Three On Stamps.3!

This 3 1/2 p stamp (Hib #C195) of Ireland is the low value of a set of two engraved by C. Slania, and issued on September 9, 1974 to commemorate the centenary of the Irish Rugby Football Union. Stamp depicts three running players.

Cancel is RATH DROMA (pop. 1586), a small village in County Wicklow in the east of the country.

"Three horsemen" by Peter Paul Rubens
East Germany,1967

Austria

1993

Folklore - 3v

Wiki - Aperschnalzen is an old tradition of competitive whipcracking revived in the first half of the 20th century in Bavaria and Salzburg that involves the rhythmic snapping and cracking of a whip up to 4 m in length. It is performed in small groups of 7, 9 or 11 members each. It has been thought that this tradition had a pagan meaning of "driving the winter away" by whipcracking.

On May 6, 1976 Denmark issued this 100 + 20 ore stamp (Facit #652) which helped the country's Fund for the Disabled. Stamp shows a handicapped woman in a wheelchair being assisted by two people.

Somalia

1962

Female police - 6v

Here is a royal family of three on stamps. It is Denmark's December 11, 1969 Red Cross set of 2 semi-postals (Facit #s 514-5) depicting Princess Margrethe II (heir to the throne), her husband Prince Henrik, and young Prince Frederik.

The Carter Family.
US issue of 1993 in the "American Music" series.
Maybelle wih the guitar, A.P., and Sara.
Shown is the booklet versoon of the stamp, Sc. 2776, he fully perf sheet version being Sc. 2773.

1982 Scott 953 Picasso says there are three , 1961 Three Ladies Scott 162, 163; 1961 Scott 370; 1961 Scott 371-2; Scott 5361; B-2

Here is an earlier Danish Red Cross set of two semi-postals depicting royals. These stamps (Facit #s 447-8) were issued on August 24, 1964 and feature the three daughters of King Frederik IX (1899 - 1972). They are Princesses Margrethe (b. 1940), Benedikte (b. 1944), and Anne-Marie (b. 1946). As with the Denmark posting above, these are engravings by C. Slania.

Another version of "Three musicians" : by Fernand Leger on this stamp from Cambodia (1985,international music year)

In Laos, there are three main ethnic groups: Lao Lum, Lao Sung and Lao Theung. These three groups are represented by three women, each with her ethnic costume. This representation is a well known symbol in Laos and appears on many stamps, banknotes, sculptures etc. Here are several stamps:

1903 Nobel Prize winners.
Stamps from Sweden,1963

1st stamp : Svante Arrhenius (chemistry) , Niels Finsen (medicine), Bjornstjerne Bjornson (literature)

2nd stamp : Henri Becquerel,Pierre Curie,Marie Curie (physics)

On November 3, 1988 Denmark issued a set of two, large format stamps showing Danish paintings. The 4.10 kr value (Facit #959) depicts Peter Hansen's (1868-1928) Badande Pojkar 1902 (Bathing Boys 1902).

From wikipedia, "Peter Marius Hansen was a painter who became one of the 'Fynboeme' or 'Funen Painters' group (of four) living on the island of Funen."

Here are two from the "Army" and "Navy" issues of the USA (1936-7). The 3c stamp (Sc #787) depicts Generals Sherman, Grant and Sheridan. The 4c stamp (Sc #793) shows Admirals William T. Sampson, George Dewey and Winfield S. Schley.

Here are Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), Carrie Catt (1859-1947) and Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) on the "100 Years of Progress of Women" issue of 1948 (Sc. 959). 1948 was the centennial of the Seneca Falls Convention, though it is not noted on the final stamp.

Interestingly, this stamp was originally planned to feature just two -- Stanton and Mott -- so would not have qualified for our current thread topic, except that well-placed complaints succeeded in getting Catt added within the last weeks before issue. The story is told and nicely illustrated in Kristine A. McIntosh, "The Fight for Women's Right to Vote," The American Philatelist, Oct. 2020 pp. 876-885.