Polar Bears On Stamps, Covers And Cards.

Polar Bears on Danish Christmas seals (no pun intended ) 1980





The wording down the side of the sheet is in Danish (I think), Inuit (I assume) and English (I am confident!) , and reads," In the depth of the polar night, the spark of light is set alight: The polar bear in a snowy den brings forth her litter".

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Polar Bear from SPITSBERGEN



I don't know nothing about this stamp, but sound like Norway or Danmark.

And here are a few Russian polar bears:

Polar bear, designed and engraved by Henry Welde, and issued by Norway on August 14, 1975, Scott No. 662, Facit No. 744.

- nethryk

Polar bears, designed by Ingalill Axelsson, engraved by Lars Sjööblom, and issued by Sweden on May 15, 1991 as one of a set of two stamps commemorating the 25th anniversary of Kolmården Wildlife Park, Scott No. 1887, Facit No. 1683.

- nethryk

Dargis velvetone first day cover of the Canadian 1953 Polar Bear stamp:

Here is two rather neat ones I saw the other day on Delcampe - my paologies to Ubl for using the scans but now you know where to go if you want them...

News flash: "Polar Vortex" freezes the USA. This one seems appropriate to post today!

Polar bear, designed by E. Komarov, printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on March 28, 1957, Scott No. 1918, Zagorski No. 1908.

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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), designed by Greenlandic artist Jens Christian Rosing (1925-2008), combined engraved by Arne Kühlmann and lithography, and issued by Greenland on September 7, 1995 as one of a set of three stamps depicting indigenous mammals, Scott No. 296, Facit No. 274.

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Polar bear, a Europa stamp designed by Greenlandic artist Buuti Pedersen (1955- ) and Martin Mörck, engraved by Martin Mörck, and issued by Greenland on May 7, 1999, Scott No. 348, Facit No. 335.

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François Pompon (1855-1933) was a French sculptor who became famous for his stylized animals. Here is an image of a stamp designed after Pompon's sculpture L'Ours blanc ("The White Bear," 1922), printed by photogravure, and issued by France on July 2, 2005 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the artist's bitrh, Scott No. 3099, Y&T No. 3806, plus a photo of François Pompon's sculpture.

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This is maybe the only stamp issued for one very special polar bear. Knut was born in the Berlin Zoo in December 2006 and was raised by Thomas Dörflein, because Motherbear rejected her cubs. Knut soon became a major attraction to the Zoo, and was in the world media, including the New York Times; he died of a mysterious brain disease before he was 5 years old. The monument to Knut was done by Josef Tabachnyk in bronze. Semipostal stamp for Nature conservation. Design Kym Erdmann and by the way, the stamp was voted most popular of 2008 stamps in Germany.

Polar bears, printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on November 10, 1978 as one of a set of seven stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Zoological Gardens, Scott No. 2302.

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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus, aka Thalassarctos maritimus Phipps), printed by lithography, and issued by Bulgaria on September 26, 1988 as one of a set of six stamps depicting various bear species, Scott No. 3371.

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