Tanks On Stamps

That's a nice one Nells.
Kind of reminds me of the biblical quote They will beat their swords into plowshares

This one just arrived on a postcard from Russia

Tank, rocket launcher and mobile radar unit, designed by M. Ressel, engraved by Jindra Schmidt, and issued by Czechoslovakia on October 6, 1967 to commemorate the Day of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Scott No. 1503.

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Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting Allied troops entering Paris and Strasbourg, and the Cross of Lorraine, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by France on June 6, 1964 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the liberation of the two cities, Scott No. B379, Y&T No. 1410. Note: The tank depicted on this stamp appears to represent a version of the M4 Sherman, the primary battle tank used by the United States and the other Western Allies in World War II (see photo).

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Infantry, tanks and airplanes, printed by typography, and issued by Bulgaria on August 9, 1946 as one of a set of eleven stamps honoring the Bulgarian military and air services, Scott No. 522.

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Tank, map of Cyprus, and blood, printed by lithography, and issued by Greece on July 10, 1984 as one of a set of two stamps commemorating the 10th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus, Scott No. 1500.

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THERE'S A TANKS THREAD !@#$%!

And to think that I posted this little beauty to a maps thread ...

Great tank stamp in the Belgium General Patton semi-postal set:

Here is an image of a stamp depicting troops of the French Expeditionary Corps attacking German Army positions near the Garigliano River in May, 1944 during the battle of Monte Cassino, designed by Pierre Gandon, engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by France on May 10, 1969, Scott No. 1248, Y&T No. 1601.

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Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902-1947), was a French general during the Second World War. Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp featuring a portrait of General Leclerc and depicting a battle scene which includes a tank, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon, and issued by France on November 22, 1969 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Liberation of Strasbourg, Scott No. B433, Y&T No. 1608, plus an image of a postcard photograph of General Leclerc.

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India
Indian Ordnance Factories 1802-2002
March 31, 2002

Canada
The 50th Anniversary of the Second World War
November 7, 1994
One of the four stamps depicts a 1944 battle scene with German panther.

Belgium
In memorial of General Patton semipostal stamps
October 28, 1957
George Smith Patton, Jr. (1885 – 1945) was a senior officer of the United States Army. He is best known for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
One of the stamp in the set depicts Patton's tanks in action in the battle of Saint Mihiel in 1918 and in the battle at Assenois in the winter of 1944.