Thematic : Umbrellas On Stamps.

The French impressionist Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) was honored in a souvenir sheet of several stamps by the Republic of Burundi in 2012. One stamp shows the painting of winter in the town of Louveciennes which is just west of Paris. Sisley was able to capture natural colors and even make a winter day look warm.

Be protected under an umbrella made by Dickmann. A perfect match of pattern in the umbrella and the cape. Umbrellas for the gentlemann can be bought here, says the smaller sticker, they are the best.

A souvenir sheet issued by Afghanistan featured paintings by Eugene Boudin. The main painting is "The Lady in White at the Beach in Trouville"; the stamp itself shows Boudin's painting of the Trouville harbor.

The Umbrellino on Sede Vacante Vatican stamps has shown up earlier (page 15); this one is from the year 1978, when Pope Paul VI died..

The Sede Vacante stamp of 1958 followed the death of Pope Pius XII.

An exhibition of modern paintings from the collection of Sergey Schukin,



a Russian philanthropist and collector, has opened today in Moscow. Especially for Kris I took a photo of the picture of Paul Helleu "Lady in White"

Two in one: The souvenir sheet dedicated to C. Monet by the Republic of Guinea, 2007, shows the familiar painting "The Promenade" and in the stamp itself the "Poppy Field" with the lady and the youngster.

(Hi Alexey! That is a lovely painting - thanks. She even has my hair color. Kris)

Horace and Clarabelle are in a hurry to go home from the farmers' market where they purchased a pretty potted plant. St. Vincent and The Grenadines, 1994.

Burundi's souvenir sheet featuring Manet and two of his paintings was issued in 2012. The fine lady with the parasol is Jeanne deMarsy representing Springtime, and the background is the harbor at Bordeaux.

The same lady with the parasol was used for the background of the Manet souvenir sheet of Guinea, 2018. The stamp itself shows the painting "At Argenteuil on the Seine".

Niger issued the famous Claude Monet 'ladies with parasols' paintings again on stamps in a souvenir pane in 2014. This time both ladies at Trouville can be seen.

Another Niger Monet! One in a set of four impressionists in a souvenir sheet, 2018. Monet has so many ladies with parasols that this one is simply known as the lady turned to the left!

This Monet painting was also on display from the Shchukin collection.

The "Two Ladies at the Beach in Trouville" (on page 47 and just above by Niger) is seen on the backdrop of the World's Fair in Paris with the gigantic globe and of course the Eiffel Tower. Souvenir sheet of 1998.

(Hello Alexey, Interesting to know that Monet's painting of the "Woman in the Garden" at Sainte-Adresse, which is just north of Le Havre, is in the Hermitage. It must have been fun to see it. Thanks. K.)

The Monet painting on the easel has appeared earlier; here is a fancy commemorative sheet made for Mozambique in 2013.