Doves As Symbols Of Peace

A joint issue by Israel and China shows two very similar, but not identical, Peace Doves, 2012. Diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties.

Two Doves in national colors sharing a golden olive twig: Algeria and Russia celebrated 50 years of diplomatic ties in 2012.

This postal stationery cover, issued as a FDC with a printed cancel (International Year of Peace) 8th of May 1986 wasn't used until the 29th of December, 1989, which is only a few weeks after the fall of the wall on the 9th of November and a few months before East Germany ceased issuing stamps. Thus the envelope needed a valid stamp for registered mail, seen on the back. It was accepted and canceled. The letter arrived in Surfers' Paradise on the 15th of January after having passed the registered mail offices in Brisbane and the Gold Coast of Australia.

Portugal's Dove for the United Nations international Day of Peace and 50 years of membership.

Tuvalu 2013

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is the oldest chivalric order and is devoted entirely to aiding needy people in almost all parts of the world. Nowadays the order is based in Rome but since it no longer has any territory (formerly Malta), its stamps are sometimes classified as cinderellas. The German post honored the Maltese Order in 1969 with its cross on a stamp (Hilfsdienst - Helping Services). Note scudo denomination, formerly Malta, on the stamp for the year of peace, 1986.

Brazil honored 25 years of Amnesty International with a stamp showing the metamorphosis of a link of chain into a Peace Dove.

Fiji honored the work of the Peace Corps in 1993 with a Dove and stars in the banner changing into Doves.

Here are images of the three stamps in a set commemorating the Allied victory in World War II, printed by typography (letterpress), and issued by Bulgaria on February 28, 1947, Scott Nos. 561-63. Note: The first stamp depicts a laurel branch and the national emblems of the Soviet Union, the United States, Great Britain and Bulgaria, and the other two similar stamps depict a peace dove.

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Two beautifully bright UN Peace Doves for the beginning of the Season of Advent before Christmas. "An appeal for Peace"

National Understanding symbolized by a Peace Dove in Afghanistan in 2002.

Andorra issued a stamp with a Peace Dove of an unusual color for the International Year of Peace, 1986.

The Peace 'Doves' of San Marino, painted by Luciano Minguzzi, are remarkably similar to terns. For comparison a painting by Audubon. Minguzzi is better known for his sculptures, one can be found on page 14 of "Statues on Stamps". Terns of various species have very different coloring, primarily in white and black.

East Germany issued a Peace Dove for the International Year of Human Rights in 1968. Today is International Human Rights Day.

In 2015 Great Britain issued a set of 6 stamps commemorating the Magna Carta of 1215. The set included citations from other declarations of rights such as the Bill of Rights. The stamp for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 shows a Peace Dove flying over a devastated city.