they now? People have been asking that for over four hundred years...  |
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Blessing of the bread, a Monacan Christmas family custom, designed by Bernard Minne, engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by Monaco on November 12, 1973, Scott No. 889. - nethryk  |
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Family in flight, designed by Dr. Hahn, engraved by Egon Falz, and issued by (West) Germany on August 2, 1955 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the influx of East German refugees, Scott No. 733, Michel No. 215. - nethryk  |
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Neanderthal family, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Gibraltar on May 22, 1973 as one of three stamps commemorating the 125th anniversary of the discovery of the Gibraltar skull, Scott No. 298. See anyone you know?  - nethryk  |
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| Edited by nethryk - 05/14/2012 07:39 am |
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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a family, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Chile on April 13, 1967 to publicize the 8th International Conference on Family Planning, held in Santiago, Scott No. 362. - nethryk  |
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Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting a refugee family and the United Nations emblem, designed by "LT" (whom I believe to be Belgian painter Laura Turner, 1888-1983), engraved by Charles Leclercqz, and issued by Belgium on April 17, 1958 to publicize the UN's efforts to protect refugees, Scott No. C17. - nethryk  |
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Sweden Christmas 1991 A family dancing around the Christmas tree. I suppose the father is hidden by the tree.  |
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Royal family of Netherlands, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., and issued for use in Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao is the main island in the group) on November 8, 1943, Scott No. 179. - nethyrk  |
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I love the way rod222 works with his info and databases. on the snap of finger he brings out informations. Salute rod :):) tikithindi  |
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A happy family, designed by Willi Weber, printed by photogravure, and issued by Switzerland on August 25, 1989 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the The Swiss Travel Fund Reka, Scott No. 852. - nethryk  |
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Happy farm family, printed by lithography, and issued by Israel on April 24, 1968, Scott No. 362. - nethryk  |
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Family jogging together with dog, printed by photogravure, and issued by Spain on March 14, 1979 as one of three stamps in a set promoting "sports for everyone," Scott No. 2145. - nethryk  |
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| Edited by nethryk - 06/20/2013 09:32 am |
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Here are images of a photograph of a pioneer family of Norwegian descent, John and Marget Bakken and their two children, Tilda and Eddie, in front of their sod home, taken in Milton, North Dakota, in 1898, and of two stamps which were designed by rearranging various graphic elements from this photo. - nethryk  This stamp was designed by American artist Charles Ransom Chickering (1891-1970), engraved by Matthew D. Fenton (vignette) and Kenneth C. Wiram (lettering), and issued by the USA on May 20, 1962 to commemorate the centenary of the Homestead Act, Scott No. 1198. No kids!  This stamp was designed and engraved by Sverre Morken, and issued by Norway on July 4, 1975 as on of a set of two stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of Norwegian emigration to America, Scott No. 658, Facit No. 740.  |
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| Edited by nethryk - 11/06/2013 08:24 am |
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