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

Here are images of the eight commemorative stamps in a set depicting various breeds of horses, and issued by Monaco on December 15, 1970, Scott Nos. 781-88. Note: This set also includes an airmail stamp depicting horses in prehistoric cave art, Scott No. C77, an image of which I posted last year on page 3 of the "Cave Stamps" topical thread.

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Camargue Horse, designed and engraved by René Cottet.


Anglo-Arabian Thoroughbred, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps.


French Saddle Horse, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin.


Lipizzan (aka Lipizzan) Horse, designed and engraved by René Cottet.


Trotter, designed and engraved by Georges Bétemps.


English Thoroughbred, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon.


Arabian horse, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon.


Barbary Horse, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin.

Here are images of the six stamps in a set depicting horses (including one of the mythical variety), designed by Romanian artist Marcel Chirnoaga (1930-2008), printed by photogravure, and issued by Romania on March 17, 1992, Scott Nos. 3736-41.

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Michel Strogoff (English: "Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar") is an adventure novel written by French author Jules Verne (1828-1905) in 1876. Here is an image of a stamp illustrating a scene from Michel Strogoff, designed by Bernard Minne, engraved by Raoul Serres, and issued by Monaco on June 7, 1955 as one of a set of eleven stamps illustrating stories by Jules Verne to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death, Scott No. 343.

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Misaki-uma (wild horses), Cape Toi, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan (Miyazaki Prefecture) on July 1, 1991, Scott No. Z106. Bonus: Lighthouse.

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Here are images of the two stamps in a set depicting pre-modern mounted couriers, printed by combined engraved and photogravure, and issued by (South) Vietnam on June 6, 1971, Scott Nos. 392 & 393.

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Wonderful horses.

Here is an image of an engraved semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting a jockey riding a 3-year-old thoroughbred racehorse, designed by German artist Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1949), and issued by Germany on June 16, 1942 to publicize the annual "Blue Band" horse race, held in Hamburg on June 28, 1942, Scott No. B204, Michel No. 814.

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Fulani horseman, North Cameroun, designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet, and issued by Cameroun on November 26, 1964 as one of a set of five stamps promoting folklore and tourism, Scott No. 408.

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Happy Birthday to Lt. General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (1845-1896), called by fellow Cubans the "Bronze Titan" on account of his skin color, stature and status, an outstanding guerrilla leader and second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence who led the forces which invaded Western Cuba. Here in a image of a stamp depicting General Maceo leading a charge on horseback, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued by Cuba on December 15, 1948 to commemorate the centenary of the general's birth, Scott No. 427, plus a photograph of Antonio Maceo.

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The Derby Stakes, aka the Epsom Derby, is an annual flat horse race in England open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies which is run in early June at Epsom Downs in Surrey over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 meters). Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting a steeplechase race, designed and engraved by Michel Monvoisin, and issued by Mali on March 8, 1971 to publicize the Epsom Derby, Scott No. C117. Note: Flat racing is a form of horse racing which is run over a level track, whereas steeplechase racing is run over hurdles. Your guess is as good as mine as to why a steeplechase design was chosen to illustrate this world famous flat horse race.

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Here are images of the four airmail stamps in a set reproducing details from famous paintings of horses by various artists, printed by lithography, and issued by Chad in 1973, Scott Nos. C154A-C154D.

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"Horse in the Storm" (1820-1821), by French painter Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (1791-1824).


"The Spotted Horse" (1653), by Dutch painter Paulus Potter (1625-1654).


"'Mares and Foals in a River Landscape" (1763-68), by English painter George Stubbs (1724-1806).


"Horse Head" (1815), by Théodore Géricault.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Sándor Petofi (1823-1849), a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary, on horseback in the midst of a battlefield, designed and engraved by Ferenc Gál, and issued by Hungary on December 30, 1972 as one of three stamps in a set commemorating the 150th anniversary of Petofi's birth, Scott No. 2208. Historical note: It is believed that Sándor Petofi died in the Battle of Segesvár (July 31, 1849), one of the last battles of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

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