Statues On Stamps

Italy
Artistic Heritage - Gian Lorenzo Bernini
December 1, 1998
The stamp depicts Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, a life-size marble statue of a swooning nun Teresa of Ávila and an angel.

Colombia
Abraham Lincoln
June 10, 1960
The stamp depicts the colossal marble statue of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the 16th president of the United States.

Vatican
European Nature Preservation Year
June 8, 1995
Set of eight, one stamp depicts a life-size marble statue Apollo playing cithar in the Vatican Gardens.

Vatican
European Year of Cultural Heritage
May 3, 2018
Apollo Belvedere is a 2.24 meter tall marble statue from Classical Antiquity. It is now located in the Vatican Museums Complex.

United States
Centennial Olympic Games
July 19, 1996
The stamp depicts Palombara Discobolus, a Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze statue Discobolus of Myron completed at circa 460–450 B.C.

Vatican
Saint Philip Neri
October 3, 1995
The stamp depicts the marble statue of Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595) inside Saint Peter's Basilica.

Japan
Travel Scenes V - Nara
March 2, 2009
The stamp depicts an Edo Era statue of Birushana Buddha in Todai Temple in Nara.

Argentina
700 Years of Dante Alighieri Birth
September 16, 1965
The stamp depicts the statue of Dante Alighieri located in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. It was built in 1865 by Italian sculptor Enrico Pazzi.

This June 9, 1997 souvenir sheet (Facit #BL3) of the Aland Islands commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Islands' autonomy. The sheet features the 1971 sculpture Havets Folk (People of the Sea) by the Finnish sculptor Carl Gustaf Mattias "Matti" Haupt (1912-99). This outdoor piece may be seen in Mariehamn.

The stamp features a security foil hologram with a sailing ship.

Here is Denmark's February 16, 1989 stamp (Facit #970) commemorating the 100th anniversary of Danish tourism. This small (21mm x 24mm, perf tip to perf tip) steel engraved, recess printed stamp was sold in booklets of 10 (1 pane).

The stamp depicts sculptor Edvard Eriksen's iconic Den lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid, 1913) which sits at the edge of Copenhagen's harbor.

Lesotho
Literature - Hans Christian Andersen
August 22, 2005
Set of three, one stamp depicts a life-size bronze statue of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) outside the City Hall of Copenhagen.

Spain
The Cantabrian Wars
November 6, 2019
The stamp depicts a bronze statue of Corocotta, a leader of the celtic tribes of Cantabria who fought against Rome during 29 - 19 BC.

This stone sculpture Akt (Eng. = Act) by August Zamoyski is from a 1992 souvenir sheet of four issued for Polska '93, the World Philatelic Exhibition held in Warsaw.

From Wikipedia, "Count August Zamoyski (1893-1970)...was an author of stone compositions in simplified and geometric form...In the 1920's he developed his own, monumental style in which he referred to Classicism. In his last period, Zamoyski was an author of expressive religious works.

Bolivia
Giovanni Boccaccio
October 25, 2013
The stamp shows marble statue of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) by Odoardo Fantacchiotti. The statue is located in Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Greece
National Archaeological Museum
March 15, 2017
The stamp depicts bronze statue of Poseidon (ca. 480 BC), found in the sea in the Gulf of Livadostra in Boeotia, at the site of Kreusis.