Statues On Stamps

Australia
War Memorials - Cobbers Statue
April 10, 2018
The Cobbers Statue by Peter Corlett portrays a soldier carrying his wounded comrade from the field of battle. It is located in the Australian Memorial Park, a World War I memorial near Fromelles, France commemorating Australians killed during the Battle of Fromelles.

Czech Republic
Beauties of Our Country
March 7, 2012
Statue of Prudence is one of the 24 Baroque-style statues entitled Virtues and the Vices by Matthias Braun (1684-1738). The masterpiece is located in the village of Kuks in northern Czech Republic.

Egypt
Definitive Issue - Statue of Horus
July 23, 1978
The granite statue of the falcon god Horus stands in the court of Edfu Temple. The well-preserved Ptolemaic temple of Horus was established during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes I (246-222 B.C.).

On October 28, 2009, Singapore issued a set of 4 stamps showing tourist attractions in Southeast Asia. Indonesia issued "stamps in similar designs" (Stanley Gibbons). The low value of the set features a statue from the old colonial capital of Singaraja, on the north side of Bali, Indonesia. It is Stanley Gibbons #1879.

Romania
Danube - Coats of Arms
May 8, 2010
The minisheet depicts the stone statue Mother Baar with the Young Danube at Donaueschingen, southwest Germany.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Poznan Liberty Monument created by Polish sculptor Kazimierz Bienkowski (1924-2011), printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on April 27, 1950 to publicize the 23rd International Poznan Trade Fair, Scott No. 474, plus an image of the cover of the fair catalog featuring a photograph of the monument's Socialist Realist-style sculpture. Bonus: Cogwheel.

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Title: 100 Years - Sofia, The Capital City of Bulgaria.

Mini-sheet, Bulgaria 1979.
Michel #Block 85 / Yvert #BF80



On the left is a fragment of the huge Soviet army monument.
On the right is an allegorical statue, Mother and a child, in front of the central railway station.

Hungary
György Zala
September 25, 2008
The stamp commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian sculptor György Zala (1858-1937). The design features his bronze statue Archangel Gabriel which tops the Millennium Monument in the Heroes Square in Budapest.

Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850) was one the the most famous sculptors of Germany. He studied in Rom and after having returned to Berlin, became head of the royal workshop for sculpture and then director of the Academy of Arts. Among his most well-known works is the Quadriga on the Brandenburger Tor. stamp of 1964

Schadow was again honored on two stamps of the DDR in 1989. They depict the two Prussian Pricesses Louise and Friederike. White marble.

Last week the two beautiful princesses appeared again on a stamp. They can be seen in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. This stamp is part of a larger series "Treasures that can be seen in German Museums".

The Madonna of Blieskastel in Saarland, Germany has been depicted on at least four Saar stamps. Here are Michel #s 102-3, plus a special cancel of 1933, celebrating 700 years of the statuary.

Ukraine
The Beauty and Greatness of Ukraine - Ternopil Region
August 28, 2015
Set of five, one stamp depicts Solomiya Krushelnytska Monument, a 3.8 meter-high bronze statue honoring the Ukrainian soprano considered to be one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of the 20th century.

Belgium
Market Square of Bruges
October 29, 2012
Set of five, one stamp depicts Statue of Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck erected in 1887.

Yugoslavia
Ivan Mestrovic Birth Centenary
August 15, 1983
Ivan Mestrovic (1883-1962) was the most prominent sculptor of Croatian modern art history. The stamp features his Pobednik Monument, a 14 meter high bronze statue erected in 1928 which commemorates the victory of Serbia over Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empire during the Balkan Wars and the First World War.