Metal Casting On Stamps?

Here is an image of an engraved definitive stamp depicting a blast furnace, issued by Japan on October 15, 1949, Scott No. 435, SG No. 471.

- nethryk

Casselo, the second image with the cachet of a bottom-pouring ladel is amazing! What country is that? I cannot quite read it ...

Brian

Rileysan, they look Romanian to me. I think the 10 and 55 denominations are from Romania 1955-56 labourers (pilot and mason). The one on the right I can't make out the specific issue, but that looks like the arms of the Romanian Peoples Republic, seen on several different issues.
Just a guess, of course.

edit- actually, now I look at it again, the black stamp on the right appears to be part of the postal card.

Yes. It is Romanian.

one more

The Youth of Marathon :
Bronze youth.
Cast between 340 and 300BC., shows the fluid
and graceful modelling achieved by later greek sculptors.
Possibly the work of Praxiteles, it was discovered under water
off Marathon in 1925.

As a student of metal casting, I find it incredible just how good the greeks were at casting bronze. Even with modern technology, this wouldn't be an easy task. I dream of one day visiting the national museum in Athens ...

How about a second helping Rileysan

Charioteer

who once drove a team of horses with reins that remain in his hands.
Is one of the earliest surviving bronze statues in Greek art.
Cast about 470 BC is seems stiff, though dignified and powerful.

Back to my days in the steel mill. Not really metalcasting...

German Stamps issued in 1925 to stress Germany's claim on the French-occupied Rheinland; German eagle in background



In January 1923, French and Belgian troops, already occupying the Rhineland as a pawn to secure the payment of reparations, on the occasion of a late shipment of telegraph poles - because of the accelerating inflation, reparations were paid mostly in goods - occupied the Ruhrgebiet.
That did it. The German government forbade German public servants, both on the Ruhr and Rhine, to cooperate with the occupants. The Trade Union called for a general strike. The steel mills and coal mines on the Ruhr stood still. Strikers and non-cooperators risked their lives - the occupants summarily shot citizens who refused collaboration on several occasions. However, the occupation of the Ruhr proved to be a huge blunder, a loss in economic terms and political prestige. The campaign of Non-Violent Resistance was, politically, successful. The international media reported, sympathizing with the German side.

1964 - DDR

fifia - Outstanding post!

Smelting furnace, printed by photogravure, and issued for use in Manchukuo (Japanese puppet government) on December 8, 1943 to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the "Greater East Asia War," Scott No. 153, SG No. 147

- nethryk

Steel making in a furnace, definitive stamp printed by lithogravure, and issued by (North) Korea on September 20, 1959, Scott No. 188.

- nethryk

The Bessemer converter from Bhutan has been shown further above, what has not been said is that this stamp is made from steel foil and is hence magnetic:

Cyprus Europa 1994
Discoveries and Inventions



As the most valuable of commodities (in addition to being compact and easily portable), metals are a great incentive to trade. The extensive deposits of copper on Cyprus bring the island much wealth from about 3000 BC (Cyprus, in Latin, gives copper its name - cyprium corrupted to cuprum)(History World).