Beautiful Women

Two pretty faces (Scott 65,66 1908-1917) from Martinique:

Colombia. 1959. Luz Marina Zuluaga.

Leo Temprano catalog No.:
LT 918 COP 0.10 Regular mail: 5.000.000 pcs.
LT 919 COP 1.20 Air mail: 700.000 pcs.
LT 920 COP 5.00 Extrafast mail: 20.000 pcs.
Dent. 11,5
Printer: Courvoisier SA
Designer: Mosdossy
F.D.C. 26.06.1959

One of four people alive at the moment stamps depicting them were issued by the colombian post office, one president in 1883, two beauty queens and one Nobel Prize Winner; Luz Marina Zuluaga was Colombia´s first Miss Universe; she is still alive at the colombian city of Manizales.

Indian Film Actress of the yesteryears - Madhubala...

Issued 2008, India.

Miniature Sheet


First Day Cover

1913-1915 French Etablissements De L'Oceanie:

This is a great topic. As a self-proclaimed connoisseur of beautiful women's faces, I must say that stamp producers as a whole have done poorly at depicting beautiful women.

There are some exceptions, of course. Among the stamps in this thread whose images are still visible as I'm writing, well-depicted beautiful women include (in order of posting):

Audrey Hepburn (Canada, USA)
Judy Garland (USA)
Aldorino Kaiane (Gibraltar)
Marilyn Monroe (Germany)
Romy Schneider (Austria)

Colombia 2015 Miss Universe 2014 - Paulina Vega Dieppa.

"Belle of Lima," printed by photogravure 9Waterlow & Sons, Ltd.), and issued by Peru on January 18, 1935 as one of a set of 15 stamps commemorating the 4th centennial of the founding of Lima, Scott No. 326.

- nethryk

Philippines 2015 Miss Universe

Here is an image of a stamp designed after a detail (in mirror-image) from an 1805 oil-on-canvas portrait by Spanish Romantic artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828) of Doña Lobo Velasco Isabel de Porcel (c.1780-?), the second ("trophy?") wife of Antonio Porcel (who was 25 years older than she), printed by photogravure, and issued by Spain on March 24, 1958 as one of a set of ten stamps depicting Goya paintings for Stamp Day, Scott No. 871, plus an image of the original work of art.

- nethryk

For beginning the New Year with roses and four-leafed clover.

French Polynesia, 1998. "Colliers de coquillages" (necklaces of seashells) and "Colliers de fleurs" (necklaces of flowers).

A couple of my favorite supermodels:

Elle Macpherson (born 29 March 1964)
Antigua and Barbuda, 1999
(this pane is autographed)



Heidi Klum (born 1 June 1973)
Grenada, 2002

Not stamp related, but worth showing how far we have come.
Onya! gal.

just for fun, a heavenly body:

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Empress Nam Phuong (1914-1963), the first and primary wife of Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam, from 1934 until her death, printed by photogravure, and issued by Vietnam on August 15, 1952, Scott No. 16, plus a photo of Nam Phuong on her wedding day in 1934.

- nethryk