Quijote Stamps.

SPAIN - 1936

Another stamp with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza astride Clavileño

PANAMA - 2007

400th anniversary of the publication of Don Quixote (2005)
The stamp was delayed 2 years (2007)



Don Quixote and Sancho by Salvador Dali

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, and depicting Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, printed by photogravure, and issued by Argentina on October 12, 1947 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Cervantes's birth, Scott No. 568.

- nethryk

COLOMBIA 1978. MILENARIO DE LA LENGUA CASTELLANA.
COP 11,00 AIR MAIL.
240.000 pieces on 80.000 triptic series; 5 series per plate.
Leo Temprano Catalog No. 1398-1399-14000
FDC 09.08.1978

On the millenial of the Spanish language, Colombia issued this series showing the painting "Apotehosis of the Spanish Language" by colombian muralist Luis Alberto Acuña, located at the assembly hall of the Colombian Academy of the Language, since 1871 the first corresponding foreign academy to Spain´s Royal Academy.

Aside from the prominent display of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza on the left panel, their image is also used for the first day cancellation mark.

Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, designed by Spanish painter Denry Torres (1923-1984), printed by lithography, and issued by Uruguay on July 10, 1967 in honor of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Scott No. C322.

- nethryk

Bosnia & Herzegovina 2016 400th Death Annivesary of Cervantes - Scene from Don Quixote.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Don Quixote mounted on Rocinante, his skinny and clumsy horse, designed by Ivan Bogdanov after a detail from a metal sculpture by Bulgarian artist Georgi Chapkanov (1943- ), and issued by Bulgaria on February 7, 1989 to publicize the Carnival of Humor in the city of Gabrovo, Scott No. 3391, plus a photo of the original sculpture at the Museum of Humour and Satire in Gabrovo.

- nethryk

Filacentro 2005 Alcala de Henares (Spain)

I came across this lovely thread and recall that I have in my one of my drawers a set of postal stationeries from Spain issued in 1998, shows the adventures of Don Quixote. I have about 15 different, but I assume that 24 were issued since in that year a set of 24 similar design stamps were also issued. All my covers are circulated, posted to Israel. Here is a group of 5 of them:

@LaoPhil

You are correct. They were sold in packs of six. There were four different packs.

Thanks, Roberto59! Yes, these are the stamps I mentioned issued by Spain.

Thanks, NSK, for confirming 24 covers were issued. As I have written, I have 15 of them and will show the rest with time.


Israel always issues stamps that have connection to the state of Israel, to the Jewish history and to different Judaica subjects. In a very few occasions, Israel issued stamps with international subjects with no connection to Israel. One of them is the following stamp, issued in 1997 to commemorate the 450th birth anniversary of Cervantes:

While scanning several Czechoslovakian stamps, I noticed this stamp depicting Don Quijote painting by Cyprian Majernik (1909-1945). The stamp engraved by Svengsbir and issued in 1967:

Here is a second group of 5 covers: