Books Pictured On Stamps

Hungary
National Museum and National Széchenyi Library
April 29, 2002
Set of four, one stamp depicts the Book of Psalms (1686) translated by Mihály Apafi (1632-1690).

Here is Germany's November 3, 2005, .55 euro stamp (Mi #2495) commemorating the centenary of baroness Bertha von Suttner's award of the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize for her book Die Waffen Nieder! (Eng: Lay Down Your Arms!). Stamp depicts Suttner, the book and the Nobel medal.

This 6.50 (kr) stamp (Facit #912) of Denmark commemorates the 450th anniversary of the introduction of the Reformation in Denmark. Stamp depicts "A Lutheran service shown from the front of the Communion table in Thorslunde church (1561)."

On October 29, 1950 Berlin issued a two-stamp set of semi-postals to help fund the re-establishment of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Here is the 30 + 5 (pf) value (Mi #73) of the set, depicting a detail from a painting of the Ghent Alter by the Van Eyck brothers Hubert (1370-1426) and Jan (1390-1441) of Holland.

This January 31, 1952 5 centavos stamp (Sc #575) of the Philippines commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Philippine Educational System. Two schoolchildren with books are shown.

Here is the 10 pf value (Mi #2422) from the DDR's May 22, 1979 two-stamp set commemorating UNESCO's "International Year of the Child".

On February 22, 1985 the Republic of South Africa issued a four-stamp set depicting oil paintings by Dutch-born artist Frans D. Oerder (1867-1944). The 11c value (Sc #648) of this set, shown here, shows a still life featuring two books.

This November 2, 1999 26 p value (SG #2116) of Great Britain is from the Millennium Series "The Christians' Tale" set of four stamps. Stamp depicts King James I and the Authorized, or King James Version of the Bible (1611).

Here is Denmark's May 5, 1980 5 kr stamp (Facit #726) commemorating the UN Organization's World Conference on Women held in Copenhagen that year. On the stamp image, the three symbols within the three female symbols indicate important women's issues: left (hand) = employment, center (cross) = health, and right (book) = education.

On February 14, 1966 Australia issued a set of six high-value, recess-printed definitive stamps depicting navigators connected with the country's history. The 75c value (Sc #414) of the set depicts Catain James Cook (1728-1779). Captain Cook is most remembered for his three Pacific Ocean voyages of 1768-79.

The following three books each contain multiple pictures of stamps featuring books.
The first two are "Printers and printing in philately" by John Alden and "Bibliately" by Leona Rostenberg. As you would expect, books about stamps depicting printing, particularly the printing of books, contain many pictures of stamps showing books.
The third book is "Brazilian literature on philately" by Lais Scuotto and Jose Afonso Braga, which shows stamps picturing subjects from Brazilian literature, and it too has many pictures of stamps showing books, and with the benefit of the pictures being in colour.

On November 30, 1993 El Salvador issued this 2.20 colon value (Sc #1362) to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Vicente Alberto Masferrer Monico (1868-1932), known as Alberto Masferrer. Masferrer was a Salvadoran writer and philosopher who was greatly influenced by the writing and actions of Mahatma Gandhi.

Here is one of the four 'Sparkling Holidays' Christmas booklet stamps issued by the USA on October 11, 2018. Stamps feature the illustrations of American artist Haddon Sundblom. This stamp (Sc #5334) depicts Santa perusing his Good Boys and Girls book, which is not as large as one would like.

From about.usps.com, "The four images are details from larger paintings created by Sundblom and originally published in ads for the Coca-Cola Company from the 1940s through the early 1960s."

And, from wikipedia, "Haddon Hubbard "Sunny" Sundblom (1899-1976) was an American artist of Finnish and Swedish descent and best known for the images of Santa Claus he created for the Coca-Cola Company. Sundblom's friend Lou Prentice was the original model for the illustration's Santa."

This 60 yen value (Sc #1700) of Japan was issued on August 23, 1986 to commemorate the 52nd International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference in Tokyo. Stamp shows a detail of one of Shunso Katsukawa's (1726-1792) Scenes of Women's Lives in Twelve Months paintings.

On November 1, 1961 Japan issued this 10 yen stamp (Sc #739) to commemorate the opening of the National Diet Library.