Thematic : Umbrellas On Stamps.

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded in 1848 by a group of New York City merchants. The company initially believed it would be transporting agricultural goods from the West Coast, but just as operations began, gold was found in the Sierra Nevada, and business boomed almost from the start. During the California Gold Rush in 1849, the company was a key mover of goods and people and played a role in the growth of San Francisco. In 1867, the company launched the first regularly scheduled service between San Francisco and Asia (Wiki). The posters, scans of which I found on the web, must date from about the turn of the century. A lovely Japanese lady with umbrella represents Asia. no stamp but important for mail transport.

Japan celebrated 400 years of trade relations between Japan and the Netherlands in 2000. A very tall Dutch trader is given the honor of an umbrella carried by a very much shorter Japanese; it doesn't look easy.

The hard limestone Amathus sarcophagus found on Cyprus dates back to the 5th century BC! The amazing detail on one side shows a procession with a person of rank being shaded by an umbrella. The sarcophagus can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum, NY. stamp of 1976

The palanquin is a chair in which a person of high rank is carried by several bearers during a procession. He is accompanied by many umbrella bearers. small sheet for the philatelic exhibition in 2000 and a photograph of a ceremonial procession.

Two details of palanquins with their attached ceremonial umbrellas belong to the set for the philatelic exhibition of 2000.

Dimitrios Galanis (1879-1966) was a well-known Greek painter and engraver. His sketch of a lady having her shoestrings tied might have been done during the artist's years in Paris.

Bernardo Loureiro Marques (1898-1962) was a well-known Portuguese artist and illustrator. His painting of a lady with an umbrella at a cafe was chosen for commemorating the artist's 100th birthday.

The painting by the French post-impressionist Emile Bernard has already been presented on page 23. This detail was issued by the Republic of Central Africa (or an agency) and also has a portrait of the artist. 2014

Niger (or an agency for that country) issued a pretty souvenir sheet, 2013, featuring American impressionist artists. It's interesting because the painting of the young lady on the right by William McGregor Paxton (1869 –1941) "Girl with a Chinese Parasol" is superimposed on the larger background, by William Merritt Chase (1849–1916) "At the Seaside". The painting on the stamp itself is by Guy Rose (1867-1925), and to make up for it not having a parasol in it, I added a lovely painting by Rose which does.

Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) was a French court painter to Louis XIV and a director of several art schools of his time. The "Chancellor Séguier and his Suite" shows that this person was of very high rank: a white horse, shining robes and two umbrellas! Stamp commemorating the opening of the Louvre in 1793.

Royal umbrellas were also a part of ceremonies in the culture of the Incas. Peru stamp of 1934 and a page from an old Spanish documentation.

Francisco Fierro Palas, called "Pancho" Fierro (1807–1879, Lima) was an Afro-Peruvian painter, known primarily for his watercolors, which depict his country's life and customs. The painting chosen for the stamp of 1973 illustrates a mayor on horseback (note the size of the rider, it may be a sign of his rank). And just for the fun of it, another painting telling of social relationships at the time.

"The Old Lady of Heschpelt" is one of 6 characters in the Luxembourg set of stamps featuring fairy tale stories. Does anyone know her story? She has a dragon with a key, a chest full of treasure, a bird and an umbrella. charity stamp for Caritas, 1965.

Found nothing.
See aka "The Old Spinster of Heispelt"

Heeschpelt Population 67
https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heeschpelt

Life can be wonderful in San Marino, cool breezes on hot days in the summer. 1992. photograph of the castle perched on the top of the cliff.

Hi Rod, If she lived there, The Old Lady must have been known to only a small group of friends. K.