Hands On Stamps

Hi Nethryk, Here is the FDC for the Pakistani stamp. Greetings, K.

Kris Rascher - Cool!

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the hands of a priest celebrating the Eucharist, designed by C. Alonso, printed by lithography, and issued by Colombia on June 6, 1968 to commemorate the 39th International Eucharistic Congress, held in Bogotá, Scott No. 776.

- nethryk

Working Hands: Hi Primoz, I'm picking up on your subject of the bionic hand, a fascinating invention. The painting on this stamp from Belgium, 2008, draws attention to the diversity of people in the workforce and includes a prosthetic hand. Design: Arne Reynaert.



Hi Nethryk, Glad you liked the FDC.

Working Hands: In the Canadian stamp issued for the International Conference on Public Services in Ottawa, 2002, there is also a diversity of hands, united in pulling in one direction. The prosthetic hand is definitely an older model.

A prosthetic hand being shaken in greeting seems almost impossible, maybe there will be a time when the bearer can 'feel' something as well as move fingers. This model comes close to the British one. Belgium, 1987, honoring technology.



(Primoz, Glad to know your hands are OK again, K.)

Here are images of a first day cover and a stamp commemorating "Computer Art and Graphics," designed by Howard Pane, printed by lithography, and issued by the USA on May 2, 2000 as one of 15 stamps in the 1990s "Celebrate the Century" pane, Scott No. 3191f. Bonus: Butterfly.

- nethryk

Ležáky was a village in Czechoslovakia which was razed to the ground and the adult villagers murdered by Nazi forces during the reprisals for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich in the late spring of 1942. Here is an image of a stamp depicting hands and barbed wire, designed by Czech artist Ivan Schurmann (1935- ), combined engraved by Miloš Ondrácek and photogravure, and issued by Czechoslovakia on June 4, 1982 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of this wartime atrocity, Scott No. 2412.

- nethryk

Hi Nethryk, That is a great Lezaky stamp (maybe it would also fit in the barbed wire topic?) Could you add some information on these US volunteer stamps - I couldn't find any. Thanks, K.

Kris Rascher - Thanks! Out of consideration to other SCF members, I would not wish to overpopulate the forum with multiple images of stamps in my collection. Generally, it is my custom to intentionally post a stamp image only once at SCF. If one or more other topics listed in this forum are incorporated into a stamp's design, I sometimes simply refer to them as "bonuses."

I do not have any information about your USA "Honoring Volunteers" hands-on-stamps labels, except that they do not appear to be postage stamps issued by the USA in 2005. Perhaps someone at the Cinderella Stamp Club may know something about your items: http://www.cinderellastampclub.org.uk/

- nethryk

Hands of Athletes: This semi-postal stamp of a German rower was issued for the Games in China, 2008 (he has the national emblem on his shirt). Germany issues semi-postals for supporting sports every year.



Thanks Nethryk for your comments. I agree, one shouldn't 'overpopulate', but it does occasionally happen because there are so many threads and contributions. For example, I don't know if this rower is somewhere else already, but he's not on either the sports nor the Olympics thread, and now there is even a new thread for the '16 Olympics! K.

Hands and symbols of communications, an airmail stamp printed by photogravure, and issued by Mexico on June 15, 1950 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, Scott No. C204.

- nethryk

The Hands of one Woman to represent Women on the International Day of Women.

Here are images of a souvenir sheet and the stamp contained within it depicting hands and a flower, designed by Italian-born Brazilian artist Pietrina Checcacci (1941- ), printed by lithography, and issued by Brazil on September 29, 1980 to publicize the 6th Congress of the St. Gabriel World Union, Scott No. 1710.

- nethryk