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Posted 02/14/2013   5:20 pm  Show Profile Check Nells250's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add Nells250 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Did a search, didn't find a thread for masks!

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Posted 02/14/2013   5:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampfan9 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Native American masks.



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Posted 02/15/2013   09:15 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nells250 - Great topic idea!

Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting the allegorical hand of "Cuba" unmasking a "Fifth Columnist," issued by Cuba on July 5, 1943 as one of set of five stamps urging citizens to destroy the enemy within during World War II, Scott No. 375. Note the Cuban coat of arms design on "Cuba's" bracelet and the ugly expression on the face of the "unmasked" conspirator.

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Posted 02/16/2013   05:44 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add StampStudy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Would certainly scare me ;
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Posted 02/16/2013   05:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add scotzm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Who was that masked man !! One of the most famous "masks" ever.
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Posted 02/17/2013   07:15 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting various traditional regional masks, designed by Romanian graphic artist Aida Tasgian Constantinescu, printed by photogravure, and issued by Romania on November 24, 1969, Scott Nos. 2131-34.

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Branesti mask


Tudora mask


Birsesti mask


Rudaria mask
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PORTUGAL - 2005/2006 Definitives
Carnival masks





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Postal Stationery :


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Posted 02/18/2013   11:29 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jamesw to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Two Japanese Noh masks.



Noh or Nogaku is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama, dating from the 14th century. Many characters are masked, with men playing male and female roles.
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And from India's 1974 set of masks, the Moon and Ravana, ten, or in this case nine headed follower of Shiva.

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Posted 02/19/2013   07:14 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Carnival masks, design by Denis-Courty, printed by photogravure (Delrieu), and issued by Gabon on February 4, 1967 to publicize the first Libreville Carnival, February 4-7, Scott No. 211.

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Posted 02/21/2013   09:29 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Traditional Sepik dancing masks, engraved and printed by Note Printing Branch, Commonwealth Bank, Melbourne, Australia, and issued for use in Papua and New Guinea on October 30, 1952, Scott No. 133.

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ARGENTINA (2000) Scott 2132
Printed in Offset-litho by Letra Viva S.A - Buenos Aires

Ceremonial mask (Jaguar head) - Chané Culture

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting an actress holding masks representing, respectively, tragedy and comedy, designed by Slovak painter and graphic artist Ernest Zmeták (1919-2004), combined engraved by Josef Hercík and photogravure, and issued by Czechoslovakia on August 29, 1974 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Scott No. 1948. Note: These masks have their roots in the theater of ancient Athens, where they helped actors project broad emotions for large crowds while portraying different roles. The frowning tragedy mask represents Melpomene, the muse of tragedy, and the smiling comedy mask represents Thalia, the muse of comedy.

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Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting traditional masks from Michoacán, and issued by Mexico in 1950, Scott No. C189.

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Trebenista is an ancient necropolis located in Macedonia, dating from the Iron Age around the 7th century BC. Here is an image of a gold mask found at Trebenista, printed by photogravure (Courvoisier S.A.), and issued by Yugoslavia on November 28, 1962, Scott No. 682.

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Dancer's mask, South Seas, designed by German graphic artist Gerhard Voigt (1926-2005), printed by photogravure, and issued by East Germany (DDR) on January 12, 1971 as one of four stamps in a set depicting works from the Ethnological Museum, Leipzig, Scott No. 1258, Michel No. 1632.

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