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

Colt and racehorse, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on May 28, 1983 to commemorate the 50th running of the Tokyo Yushun (Nippon Derby), Scott No. 1520.

- nethryk

Scott USA 1176.

José Miguel Gómez y Gómez (1858-1921) was a Cuban general in the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898) who later served as President of Cuba (1909-1913). Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting General Gómez on horseback leading Cuban forces to victory over Spanish troops at the Battle of Arroyo Blanco (July 25, 1898), engraved and printed by P. Fernandez y Cia, S.A., Havana, and issued by Cuba on June 6, 1958 to commemorate Gómez's birth centenary, Scott No. C181.

- nethryk

Scott 1408. Generals and horses complement each other so well.

The Palio di Siena is a horse race that is held twice each year, on July 2 and August 16, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colors, represent ten of the seventeen contrade, or city wards. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Il Palio, designed by Italian artist and engraver Antonio Ciaburro (1951- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by Italy on May 4, 1981, Scott No. 1456.

- nethryk

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Joan of Arc (ca. 1412-1431) on horseback and in male disguise as she departed Vaucouleurs in 1429 with an armed escort to meet the French king, Charles VII, called the Victorious or the Well-Served, in Chinon, designed and engraved by Albert Decaris, and issued by France on November 16, 1968, Scott No. 1229, Y&T No. 1529.

- nethryk

Here are images of two stamps depicting, respectively, steeplechase and equestrians, designed and engraved by Claude Durrens, and issued for use in Afars and Issas on November 6, 1970, Scott Nos. 345 & 347.

- nethryk

I believe that the 50 franc stamp depicts show jumping, rather than steeplechasing.

22crows - Thanks. I suspect that you may be right, but the Scott Standard Stamp Catalogue (2008 ed.) indicates otherwise, and "in the event" I decided to go with their description. - nethryk

Horse race, designed and engraved by René Quillivic, and issued by Niger on December 15, 1972, Scott No. 260.

- nethryk

Rocking horse, 1826, a semi-postal (charity) stamp designed by Swiss artist Georg Rimensberger (1928-1998), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by Switzerland on November 24, 1983 to benefit children's welfare funds and as one of a set of four stamps depicting antique toys, Scott No. B502.

- nethryk

This isn't a stamp but I would be remiss if I let this thread pass (given the threads title) without making note of the Mr. Ed and Studebaker relationship. Studebaker sponsored the Mr. Ed show and they used Studebakers extensively during the filming. Here is a YouTube video of Mr. Ed promoting Studes in a vintage commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKAnMlxNv64

Studebaker also produced a postcard, here is one from my collection


It features Alan Young, Connie Hines, Mr. Ed and a 1962 Lark Skytop. On the back it states; As Mr. Ed would say, "It's plain good horse sense to see, price and test-drive the one car that offers Big Car Comfort at compact prices - the beautifully styled '62 Lark by Studebaker. It's a real thoroughbred."
don

Oh, Wilbur!

Horseman pattern in bridegroom embroidery, Epirus, printed by lithography, and issued by Greece on November 21, 1966, Scott No. 865.

- nethryk

Mares and foals, designed after a painting by English artist George Stubbs (1724-1806), printed by photogravure (Harrison), and issued by Great Britain on July 10, 1967, Scott No. 515.

- nethryk