Flags On Stamps.......new Additions !

Barb,

Your last two posts inspired me ! Very nice items indeed. I thought I had all the basic USA flags but the Bunker Hill is not in my collection !

I'll be off on the hunt shortly.
I like Plate blocks and strips and that Flag and Fireworks block is a gem.

Thanks for showing.....and giving me even more reasons to continue the hunt.

Londonbus1....

Ah so... young grasshopper does provide some purpose! Glad to be of service. :)

Flag of the Organization for African Unity, offset, high value stamp from a set of five issued by Kenya on June 24, 1981, Scott No. 193.

- nethryk

East Germany commemorating 25 years of liberation from Fascism
by the Soviets.

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a map and the original flag of Mali, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon, and issued by Mali on November 7, 1959 to celebrate its independence from France, Scott No. 1.

- nethryk



Mali Flag Meaning:
The green stripe symbolizes hope, nature and fertility of the land. The yellow represents purity and mineral wealth and red stands for strength and the blood spilt for independence.

Interesting Mali Flag Fact:
A kanaga symbol was used on the first Mali flag, until it was abolished in 1961. The symbol is a black human-like image and it was removed because of pressure from Muslims who do not approve of making images in the human form.

Great flags everyone! love them!

Here is another one from the Worker's Paradise commemorating the
20th Anniversary of the German Democratic Republic.

Kind of gaudy IMO but then again most propaganda is.

Thanks for the additional fascinating background info, Litho and nethryk!

In a previous post I showed the East German flag.
Here are the flag colours of West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) including the state symbol, the eagle.
The stamp was issued in 1974 to commemorate the 25th Anniverary
of the creation of the FRG .

Offset printing, with embossed eagle, which is not quite
visible on the scan.



Both states used this identical flag below....



....until 1959 when East Germany added the coat of arms.



Which was modified with scissors by some East Germans after the fall
of the wall.



Flag images are borrowed from Wikipedia with thanks.

jhlovell & stampgal - Thanks!

Here is an image of a Sweden-France Cultural Exchange booklet stamp featuring a composition of the French and Swedish flags by French artist René Dessirier (1919- ), stamp designed by E. Ede, printed by offset, and issued by Sweden on March 18, 1994, Scott No. 2066, Facit No. 1834.

- nethryk

Belgium showing the flag and map of the Democratic Republic of Congo

A fine photo Lithograving. And note, that the sowiet officer has two watches!

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio (1902-1963), the Togolese Republic's first prime minister, holding up the new national flag, which was designed by noted Togolese artist Paul Ahyi (1930-2010), printed by offset, and issued by Togo on April 27, 1960, Scott No. 378.

- nethryk

According to this article in Wikipedia the soldier is wearing
a compass on his left wrist and a watch on the right.

Interesting reading here.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin...he_Reichstag

Wadmalatz Hi, there must a lot more East Bloc stamps out
there with the same photo.
If so, are they with or without watche(s)/compass ?

The Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) was an economic organization founded in 1949 under hegemony of the Soviet Union comprising the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of communist states elsewhere in the world. Ultimately, during the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, Comecon was disbanded. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Comecon's headquarters building in Moscow, and the flags of member countries in 1974 (Bulgaria, Cuba, Romania, Hungary, Mongolia, Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, & Czechoslovakia), designed by Hungarian graphic artist József Vertel (1922-1993), printed by photogravure, and issued by Hungary on February 26, 1974 to mark the 25th anniversary of Comecon, Scott No. 2271.

- nethryk