Religion Topicals

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Czech priest, philosopher, and early Christian reformer Jan Hus (c. 1372-1415), designed by Karel Svolinský (1896-1986), engraved by Jirí Antonín Švengsbír (1921-1983), and issued by Czechoslovakia on July 5, 1952 as one of a set of three stamps commemorating the 550th anniversary of the installation of Jan Hus as pastor of Bethlehem Chapel, Prague, Scott No. 536, plus an image of an illumination from a Czech manuscript (c. 1490) depicting Jan Hus preaching.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Father Joaquin Juanola, C.M.F., a Claretian missionary posted to Equatorial Africa in 1885, printed by photogravure, and issued for use in Rio Muni on July 6, 1963 as one of a set of three stamps benefiting child welfare, Scott No. 26, plus an image of a photograph of Father Joaquin Juanola, c. 1913.

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This stamp was issued in 1984 in Argentina to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Buenos Aires International Eucharistic Congress. The painting is by the Dominican Renaissance friar and painter, Fra Angelico.

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Here is an image of a stamp designed and engraved by French artist Robert Cami (1900-1995) after a copper engraving entitled "Christ before Pilate" (1512) by German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), and issued by Monaco on January 18, 1972 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Dürer's birth, Scott No. 817, plus an image of the original work of art.

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A sheet issued for the 1966 'Polphilex' Stamp Exhibition in Birmingham and London. It commemorates 1,000 years of Christianity in Poland.

It was engraved by Czeslaw Slania for the Society of Polish Philatelists of Great Britain, an organization set up by WW11 Polish Exiles.

Exists also with reversed colours.

This Hungarian Tourist stamp shows the Dome on the Rock or Mosque of Omar on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, one of the holiest shrines in the Moslem world.
One of a set of mainly religious labels.

Lovely scans here from nethryk of Sts Cyril and Methodius from the 1935 Czech stamps
https://goscf.com/t/2189&whichpage=14#420212

Does anyone know what the text is that they are holding? I have read that it is a bible and it does not look like the alphabet that they devised (which features in other illustrations of the saints) but I cannot find the source of the image nor any further description of the depiction or the book.

discerner - Thanks! I have read that Saints Cyril and Methodius created the literary Slavonic language on the basis of Bulgarian dialects, as well as the Slavonic written language, although this wasn't the same alphabet as the modern Cyrillic alphabet. They also translated Holy Scripture into Slavonic and laid the basis for both Slavonic divine services and Slavonic literature. Perhaps the book depicted on the stamp is meant to represent their Slavonic translation of the Gospels?

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the (first) "Miraculous Draught of Fishes" story from the New Testament (Luke 5:1–11), designed by German artist Josef Oberberger (1905-1994), printed by lithography, and issued by Germany on July 13, 1966 to publicize the 81st German Catholics Day, held in Bamberg, Scott No. 961, Michel No. 515, plus an image of an illustration of this miraculous event from the 1894 edition of The Life of Christ, by Canon Frederic William Farrar (1831-1903).

- nethryk

Thanks for the prompt reply nethryk - and for the steer about the possible meaning of the text and what to look for - if I do find out anything more I shall post it here.

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515-1582), a prominent Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun and author, engraved by Pablo Sampedro Molero (1935- ), and issued by Spain on October 15, 1982 to commemorate the 4th centenary of the saint's death, Scott No. 2302, Edifil No. 2674, plus an image of a detail from a life-size white marble sculpture entitled the "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" (1647-52), created by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), in the Basilica of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Pope Saint John Paul II (1920-2005), engraved by Antonio Manso Fernández (1934- ), and issued by Spain on October 31, 1982 to commemorate the Pope's visit to Spain, Scott No. 2303, Edifil No. 2675.

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A bit late to the thread, but I wonder if the Czechoslovak stamp that discerner pointed out shows the Glagolitic script. I saw it once on a Bulgarian stamp.

A description of Glagolitic can be found at http://www.ancientscripts.com/glagolitic.html. Briefly, it was another attempt - like Cyrillic - to match an alphabet to Slavic speech patterns. Cyrillic became more widespread and eventually dominated, but Glagolitic stayed around in Croatia for quite a while.

Thank you PekingDuckDog - most informative and helpful - I think you are correct and that link is so useful as it shows the alphabet clearly. Most definitely better late than never!