A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course, Of Course... (Part 2)

The Stora Hammars image stones are four Viking Age image stones located in Stora Hammars, Lärbro parish, Gotland, Sweden. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a horse carved into one of the stones, designed by J. Magnusson, engraved by Zlatko Jakus, and issued by Sweden on April 26, 1973, Scott No. 954, Facit No. 816.

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Swedish mounted courier.



SC#253 1936 commemorating 300th anniversary of Swedish Postal Service.
It's got everything! A horse, a mailman, a postal horn. Plus he's wearing a cape.

Bingata is an Okinawan traditional resist dyed cloth, made using stencils and other methods. It is generally bright-colored and features various patterns, usually depicting natural subjects such as fish, water, and flowers. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a piece of bingata with a gamboling horse in the pattern, printed by photogravure, and issued by Ryukyu Islands on December 10, 1965, Scott No. 139.

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CCCP 1968 - I really like this painting by Surikov on a stamp /Horse charging through snow.

Vasily Surikov. The Taking of a Snow Fortress.
1891. Oil on canvas. 156 x 282. The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

If you would like to see this close up and personal - check here
http://www.tanais.info/art/en/pic/surikov5.html

Chariot, special delivery stamp, printed by photogravure, and issued by Spain on June 1, 1971, Scott No. E26.

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Very nice Nethryk

Hope this GB has not been shown before

On piece (try to imagine the gent on the left is not there )

Bas S Warwick,
your stamp goes in the catagory:

Same stamp - same picture!

Bas S Warwick - Thanks. Although my principal collecting interest is intaglio engraved stamps, I also like artistic and well-designed stamps regardless of printing method.

Horse, designed by Angolan artist Arlete Marques, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Angola on July 26, 1990, Scott No. 792.

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NZ Mini-sheet

1984 Health Clydesdale Horses & Shetland Horses

Horses, a "discount" booklet stamp, layout by Ingalill Axelsson after original artwork by H. Johansson, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Sweden on May 21, 1992 to commemorate the centenary of the children's magazine Kamratposten (freely translated as "Buddy Magazine"), Scott No. 1950, Facit No. 1735. This design was one of four chosen in a competition on the theme "My favorite animal" in the magazine.

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Horse on the bottom RH stamp

France 1966:

A beautiful Quadriga of horses
from the design on the rim of a wine bowl
the largest metal object vessel found from Antiquity (nearly 5 foot high) 290 Litres

500 BC

1938 Stamp set issued to memorialze the 5th anniversary Machtergreifung/ assumption to power


and a beauty

Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp depicting a jockey and a race horse, designed by Austrian artists Karl Bauer (1905-1993) and Hans Strohofer (1885-1961), engraved by Rupert Franke, and issued by Austria on June 29, 1947 to publicize the Vienna Prize Race, Scott No. B207, SG No. C191 (per the 1965 edition of the SG catalogue, which had a separate section for "Charity" stamps). I have been advised by 22crows (thank you!) that this stamp is listed as No. 1034 in the current edition of the SG catalogue.

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