Show Us Snow On Stamps!

Prins Eugen (1865-1947), a member of the royal family, studied art in Paris and became one of Sweden's most well-known painters. Much of his life he spent at Waldemarsudde where the statue of Herakles can still be seen (created by the French sculptor Emile A. Bourdelle (1861-1929). Fourth in the set of four stamps showing Winter in Art, 2006.

The cover of the booklet "Winter in Art" shows Prinz Eugen's painting of a path along the water at Waldemar's Udde, "Gamla Pilen".

The exploit of the Kostroma peasant Ivan Susanin. He led a detachment of Poles into a remote forest with an ice-free swamp and was killed, but saved the young Tsar Mikhail Romanov. In Kostroma is his monument, and on the stamp scene from the opera "Ivan Susanin"



(Hi, Kris. You have an accurate eye! Indeed in the winter it is very slippery. But winter horseshoes in Russia are made with thorns (due to the lack of such horseshoes Napoleon lost his cavalry))

John Adams, second president of the United States, moved into the unfinished "President's House" in November 1800, eight years after the first stone was laid. The pristine blanket of snow in Patricia Fisher's serene photograph of the north façade belies the executive mansion's multiple functions: bustling office, site of official state ceremonies, and home to the nation's chief executive and the "first family." (From the Smithsonian Postal Museum site)

This person is enjoying the snow storm and freezing temperatures on his favorite mountain. North Korea 1992.

painting by artist Shishkin "In the wild north ..."

The Memorial to US Veterans of the Korean War in winter and in summer; Washington DC.


(This memorial is very impressive, worth looking up. K.)

several bridges in the snow

This Grizzly may be looking for a good place in which to hibernate, normally the bears find one before heavy snowfall. The stamp belongs to the "Save .... Habitats" set of 1981. The artist was Chuck Ripper of West Virginia, an illustrator and writer on American wildlife who has done about 80 other US nature stamps.

An old tradition in Austria at this time of year is called "Blochziehen". This weekend it took place in Fiss; a huge tree is cut and pulled through town. Townfolk wear costumes, masks and bells and sometimes a witch rides the tree trunk. The Blochziehen is one of the many pageants during Fastnacht, the days before Ash Wednesday. It is on the UNESCO list of cultural heritages.

traditional Russian harness of three horses

Liberia issued a souvenir sheet of the Canadian-Pacific Railroad for CAPEX, the international philatelic exhibition in 1996. I did not find it on the trains thread. (I wonder how many Liberians have seen snow like this!)


(Alexey, What a beautiful sleigh ride! K.)

fortress Ivan-gorod is located on the border with Estonia, opposite the fortress of Narva


(Kris, imagine what will happen to the railway during the spring high water!)

An American Elk in snowy countryside. This stamp is one of the large set, 1987, done by the wildlife artist Chuck Ripper, who also did the Grizzly. I did not find it on the "Horns and Antlers" thread.

(Hi Alexey, I agree about possible flooding. I found a photo of the train at Baker Creek in Alberta, that looks like the view in the stamp. Maybe there are even some elk in the region. That is a grand fortress; I looked it up and learned that it dates from the 15th and 16th centuries and that even Swedes were in the area somewhat later. Does it really have two churches inside the walls? K.)

Ryazan Kremlin in the snow. Here the bell towers of the temples rise above the walls, as in all Russian fortresses. But in Ivangorod the churches are very small and can not be seen from behind the walls