Statues On Stamps

The Family by Marc Boyan on France 1982 SC#1840



The Infinite Column by Constantin Brancusi on Romania 1967 SC#1915

Baron Maejima Hisoka (1835-1919), was a Japanese statesman, politician, and businessman in Meiji-period Japan who founded the Japanese postal service; in Japan, he is known as "Father of the Postal System." Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting a copper statue of Maejima Hisoka, created by Japanese sculptor Shinkai Taketaro (1868-1927), and issued by Japan on December 12, 1948, Scott No. 376.

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Here are images of four engraved stamps depicting classical statues, designed by noted Italian artist and engraver Tranquillo Marangoni (1912-1992), and issued by Italy on June 25, 1960 as part of a nine stamp set publicizing the 17th Summer Olympic Games, held in Rome.

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Roman Senator, engraved by Alceo Quieti, Scott No. 801.


The Discobolus of Myron, engraved by Mazzini Canfarini, Scott No. 803.


Seated Boxer, engraved by Mario Colombati, Scott No. 805.


Apoxyomenos (The Scraper), by Lysippus, engraved by Tullio Mele, Scott No. 807.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a bronze statue of Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), sculpted by Norwegian artist Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), designed and engraved by Knut Løkke-Sørensen, and issued by Norway on May 3, 1983, Scott No. 824, Facit No. 921, plus a photo of the monument, which was unveiled in 1908 in Slottsparken, Oslo.

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Loyalists Statue, issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists following the American Revolution, based on a sculpture by Sydney March. Issued July 1, 1934. Scott 209.

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (November 17, 1685 – December 5, 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Stamp issued June 4, 1958 engraved by Yves Baril based on a sculpture by Joseph-Émile Brunet. Scott 378.

Vimy Memorial, issued October 15, 1968 to mark the 50th anniversary of Armistice ending World War 1. Based on a sculpture by Walter Seymour Allward. Scott 486

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is a memorial to all Canadians who served their country in battle during the the Great War of 1914-1918. 60,000 Canadians were killed. Over 11,000 of those killed died in France but they have no known grave. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial bears the inscribed names of 11,168 missing Canadians, killed in action in France but whose remains have not been found or identified.

In the discussion about where to locate the memorial General Sir Arthur Currie suggested that a national monument should be located on the former July 1916 battlefield of Hill 62, known as Mount Sorrel, near Ypres in Belgium. General Currie had commanded the Canadian 1st Division from mid 1915 and the Canadian Corps from June 1917.

The final decision was made to place the national monument on one of the five Canadian commemorative battle sites in France. It was decided that the monument would be situated on the imposing ridge of high ground at Vimy Ridge north of Arras. This had been the scene of a successful attack by the Canadian Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.) in the spring of 1917 at the Battle of Vimy Ridge (9th to 12th April) during the Battles of Arras, 1917. On the left wing of the Allied attack consisting of Canadian and British Army units, this battle was the first time the four divisions of the C.E.F had fought together as a single formation.

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (canonized October 21, 2012, first Native North American saint), based on a sculpture by Joseph-Emile Brunet. Issued April 24, 1981, Scott 885.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a statue of "Ann-Magritt and the Hovi Bullock," fictional characters created by Norwegian novelist Johan Falkberget (1879-1967), sculpted by Norwegian artist Kristofer Leirdal (1915-2010), designed and engraved by Sverre Morken, and issued by Norway on September 4, 1979 as one of two stamps commemorating Falkberget's birth centenary, Scott No. 749, Facit No. 831, plus a photo of the Falkberget monument (1967), which is located on the grounds of Ilen Church in Trondheim.

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Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting a white marble statue of "Liberty" sculpted by Italian artist Stefano Galletti (1832-1905), designed by C. Carpaneto, printed by typography, and issued by San Marino on June 1, 1918 as one of a set of nine stamps sold to benefit a hospital for Italian soldiers, Scott No. B3. Note "Liberty's" mural crown (hence turrita or '"with towers" in Italian), which is typical of Italian civic heraldry of communal origin.

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Equestrian statue of King Constantine I of Greece (1868-1923), engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued by Greece on October 8, 1938, Scott No. 414, plus a photo of the statue, which is placed atop a monument to the former king in Pedion Areos public park, Athens.

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The Raven and the First Men sculpture was commissioned by Walter and Marianne Koerner for the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology, in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the sculpture is currently on display. It was carved from a giant block of laminated yellow cedar. The carving took two years to complete and was dedicated on April 1, 1980.

Based on the sculpture by Bill Reid, issued March 9, 1999. Scott 1778

The Freedom Monument, unveiled in 1935, is a memorial located in Riga, Latvia, honoring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920). Atop the monument is a 9 meters (30 ft) tall copper statue of "Liberty" holding aloft three gilded stars symbolizing the constitutional districts of Latvia: Vidzeme, Latgale and Courland. The statue was crafted by Latvian sculptor Kârlis Zâle (1888-1942). Here is an image of a stamp depicting the statue, printed by lithography, and issued by Latvia on December 28, 1991, Scott No. 317, plus a photo of the statue.

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