Children On Stamps

I assume you're referring to the Edward VII. That's a 44. The other one of young Edward VIII is a 78.

Jamesw: thanks for the info & as always great scans.

Children with balloons, designed by Kim Sung-sil, printed by photogravure, and issued by (South) Korea on May 5, 1972, Scott No. 820, SG No. 999.

- nethryk

"Portrait of a Boy," semi-postal stamp designed after a painting by Swiss artist and illustrator Albert Samuel Anker (1831-1910), engraved by Karl Bickel, and issued by Switzerland on December 1, 1952, Scott No. B217.

- nethyrk

Hands shielding children, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on February 16, 1979 to commemorate the centenary of education of the handicapped, Scott No. 1353.

- nethryk

Laughing girl in the meadow, semi-postal stamp designed by Swedish artist Harald Thelander (1908-1984), engraved by Czeslaw Slania, and issued by Denmark on October 21, 1965 to benefit the Children's Office, Scott No. B34, Facit No. 462,

- nethryk

Nice to see this thread back up and running.

Some newly acquired kids.

Portugal





...and Turkey

Princess Alexia of Greece. Heiress presumptive to the Hellenic throne in Greece, until the birth of her brother Pavlos in 1967.



Stoopid little brothers!

Here are images of two Red Cross semi-postal stamps designed and engraved by Jules Piel after paintings by French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) of his son, Claude (nicknamed Coco), and issued by France on December 11, 1965, Scott Nos. B392 & B393, Y&T Nos. 1466 & 1467, plus photos of the original Renoir oil paintings.

- nethryk

Infant with spoon


Coco writing

Swimming children and sailboat, printed by photogravure, and issued by China (PRC) on February 25, 1966, Scott No. 895.

- nethryk

In 1942, the Germans opened a special concentration camp on Przemystowa Street inside the Litzmannstadt Ghetto in Lódz, Poland for Polish children only. On May 9, 1971 a memorial known as Pomnik Martyrologii Dzieci (Memorial for the Martyrdom of the Children, also known as the Broken Heart Monument), was dedicated at the site to commemorate the Polish children who were detained, used as forced laborers, and of course, murdered during the Nazi regime. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Broken Heart Monument, designed by W. Surowiecki, printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on August 31, 1984, Scott No. 2638, plus a photo of the monument.

- nethryk

Some unknown children you may think, appearing on some 1974
Netherlands Stamps, cute as a button, all of them,
however, it turns out we know them !

Meet the Van Bruggens (The stamps feature all children of the same family)





Coming to light in 1974 the two children on the left
as they were in 1974






The craziness does not end there, the designer of the stamps, took the images from a photo album supplied by a Mr. Wim Smits.

We have a Stamp Dealer in Perth in 1974 by the name of Wim Smits!

It's crazy world.

rod222 - Great story! Thanks for sharing.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a child and the sun, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Greece on September 10, 1964 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Institute of Social Welfare for the Protection of Children and Mothers (P.I.K.P.A.), Scott No. 800.

- nethryk

Thanks Nethryk,

OK so I'll post the most controversial childrens stamp in philately,
this has caused more men (and women) to scratch their collective heads, than any other..............

Child, bird, globe and IYC emblem, designed and engraved by Pierre Forget, and issued by Gabon on June 15, 1979 to promote the International Year of the Child, Scott No. 431.

- nethryk