Literary Stamp Collecting

Here is an image of a stamp honoring Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC), designed by French artist Charles Bridoux (1942-2003), engraved by Claude Jumelet (1946- ), and issued by Mali on October 16, 1978, Scott No. 315, plus an image of a Roman marble bust of Aristotle copied after a bronze original (c. 330 BC) by Greek sculptor Lysippos. Note the various animals and plants included in the design of this stamp in recognition of Aristotle's foundational contributions to the biological sciences of botany and zoology.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Russian and Soviet writer Maxim Gorky (pen name of Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, 1868-1936), printed by photogravure, and issued by India on March 28, 1968 to commemorate the writer's birth centenary, Scott No. 465, plus an image of a portrait (1937) of Maxim Gorky by Soviet-Jewish painter Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (1884-1939).

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Here is an image of an airmail stamp featuring a portrait of French novelist, poet, and playwright Jules Verne (1828-1905), and illustrating scenes from his science-fiction novel De la Terre à la Lune ("From the Earth to the Moon," 1865), designed by Bernard Minne, engraved by French artist André Frères (1902-1977), and issued by Monaco on June 7, 1955 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the author's death, Scott No. C45, plus an image of a photographic portrait of Jules Verne c. 1878 by Nadar (1820-1910).

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of English novelist and dramatist Henry Fielding (1707-1754), designed by Evgeny Nikolaevich Gundobin (1910-1975), printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on June 20, 1957 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the author's birth, Scott No. 1946, Zagorski No. 1933, plus an image of the etching of Henry Fielding from his satiric novel The Life and Death of the Late Jonathan Wild, the Great (1743) which was a model for this stamp's design.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Hungarian writer and journalist Géza Gárdonyi (1863-1922), best known within Hungary for his popular historical novels, designed by Sándor Légrády (1906-1987), printed by photogravure, and issued by Hungary on August 3, 1963 to commemorate the centenary of the author's birth, Scott No. 1500, Michel No. 1951, plus an image of a lithograph of Géza Gárdonyi from a volume of his poetry which was a model for this stamp's design.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of French novelist Victor Hugo (1802-1885), designed and engraved by French artist Eugene Lacaque (1914-2005), and issued by Luxembourg on March 14, 1977 as one of four stamps in a set commemorating "famous visitors" to Luxembourg, Scott No. 595, plus an image of a colorized photograph of Victor Hugo by Nadar.

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Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting medallions bearing portraits of the brothers Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) and Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870), collaborative sibling French naturalism writers, and issued by Monaco on April 11, 1951 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Académie Goncourt, Scott No. 261, plus an image of a photograph of the Goncourt brothers by Nadar. Note: Edmond de Goncourt bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation and maintenance of the Académie which, since 1903, has awarded the Prix Goncourt, probably the most important literary prize in French literature.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Belgian novelist Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap (1898-1989), designed by Anne Velghe (1941- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by Belgium on February 16, 1998 to commemorate the writer's birth centenary, Scott No. 1680, plus a photo of Gerard Walschap. Bonus: Signature.

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It is not common to be able to determine exactly the name of the person who introduced a new word to the English lexicon, even less so when the person is not from the English-speaking world. The word "robot", in its most common usage - a mechanical man - entered the language as a result of the play R U R, which stands for Rossum's Universal Robots, first staged around 1920. The author was Czech writer Karel Capek. (the letter C in the name Capek, has a diacritical mark, a tiny "v" above the letter which results in it having a ch sound, so the name is pronounced roughly like "Chop-eck"). In addition to plays he wrote novels, essays, travel guides and children's stories. He even wrote about stamps: his story The Stamp Collection, re-issued in the collection Tales From Two Pockets is available on the website csphilately.net It is a very poignant tale about a life squandered through bitterness. Here are two Czech stamps depicting him. The first one was issued when the country was still called Czechoslovakia and reflects his love of gardening (one of is books was The Gardener's Year)and the other more recent one was issued after the break-up into two separate countries: The Czech Republic (this stamp) and Slovakia.

the word ROBOT in Slavic languages comes from the word WORK and means WORKER. Such an robot-worker FEDOR recently flew to the ISS

It's FAKE. Ukraine did not issue such a postage stamp.

It is issue private stamps from Ukrposhta (Wlasna marka)

https://ukrposhta.ua/ownmark/markimage/99_list.png

This service provided by Ukrposhta has no relation to postage stamps. This is just a souvenir.

Private issues of postage stamps from the official postal administration of the country are real signs of payment mail. As a collection material, they are of disputed importance (I personally do not collect it), although in my collection there are letters with such stamps that have actually passed international mail.If you need translation, I can help you read the official website of Ukrochta

https://ukrposhta.ua/vlasna-poshtova-marka/

the inscription on the site means: It's special real stamp, which you can not only admire but also pay for the written correspondence

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of August ©enoa (1838-1881), a Croatian novelist who helped transition Croatian literature from Romanticism to Realism and introduced the historical novel to Croatia, designed by Andreja Milenkoviæ (1923-2005), die engraved by Velibor Cvetkoviæ, printed by lithography, and issued by Yugoslavia o December 12, 1981 to commemorate the centenary of the author's death, Scott No. 1555, plus an image of a photograph of August ©enoa which was surely a model for this stamp's design.

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