Skeleton Stamps

How soon we forget.... LOL




https://goscf.com/t/12041

Slovenia 2005 issue of se-tenant pair (SG683-684) Dance of Death fresco:

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Ales Hrdlicka (1869-1943) was a Czech-born American anthropologist who was the first scientist to spot and document the theory of human colonization of the American continent from east Asia across the Bering Strait some 15,000 years ago. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a caricature of Hrdlicka and a bony pal, designed by Czech artist Adolf Hoffmeister (1902-1973), combined engraved by Jindra Schmidt and photogravure, and issued by Czechoslovakia on June 17, 1969 to commemorate Hrdlicka's birth centenary and to honor UNESCO, Scott No. 1632.

- nethryk

1964 Shakespeare Festival
'Hamlet contemplating Yorick's skull (Hamlet)'

150th Anniversary of Dinosaur's Identification by Owen (20th Aug. 1991)

One more for now... James Bond/Ian Flemming novels

Great additions!

"Death Stalking Peasant"

Texas state revenue tax stamp for marijuana.

First off, I'd like to apologize for the poor image. I had to take an angled camera shot of this one because of the material that this one is made of. An extremely shiny silver mylar surface - just as perfectly reflective as any mirror out there. When I tried the usual scanner method it would only produce a near-black image because of the reflection. So, an angled camera shot was all I could do.

Just in time for Hallowe'en.
Skulls appear in the lower corners of this WWI anti-German propoganda label.



According to British geologist and historian Peter Doyle:
'Kultur' was one of the words of the Great War period. For those committed to portraying the 'heel of German jackboot aggression' firmly stamped down on the neck of 'Gallant Little Belgium', it was an efficient way of ensuring that public opinion would always be behind those actively engaged in recruitment for the armed forces. In this case 'Kultur' was portrayed as militant expansion of German cultural values (as held to be superior to those of other nations) across Europe. Aggressive anti-German cartoons appeared in the press illustrating the march of 'Kultur' - in the form of advancing inhuman beasts in spiked pickelhaubes and black jackboots - across the continent. It was yet more incitement to join the colours; the fact that the very word looked and sounded harsh added to the effect.

http://tommyswar.blogspot.ca/2012/0...-kultur.html

Happy Halloween! Rudolph Carl Virchow (1821-1902) was a German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician, known for his advancement of public health, and referred to as "the father of modern pathology." Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Dr. Virchow and some human skeletal specimens, designed by Hungarian illustrator János Kass (1927-2010), engraved by György Lengyel, and issued by Hungary on December 29, 1989, Scott No. 3216.

- nethryk

He's small, but he's there... By the way, can anyone tell me what this stamp is actually showing?

Nells
It commemorate the 600. years of the Prague's old town astronomical clock. You can read about it using this link to Czech Post.

http://www.ceskaposta.cz/en/filatel...ock-id30462/