Pens, Pencils, Brushes And Other Devices To Write Or Drawn

This February 5, 2020 2.30 lev stamp of Bulgaria is the heart piece/single stamp from a souvenir sheet commemorating the birth centenary of children's poet/writer Leda Mileva (1920-2013). On the same day, Bulgaria issued an identically-designed 2.30 lev sheet stamp lacking the single diamond-shaped perforations/die cuts at the top and bottom.

Maglena Konstantinova, who had previously illustrated Mileva's Little Snow-white Bunny (2012), designed the stamp.

Here is Sweden's October 9, 1949 set of three coil stamps (Facit #s 390A, 391A and 392) commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). The two lower values of the set were also issued as booklet stamps.

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The design includes a quill pen and an ink bottle.

On August 1, 1991 Slovakia issued this 8 koruna stamp (Sc #188) to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union. Stamp shows a small, heart-shaped sailboat with a UPU stamp as a sail, an envelope as a seat, and dip pen and pencil as oars.

This January 18, 1997 17 franc stamp (Sc #1635) of Belgium commemorates the centenary of Catholic University of Mons (UCLovian FUCam Mons) which is known for its Public Administration Department.. Stamp depicts students taking notes in a lecture class.

Here is the 10 aur value (Facit #321) from Iceland's October 1, 1953 six-stamp set of 'Old Manuscripts' stamps. A quill pen and inkwell are shown.

This April 2, 1998 20p stamp (Sc #840) of Jersey is from the National Festivals-themed EUROPA set of four values. Stamp depicts symbols for 'Creative Arts' festival including a pencil and a dip pen.

On September 9, 1964 Canada issued this 5c stamp (Sc #432) to commemorate the centenary of the Quebec Conference.

On October 8, 1962 Thailand commemorated International Letter Writing Week by issuing a set of four stamps (Sc #s 386-9) of two different designs. The 25 and 50 satang values show a hand and stylized arm holding a pen, while the one and two baht stamps depict a large quill pen.

Here is Monaco's October 14, 1996 five franc stamp (Sc #2015) commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes (1596-1660).

On June 21, 2005 Canada issued this 50c stamp (Sc #2112) to commemorate the birth centenary of Ellen Looks Fairclough (1905-2004), the first woman to serve as a federal cabinet minister.

This 40 yen value (Sc #1531) of Japan is from the July 23, 1973 Letter Writing Day set of two.

This pair of 65 kurus stamps (Sc #s 259-60) was issued by Turkey on November 28, 1957 to commemorate the 250th birth anniversary of American printer, publisher, scientist, inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).

On June 6, 1974 the USA issued a set of eight 10c stamps commemorating the centenary of the Universal Postal Union. Each of these stamps features a classic work of art having to do with letter writing. The stamps were issued together in a sheet of 32 (8 x 4) arranged so that se-tenant strips or blocks of 8 (4 x 2) were created.

One of these stamps (Sc #1530) features a detail of Raphael's 1509 painting School of Athens showing Michelangelo writing with a truncated quill pen.

Here is Greece's July 14, 1980 14 drachma stamp (Sc #1360) commemorating the 15th Congress of the International Federation of Journalists which was held in Athens. Stamp shows a hand holding a dip pen.