Children On Stamps

Here are images of the three semi-postal (charity) postal tax stamps in a set depicting children, printed by lithography, and issued by Greece on October 1, 1943, Scott Nos. RAB1-RAB3.

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Child


Mother and child


Madonna and Christ Child

Happy Father's Day to all of my fellow fathers and grandfathers!

Here are images of the two similar airmail semi-postal (charity) stamps depicting a father and child, designed and engraved by French artist Georges-Léo Degorce (1894-1943), printed by the Institut de Gravure, and issued on June 22, 1942 for use in Wallis & Futuna Islands (as overprints of a New Caledonia issue) to benefit the native children's welfare fund, Scott Nos. CB1 & CB2. Note: These stamps were issued by the Vichy government in France, but were not placed for sale in Wallis & Futuna because of World War II.

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LIECHTENSTEIN 1977

Princess Tatjana (Tatiana)

Here are images of the three semi-postal (charity) airmail stamps in a set depicting children, printed by the Institut de Gravure, and issued for use in French Equatorial Africa on June 22, 1942 to benefit native children's welfare funds, Scott Nos. CB2-CB4. Note: These stamps were issued by the Vichy government in France, but were not placed on sale in French Equatorial Africa because of World War II.

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Child and the Pasteur Institute of Brazzaville, designed and engraved by R. Dumas.


Child, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon (1899-1990)


Doctor treating children, designed and engraved by Charles Mazelin (1882-1964).

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a little girl, printed by lithography (De La Rue de Colombia), and issued by Colombia on December 17, 1973 to publicize the National Campaign for Children's Welfare, Scott No. 818.

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In the USA, the first Monday in October is Child Health Day! Here are images of three stamps depicting children receiving medical care.

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Mothers and children, printed by lithography, and issued by Thailand on October 24, 1985 to promote child survival, Scott No. 1125.


Mother and child, and attending physician, printed by photogravure, and issued by Guinea on January 1, 1967 as one of a set of four stamps commemorating the inauguration (in 1966) of the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Scott No. 450.


Mothers lining up their children up to get shot(s), printed by lithography, and issued by Laos in 1988 to commemorate 125 years at work by Red Cross and Red Crescent, and to promote child immunization, Scott No. 901.

José Francisco de Peralta y López del Corral (1786-1844) was a Costa Rican priest and politician who left an important bequest for the foundation of a school for the children of Cartago, an institution which bears his name today. Here are images of the four postal tax Christmas charity stamp in a set, printed by photogravure (Austrian State Printing Works), and issued by Costa Rica in 1960 to benefit Ciudad de los Niños, a technical school in Cartago, Scott Nos. RA7-RA10.

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Father Peralta


Little Girl With A Spray Of Flowers, designed after a painting by French artist Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919).


Boys drinking from cups, designed after a painting by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez (1599-1660).


Singing children, designed after a sculpture by Costa Rican-born Mexican artist José Jesús Francisco Zúñiga Chavarría (1912-1998).

This kind of stamp really catches ones attention. The UN (2015) says STOP violence against children, stop child labor, stop preventing girls from going to school.

On December 19, 2011, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls' rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. Going to school or just reading for enjoyment should be part of every girl's childhood.

"Children's Day," printed by lithography, and issued by Thailand on January 8, 1983, Scott No. 1022.

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Child, a semi-postal (charity) stamp printed by photogravure (per Scott), and issued by Yugoslavia on May 1, 1938 as one of a set of four stamps benefiting children's welfare funds, Scott No. B59. Not: SG indicates that this stamp was printed by lithography.

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United States
International Year Of The Child
February 15, 1979

New Zealand
Children's Health semipostals
August 1, 2001
Cycling

Here are images of the two stamps in a set depicting children at play and the IYC emblem, printed by lithography, and issued by Botswana on September 24, 1979 to commemorate the International Year of the Child, Scott Nos. 237 & 238. Bonuses: Dolls, cattle, bare feet, jewelry.

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Here are images of the six stamps (three of which are airmail) in a set depicting children, designed by Hungarian artist and engraver József Vertel (1922-1993), and issued by Hungary on March 8, 1954 to benefit child welfare, Scott Nos. 1079-1081 and C146-C148.

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Mother-to-be getting a blood test


Nurse handing newborn to mother


Medical examination of baby


Lunchtime in nursery


Doctor, child and mother


Nurse reading to children