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Of course you are right James, how stupid of me.  Probably I was thinking of Michelangelo's famous David statue. Anyway here is a "real" statue stamp, the Youth of Marathon The bronze statue made between 325 - 300 BC possible represents the god Hermes. GREECE Scott 1157   NB: Replaced missing image |
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Here is an image of a stamp designed after a statue of Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, of Isolabella and of Leri (1810-1861), a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification, engraved by Vittorio Nicastro, and issued by Italy on December 10, 1962 to mark the centenary of the Court of Accounts, Scott No. 868. - nethryk  |
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Bror Marklund's Figure in a Storm. SWEDEN Scott 1049   NB: Replaced missing image |
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Time to revive this puppy. Some American statues, many from a recent trade with Dave N You've seen this lady before  Also     |
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A statue is a sculpture in the round representing a person or persons, an animal, or an event, normally full-length, as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size, or larger. Its primary concern is representational. I had to look up the defination. Italy  |
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Jón Ţorkelsson [Thorkillius] (1697-1759) was the principal of the cathedral school at Skálhol in Kjalarnes; he has been called the father of primary education in Iceland. Here are images of a pair of stamps depicting Jón Thorkelsson teaching young children, after a statue by Icelandic sculptor Ríkarđur Jónsson (1888-1972) which was erected in Thorkelsson's hometown, Innri-Njarđvík, in 1965, designed and engraved by Thomas De La Rue & Co., London, and issued by Iceland on May 5, 1959 to mark the 200th anniversary of Thorkelsson's death, Scott Nos. 317 & 318, Facit Nos. 365 & 366. - nethryk  |
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Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp depicting the bronze memorial to students who died during the Resistance (1956, located in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris), by the late French sculptor Gaston Clotaire Watkin (1916-2011), designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by France on March 23, 1964 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Liberation, Scott No. B377, Y&T No. 1411, plus a photo of the memorial. - nethryk  |
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Nice to see this one revived. Champlain statue, Canada 1935 SC#227  Royal Visit issue, Canada 1939 SC#247  |
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Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting a statue of Saint Peter, designed by Italian painter and stamp designer Corrado Mezzana (1890-1952), and issued by Vatican City on June 22, 1938, Scott No. C1, SG No. 55. - nethryk  |
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François-Eugčne, Prince of Savoy-Carignan, known as Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in German (1663-1736) was one of the most brilliant generals in the history of the Habsburg Empire. Here is an image of an engraved semi-postal stamp depicting the 1865 monument to him in Heldenplatz, Vienna by German-Austrian sculptor Anton Dominik Fernkorn, (1813-1878), designed by German artist Werner von Axster-Heudtlass (1898-1949), and issued by Germany on November 18, 1938, Scott No. B128, Michel No. 680, plus a photo of Fernkorn's heroic equestrian statue of Prinz Eugen. - nethryk  |
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Les Gavroches is a bronze statue (1904) by Maltese sculptor Antonio Sciortino (1879-1947) which depicts three poor street urchins living in Paris in the time of the French Revolution of 1848, inspired by the Victor Hugo novel Les Miserables. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Les Gavroches, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., and issued for use in Malta on January 23, 1956, Scott No. 257, SG No. 277, plus a photo of the statue in the Barakka Garden, Valletta. To my eye, the central figure doesn't look quite as happy on the stamp as he does in the original work of art. - nethryk  |
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A statue of King Mangrai (1238–1317), who founded the city of Chiang Rai in 1262. Chiang Rai is in the far north of Thailand.  This commemorative stamp was issued on 26th January 2012 to celebrate the 750th anniversary of Chiang Rai. |
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