Bull's-Eye! - Archery On Stamps

Rod,

There's not a lot of info out there on the Feldpost issues, at least in English. The only information Michel gives is that they were issued 4 Apr 1943 by the Nachtjagd (night hunter) and Sturmjäger (storm hunter) Groups of the Luftwaffe at Bindersleben Air Base, Erfurt, Germany, operating under the code name Air Signals School 5.

There are actually quite a few major variants, of which I have about 3/4.

You always manage to stump us, Postmaster,
Possibly the first and last time I see those stamps.
It seems extraordinaty, with a war going on, who had the time
and effort to produce such things.
I wonder how many printers in those days had access to a perforator.

Thanks for enlightening us.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a modern competitive archer, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on September 6, 1996 to publicize the 51st National Athletic Meet, Scott No. 2538.

- nethryk

Left handed bowperson.

Romania : Fairy tales
The Youth and the golden Apples.

SG5131 (1987) T1036 03L fairy tales [0m1]prislea File523.jpg

Archers, target and Monte-Carlo, designed and engraved by Pierre Forget, and issued by Monaco on May 3, 1977 to publicize the 10th International Rainier III Archery Championships, Scott No. 1061.

- nethryk

Shooters Hill : Postmark.

So called from the area of Archery practice,
in the middle ages.

rod222 - Interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing.

Here is an image of stamp depicting a female competitive archer, designed by Polish poster artist Waldemar Swierzy (1931- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on May 20, 1972 to publicize the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, Scott No. 1879.

- nethryk

Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting an Indian warrior drawing his bow, issued by Guatemala on April 21, 1954 as one of a set of seven stamps commemorating the National Revolutionary Army, Scott No. C201.

- nethryk

During the naval Battle of Yashima (March 22, 1185) between the Taira clan and the Minamoto clan, the Taira placed a fan atop the mast of one of their ships, and dared the Minamoto to try to knock it off. In one of the most famous archery feats in all of Japanese history, a samurai named Nasu no Yoichi (c. 1169 - c. 1232) rode out into the sea on horseback, and did just that with one shot. Here is an image of a stamp depicting this celebrated event, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Japan (Kagawa Prefecture) on February 19, 1991, Scott No. Z91.

- nethryk

A couple of archery stamps from Papua New Guinea...





and I hope you don't mind me showing off a few of my archery medals from days gone by. Most of these are for 6 gold perfects (either 9 or 10) and one of them is for a 60 perfect, at the distances stated in the small white circle.



Steve

Triggersmob - Impressive!

rod222 - Perhaps you intended to post the above Mongolia item either in the Basketball or the Souvenir Sheets thread.

Women archers, designed by Russian graphic artist Yuri A. Lukianov, combined engraved by Tatiana Mihailovna Nikitina and lithographed, and issued by Russia (USSR) on June 24, 1971 as one of a set of five stamps publicizing the 5th Summer Spartakiad, Scott No. 3863, Zagorski No. 3945.

- nethryk

Not really, there is an archer on the selvedge,
is that bending the rules too far, do you think?

rod222 - No problem. I simply would have expected to see that item posted in one of the more relevant threads.

Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting a bow hunting scene, designed after a mural in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386-580) cave temples at Tunhuang, Kansu Province, and issued by China (People's Republic) on July 1, 1952, Scott No. 151.

- nethryk

It's your thread, so you make the rules

In my experience, Thematicists, go to any lengths to find any relevence, selvedge is fair game.
You may be of a different marque.
Makes no never mind to me, 3 clicks and it's history.

(Reminds me the story of Pyramids on stamps, Egypt has one on every issue for the first 48 years, it was hidden in the watermark,
that explains partly where I am coming from)

Hiding relevence adds flavour to the bouquet.