What's Your Favourite Past-1900 Stamp Design ?(Follow Up)

I recently published a topic called: "what's your favourite pre-1900 stamp design?" This is only for the stamp design, try not to make the cost play a role. A story is fine in my opinion. A story can really change your perspective on a stamp.

Thanks for reading,
-Julius

Tough one,there are hundreds of beautiful stamps issued post-1900. One of my favorites is the 1939 North Borneo Orangutan.

@stallzer, that's one very smug looking ape .
very cool, nice engraving on that stamp.
-Jules

This has always been one of my favorites, but I do like the North Borneo one also.

Indeed KGVI, the whole set is lovely.

This has been my favorite stamp for a very long time now.

@ananthveerappan , Very nice stamp. And a very cheap one as well, I'll be sure to pick one up along the way. Thanks for sharing .


This still remains one of my favourites, highest value (if you dont count the ones with the church on it) from the definitives of Vatican (1933)

owh wait, wrongly cropped


That's better

Mussolini's Pope? Not for me.

French engraver Pierre Gandon's masterpiece

@geoffha , That comment made me chuckle.

Lovely piece. It's partner

Three of my favourites (out of dozens of choices)

2016 reprint

The 1913 Netherland series 100 years Monarchy.

4 designs, showing the 3 Kings Willem(1,2 and 3) and a Queen Wilhelmina.

total of 12 values.




A clever wine dealer in Rotterdam used the image to promote his goods(not allowed)

firstly, this post is stretching the "classic" definition a bit, should perhaps have been in a different section of the forum.

but i'll hit it none the less.

from my time as a 1840-1940 collector I remember my fascination with the african colonies, the animal stamps are very beautiful, but since I sold that collection I can't show anything.

i remember as a kid that I got a hold of some (at that time, rare icelandic stamps) and I thought they were very exciting. so when I see them i'm always struck by nostalgia.