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Sri Lanka Vesak Festival May 4, 1987 The stamp set shows lanterns used in Vesak, a festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha.  |
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This 1965 History of Malta stamp depicts an Early Christian Roman terracotta oil lamp adorned with Chi Rho (XP) symbol.  |
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On November 18, 1936 Cuba issued a set of eight stamps commemorating the birth centenary of general Maximo Gomez. Here is the 4c value (Sc #334) of the set.  |
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This 1200 drachmas value (Sc #C71) of Greece is from the May 15, 1954 set of three airmail stamps commemorating the fifth anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).  |
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Hungary 1944 Red cross - 4v The stamp depicts a nurse carrying an oil lamp, simbol of nursery.   |
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Japan 1981 Modern art - 2v The stamp depicts the 'Portrait of Ichiyo', by japanese artist Kiyokata Kaburagi (1878 - 1972). She was depicted under a 'hurricane lamp'. Ichiyo Higuchi (1872 - 1896) , was the first prominent Japanese woman writer of modern times, in the Meiji period.  |
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On December 3, 1994 Latvia issued a four-stamp Christmas set, including this 100 santims value (Sc #388) depicting a decorative wreath of 4 lit candles.  |
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The 12 and 15 santims values (Sc #s 499-500) of Latvia's November 27, 1999 Christmas set of three stamps depict lit candles.  |
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This Japan 2015 Winter Greeting stamp shows candle light.  |
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This October 17, 1998 70 centas value (Sc #613) of Lithuania is from a set of two stamps depicting works by Lithuanian painters. Stamp depicts Antanas Zmuidzinavicius's (1876-1966) oil painting All Through the Night (1906). In addition to painting, Zmuidzinavicius designed Lithuania's interwar coat of arms, some of its banknotes, and 32 stamps.  |
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Here is the 50 centas value (Sc #589) from Lithuania's November 22, 1997 Christmas set of two stamps. A cherub is shown holding a lantern above a town.  |
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This November 18, 1999 1.35 litas Christmas stamp (Sc #649) of Lithuania depicts three lit candles in a snowy winter scene.  |
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