Books Pictured On Stamps

Here is the 75c value (Sc #C547) from Costa Rica's December 7, 1972 four-stamp set commemorating the International Year of Books. This stamp and the 20c are of identical design, showing the first book ever published in the country (1830). The other two values depict the National Library.

From ticotimes.net (April 27, 2014), "In 1830, Costa Rica received a remarkable gift from Philadelphia: a printing press. Until then, all documents had been handwritten, and not a single book or pamphlet had ever been published on Costa Rican soil."

This five new dollar value (Sc #2444) of Taiwan depicting a law book and scales was issued on January 11, 1985 to commemorate the country's fortieth Judicial Day.

On December 21, 1987 Brazil issued this 7 cruzado stamp (Sc #2124) to commemorate the 400th anniversary of The Descriptive Treaty of Brazil by Gabriel Soares de Souza.

From ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu, "It was written in the second half of the sixteenth century by a Portuguese who resided in Brazil for a long time. It is a complete description of the colony from the geographical, botanical, zoological and anthropological points of view."

Here is the 3c value (Sc #751) from Malta's July 31, 1990 two-stamp "Anniversaries" set. Stamp commemorates the UN's International Literacy Year.

USA
September 14, 2007
60th Anniversary of Mendez v. Westminster Court Decision
Scott #4201, 41c
Historic case paved the way for desegregation of schools in the USA.

Lithuania
Quincentenary of the First Book Printed in Lithuania
May 20, 2022
The stamp shows Francis Skorina's Little Travel Book, consisting 22 bounded books, published in Vilnius in 1522.

On August 23, 1968 Chile issued a two stamp set commemorating Jesuit Juan Ignacio Molina (1740-1829) as the "first scientific Chilean". The one escudo value (Sc #C282) of the set depicts Molina and his Natural History of Chile (1787).

Poland
POSK Polish Library in London
May 8, 2022
The stamp and selvage depicts vintage books.

South Korea 2022 Folding screen of books and scholar's accoutrements on bookshelves.

The young reader, painting by Ozias Leduc (1864-1955), issued by Canada on May 20, 1988:

"The Scribe", copper relief by Boris Schatz (1867-132), Lithuanian Jewish artist, founded Bezalel school of art in Jerusalem in 1906. Issued by Israel on March 7, 1972:

"Young worker reading book", by the German painter Jutta Damme (1929 - 2002), issued by German Democratic Rebublic (East Germany) on August 22, 1972 to publicize the International Year of the Books: