Bare Feet On Stamps ' , ' , ' , '

Here is an earlier Finnish stamp (Facit #733) featuring Hugo Simberg's Girl with Lamb painting. It is the .30 + .05 markka value (Facit #733) of the September 12, 1973 anti-tuberculosis, semi-postal set of three stamps.

On August 5, 1981 New Zealand issued a set of three "Health" semi-postal charity stamps depicting young people fishing and exploring tidal pools. Two of stamps show (SG #s 1250-1) show bare feet in the sea.

This September 4, 1989 one koruna value (Sc #2755) of Czechoslovakia is from the four-stamp set commemorating the 12th Biennial Exhibition of Book Illustrations for Children, which was held in Bratislava. Stamp depicts Bulgarian illustrator Aleksander Aleksov's Donkey Rider.

Bangladesh
Indigenous Peoples of Bangladesh
August 2, 2010
This stamp shows two Mru women milling rice.

French Polynesia
World Tourism Day
September 27, 1990
The stamp shows two Tahitian girls standing on a palm tree (with their bare feet).

Dominica
Tourism Program Reunion '88
April 13, 1988
Set of six, one stamp depicts a Belaire dancer.

Here are sets of tootsies from France.
Identifying info in the scans from my album.




This second one may be a stamp collector, perhaps brooding over a nice one that got away in today's auction! I feel your pain, kid, but the hunt goes on.

In many sports, athletes trust the control of their toes provide... Sumo is one of those.

Japan
Sumo Ukiyoe (woodcut prints) Series
top: 1 July 1978 / Yokozuna Hidenoyama Raigoro (1808 - 1862) by Toyokuni (1769 - 1825)
middle: 11 November 1978 / Gyoji (referee) Kimura Shonosuke and Yokozuna Ounomatsu by Kunisada (1786 - 1865)
bottom: 10 March 1979 / Takemuma v.s. Iwamigata (same Rikishi as Hidenoyama, above) by Kuniyoshi (1798 - 1861)




In the second set, sumo referee "Gyoji" is wearing their socks "tabi" and sandals.

Laos
Laos Cotton
April 10, 2008
Set of three, one stamp depicts hand-cranked cotton ginning.

Singapore
Traditional Dances
December 29, 1968
Set of ten, one stamp depicts Tari Payong, a folk dance-drama tradition of Southeast Asia.

Spain
FINA X World Championships
May 23, 2003
Set of five, one stamp depicts a snapshot of platform diving.

Nepal
Native Dances
September 27, 1976
Set of four, one stamp depicts Jhangad Dance. This dance belongs to the farmer tribe of eastern Tarai; its theme is asking Lord Indra for rain.

Niue
South Pacific Art Festival
May 3, 1972
Set of four, one stamp features vivi dance

French Polynesia
International Tourism Day
September 27, 1993
Set of three, one stamp depicts women decorating a tourist.

French Polynesia
Polynesia Environment
May 17, 1989
Set of two, one stamp shows a female ukulele player.