What A Doll!

Here are some West German dolls for you nethryk.

This 1968 semi-postal set was issued for various
welfare charities.
The stamps portray various 19th Century dolls.

Printing : offset

Design : Heinz Schillinger (1929 -) Heinz and Hella Schillinger
husband and wife designed dozens of German stamps over the
years some individually and some as a design team.


Scott B438 - B441











A similar set was issued for West Berlin.

These are so called Mamulengo puppets from Brazil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamulengo


Scott 1469 - 1471







The design of Brazilian stamps in the seventies was quite
different and distinct compared to other countries as were
these by Jo Olivero.
The offset printing by Casa da Moeda do Brasil (Brazil Mint)
was very top quality.

FRANCE 2009
Vintage Dolls

lithograving & jorgesurcl - Excellent contributions. Thanks!

Wayang golek are Sundanese (West Java) wooden doll puppets noted for their versatility, expressiveness and aptitude for imitating human dance. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the heads of a couple of wayang golek puppets, printed by lithography, and issued by Indonesia on July 22, 1978, Scott No. 1025, plus a link to a YouTube video of a presentation about wayang golek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wph0cBNi7Yo

- nethryk

Puppet horseback rider and IYC emblem, printed by photogravure, and issued by Bulgaria on January 22, 1980 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette - International Puppetry Association) in Prague, and to publicize the International Year of the Child, Scott No. 2663.

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Wooden dolls, designed by Czech artist Karel Svolinský (1896-1986, engraved by Ladislav Jirka, and issued by Czechoslovakia on September 2, 1963 as one of six stamps in a UNESCO folk art set, Scott No. 1196.

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Doll, train set and space toy, airmail stamp designed and engraved by Cécile Guillame, and issued by Congo (People's Republic) on June 20, 1969 to publicize the International Toy Fair, Nuremberg, Germany, Scott No. C83.

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Here are images of the four stamps, issued in a se-tenant strip, depicting various puppets, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on July 27, 1988 to publicize the 15th World Puppetry Festival, Scott Nos. 1800-03.

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"Ohana," a string puppet featured in the film Spring and Fall in the Meiji Era, created by Kinosuke Takeda (1923-1979).


"Girl," a stick puppet from the National Radost Puppet Theater, Brno, Czech Republic.


"Woman," a shadow puppet from China.


"Knight," a marionette from Sicily, Italy.

Javanese shadow puppets

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..................Hanoman................................................Arjuna..............................................Kresna

On stamps are characters from stories played in shadow puppet plays.

Here are images of the four semi-postal (charity) stamps in a set depicting traditional German marionettes (Kasperl, Polichinelle, Punch & Pulcinella), designed by Canadian artist Erna de Vries, printed by lithography, and issued by Germany (West Berlin) on October 6, 1970, Scott Nos. 9NB74-77, Michel Nos. 373-76.

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Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting various dolls, designed by French artist Pierrette Lambert (1928- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by Congo (People's Republic) in June 1967, Scott Nos. 161-64.

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Elegant lady


Fruit vendor


Woman pounding saka-saka (cassava leaves)


Mother and child

Japanese and Hungarian folk dolls, designed by Hungarian artist László Kékesi (1919-1993), printed by lithography, and issued by Hungary on May 6, 1986 to publicize "Hungary Days" in Tokyo, held May 20-26, Scott No. 2988.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a life-like Seisen doll created by Japanese doll artisan Hirata Gôyô II (1903-1981), printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on October 7, 1985 to publicize International Letter Writing Week, Scott No. 1662.

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Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting a doll, designed by Swiss artist Georg Rimensberger (1928-1998), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by Switzerland on November 24, 1983 as one of four stamps in an "Antique Toys" set, Scott No. B503.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting the hand puppets Jacek I Agatka from a popular Polish children's television program, printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on August 30, 1975, Scott No. 2112, plus a link to a YouTube video clip from the show. Bonuses: Hands, fishing.

- nethryk