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New Zealand
Health semipostal
October 1, 1945
Peter Pan Statue is located in Kensington Gardens to the west of Hyde Park in central London. The bronze statue features squirrels, rabbits, mice and fairies climbing up to Peter, who stands at the hilltop blowing his horn.
Sir J.M. Barrie (1860 - 1937), the creator of Peter Pan, commissioned Sir George Frampton (1860 - 1928) to build the Peter Pan statue in 1902.

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New Zealand
Health semipostal
October 1, 1947
The Statue of Anteros, which sits on top of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, is located at Piccadilly Circus in London. The whole sculpture, created by Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854 – 1934), was a memorial to Lord Shaftesbury's philanthropy and Anteros as the God of Selfless Love.

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The statue of Trajan is a late-eighteenth-century bronze sculpture depicting Roman Emperor Trajan (53-117), located outdoors in front of a section of the London Wall built by Romans, at Tower Hill in London, United Kingdom. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Trajan statue, designed by Horacio Álvarez Boero, printed by photogravure, and issued by Argentina on April 11, 1961 to commemorate the state visit of Giovanni Gronchi (1887-1978) President of Italy, Scott No. 727, plus an image of a photo of the statue.

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Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting the Statue of Liberty, a portrait of Dr. L.S. Rowe, the Director General of the Pan American Union, the coat of arms of Nicaragua, a view of the Nicaraguan coastline, the shield of the USA, the flags of the other 20 American republics, an airplane, and globes, engraved and printed by Security Bank Note Company, Philadelphia, and issued by Nicaragua on August 2, 1940 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Pan American Union, Scott No. C253.

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Portugal
Sculptures
September 27, 1995
Equestrian Statue of King José is located in Commerce Square near the Tagus River in Lisbon. The bronze statue, designed by Machado de Castro (1775), portrays the King on his horse crushing snakes on his path.

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France
Red Cross semipostal
December 19, 1955
Enfant à l'oie (Child with Goose) is an ancient bronze statue (ca. 2nd Century B.C.) by Greek sculptor Boëthus of Chalcedon. A Roman marble copy (1st–2nd centuries A.D.) of the original was found in the Quintili Villa near Rome.

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France
Red Cross semipostal
December 9, 1963
L'Enfant a la Grappe (Infant and Grape) is an 1.31 meter-tall marble statue by David d'Angers (1788-1856).

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Barbados
Statue of Bussa
March 26, 2007
The Bussa Emancipation Statue is a public sculpture located east of Bridgetown on Highway 5. The life-size bronze statue, created 1985 by Bajan sculptor Karl Broodhagen, portrays a slave who helped inspire a revolt against slavery in Barbados in 1816.


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Japan
Japan - India Friendship Year
May 23, 2007
The Great Stupa of Sanchi is the oldest stone structure in India. It was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd Century B.C. The stamp features the statue of a yakshi (a nature sprite) clinging to a tree. The statue of elephant decorates the pillar of the gateway.


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Cyprus
Definitive Issue
February 22, 1971
The 55 cm-high bronze statuette Horned God was found at Enkomi, Cyprus. It dates to the 12th Century B.C. The God, probably Apollo Keraiates, wears a short kilt and a conical helmet with bull.


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Germany
Tourism
February 13, 2003
Bamberger Rider (also known as Bamberger Horseman) is a life-size stone equestrian statue by an anonymous medieval sculptor in the cathedral of Bamberg, Germany.


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San Marino
WWI semipostal
June 1, 1918
The Lady of Liberty statue stands in the Liberty Square in front of the Public Palace. It features a female figure who wears an armor and a crown with the three towers Mount Titano. The statue is a work of the sculptor Stefano Galletti in 1876 and is made in the neoclassical style of white Carrara marble.

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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia Art
March 24, 1956
Monument of Peace is a 5.5 meter tall equestrian bronze statue created by Anthony Augustincic (1900 - 1979). It stands in front of the United Nations Building in New York City.

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Jamaica
Anti-Apartheid Year
December 11, 1978

The Negro Aroused statue on the Kingston waterfront is a large scale replica of Edna Manley's iconic sculpture of the same name. The sculpture was first exhibited in 1937. The current bronze statue was completed in 1991.


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Egypt
Save Abu Simbel
October 1, 1963
The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples at Abu Simbel, a village in Nubia, southern Egypt. The stamp features two colossal statues of Rameses II in front of the Great Temple. The temple complex was constructed between ca. 1264 - 1244 B.C.


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