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This March 12, 1984 one franc value (Sc #778) of Liechtenstein is from the set of four stamps showing paintings of famous visitors to the Principality. Stamp depicts Swiss actor and playwright Curt Goetz (1888-1960).  |
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On January 28, 1992 Great Britain issued a ten-stamp, 1st domestic rate (24 p) "Memories" booklet with the stamps forming a photographic, composite design. One of the stamps (SG #1598) from this pane depicts a gold-plated pen nib.  |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatia) Alberto Fortis October 21, 2003 The stamp marks bicentenary of the passing of the Venetian writer and cartographer.  |
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Monaco 1994 National Museum - automats - 4v The 2.80 stamp depicts an automat poet with a pencil and a notebook  |
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On April 3, 2009 Ireland issued a coil roll of 100 (10 different designs) 55c stamps and a single-pane booklet of these 10, 55c stamps in a smaller format to commemorate the 25th anniversary of An Post (Ireland's postal system in its present form). One of the designs, shown here, depicts a girl writing a letter.  |
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France 1984 Stamp day - 1v The stamp engraved by Lacaque shows a portrait of the french philosopher Denis Diderot d'aprés a painting of the french artist Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-1771).  |
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Greece Greetings April 7, 2017 Set of six, one stamp is entitled Literature.  |
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Here is the 15 centavos value (Sc #1096) from Nicaragua's December 12, 1978 Christmas set of 5 stamps. This set also commemorates the 150th death anniversary of Spanish painter Francisco Goya (1746-1828), so each of the values shows a detail from a Goya painting. This stamp shows a portion of St. Gregory the Great, Pope (1796-9).  |
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On May 18, 1988 New Zealand issued a $2 "Greetings", one-pane booklet of five different 40c stamps. One of these stamps (SG #1456) is inscribed "Keeping in Touch" and shows a hand holding a quill pen.  |
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Here is the one shilling vale (Hib #C25) from Ireland's June 30, 1944 set of two identically-designed stamps commemorating the tercentenary of the death of Michael O'Cleirigh. O'Cleirigh is shown holding a quill pen.  |
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This April 20, 1995 80 yen stamp (Sc #2461) of Japan commemorates the 30th anniversary of Japanese Overseas Cooperative Volunteer service. A volunteer appears to be helping a woman with paperwork. From wikipedia, "Japanese Overseas Cooperative Volunteers is a system of dispatching Japanese volunteers overseas operated by Japan International Cooperative Agency (JICA). The program is similar to the U.S. Peace Corps, and includes volunteers in a wide range of fields such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, education, health and more than 120 technical fields."  |
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