Books Pictured On Stamps

Jordan
Culture and Identity
December 31, 2007
Set of five, one stamp depicts a stack of books.

In February 1950 Peru issued the 2c postal tax stamp (RA33) shown on the left for education. Stamp was printed by typography by Institut de Gravure de Paris, and bears no imprint.

In 1952, the same design was reprinted. This stamp (RA35) was printed by lithography by Thomas De La Rue & Company, and bears the company's imprint.

Karl Marx (1818-83) reads from his Das Kapital on this 20 pf value (Mi #348) from the DDR's 1953 set of ten stamps commemorating the 70th anniversary of his death.

On October 21, 1955 Poland issued a two-stamp set to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Polish Teachers' Trade Union. The 60 gr value (Sc #716) of the set is shown here.

United Arab Emirates
30th October 2018
Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum Global Initiatives - Arab Reading Challenge



The project is to encourage reading amongst students in the Arab world.
The Challenge is an Arabic language reading competition with participating schools and students, from first to twelfth grade, from across the Arab world.
In each phase, students will have to read 10 books and write a short review of each book in a "challenge passport".
Two stamps issued in a sheetlet of 6 stamps.

Here is the 70 ore stamp (Facit #647) from Norway's October 15, 1970 set of four honoring Norwegian scientists. Stamp depicts Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718 - 1793), a bishop and a botanist.

On April 2, 1959 the DDR issued this set of two stamps (Mi #s 680-1) to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the country's sanctioning of "Jugendweihe" for young people.

From wikipedia, "Jugendweihe (Youth consecration) is a secular coming of age ceremony practiced by German 14-year-olds. It originated among the secular societies in the 19th century as an alternative to Confirmation by the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. It was especially widespread in East Germany, where state atheism was encouraged under the GDR."

This May 7, 1948 three cent value (Sc #322) of Guatemala is from a set of four, identically-designed stamps of different colors and values, depicting the allegory of labor.

Here is Denark's March 8, 1965, 15 ore stamp (Facit #452) commemorating the centenary of the first commercial trades school in Aarhus. An open account book is shown.

On May 8, 1980 the Federal Republic of Germany issued this 50 pf stamp (Mi #1051) to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Augustana, or Augsburg Confession.

From bookofconcord.org, "(The Augsburg Confession) is the Confession of Faith which was submitted to Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor) at the Diet of Augsburg in the year 1530 by certain princes and cities."

In effect, the Augsburg Confession led to the granting of legal status, eight years later, for Lutheranism in the Holy Roman Empire.

This February 4, 1997, 100 (pf) stamp of Germany commemorates the 500th birthday of theologian, reformer, and scholar Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). Stamp depicts Melanchthon holding what may be Reuchlin's Epistolae Clarorum Virorum (1514) for which he wrote the preface.

Here is the Federal Republic of Germany's April 14, 1988 eighty pfennig stamp (Mi #1364) commemorating the 500th birthday of knight, scholar and poet Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). Stamp shows a detail from a wood-engraved illustration from Hutten's Conquestiones.

On August 14, 1996 Germany issued this 300 (pf) stamp (Mi #1874) commemorating the centenary of the country's Civil Code.

Andorra: Pompeu Fabra (1868/1948) and his Dictionary of Catalan language




Catalan is also the language of Andorra

Here is the 45 c value (SG #1875) from New Zealand's May 3, 1995 "Maori Language Year" set of six stamps. Stamp depicts a teacher and children.