Three On Stamps.3!

This March 20, 2001 45c value (Sc #1946) of Australia is from a booklet of 10 different 'Rock Australia' self-adhesive stamps. Stamp depicts artwork for the rock group Silverchair's 1994 recording Tomorrow.

USSR,1958
10th anniversary of Declaration of Human Rights

Here is the 30c value (Sc #747) from Bermuda's December 18, 1997 six-stamp 'Education in Bermuda' set.

On January 12, 1995 Australia issued a four-stamp 'Australia Day 1995' set, including this 45c value (Sc #1418) depicting Russell Drysdale's painting Back Verandah (1940s).

From wikipedia, "Sir George Russell Drysdale (1912-1981), also known as Tass Drysdale, was an Australian artist. He won the prestigious Wynne Prize for Sofala in 1947, and represented Australia in the Venice Biennale in 1954. He was influenced by abstract and surrealist art."

Russia,2021 (September 21)
80th anniversary of victory in the "Great Patriotic War"
From a set of 4 stamps depicting uniforms of the Red Army : artillery

another storyline with three characters: The Firebird.



image from a lacquered box from Fedoskino



The episode with the capture of the Firebird comes from Ershov's fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse"



Hello Vayolene! your stamp shows tankmen

This 6.50 franc value of Belgium is from the October 16, 1976 four-stamp 'Cultural Anniversaries' set. Stamp shows a detail from Dutch Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder's (ca. 1525-1569) painting Parable of the Blind (1568).

From pieterbruegel.org, "It is a Biblical parable from the Gospel of Matthew 15:14: 'Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

France,1956
Homage to Saint Yves de Tréguier
This stamp depicts a statue from Tréguier Cathedral : St Yves (patron saint of lawyers) between the rich and the poor.

Three mounted royal guardsmen are shown on this December 10, 1988 13 franc stamp (Sc #1304) of Belgium. Stamp commemorates the Belgian Royal Escort.

From thereaderwiki.com, "The Belgian Royal Escort is a horse- and motorcycle-mounted unit that accompanies the Belgian monarch on ceremonial occasions. It also provides escorts for foreign visiting heads of state and ambassadors presenting their credentials at the Royal Palace in Brussels."

France,1938
This stamp depicts three miners


The overprint is from 1940

Here is Belgium's March 24, 1984 12 franc stamp commemorating the 25th anniversary of 'Movement Without a Name'. Unfortunately, an internet search proved fruitless in determining exactly what the movement is. My guess is that it is a nationalistic movement, putting state above linguistic/ethnic interests.

This stamp has an earlier VIRTON postmark than my previous posting. There is no city code on the cancel, and the cancelling device has obviously been damaged.

Virton (pop. 11,323) is a Walloon city near the border with France. It is the largest town in the country's Belgian Lorraine region of the southwest.

France,1947
Homage to the National Resistance
This stamp depicts a french resistant arrested and handcuffed by two german soldiers.

On March 29, 1993 Belgium issued a three-stamp set of 15 franc stamps to commemorate Antwerp's selection as a European City of Culture. Stamp (Sc #1479) depicts a cropped version of Flemish Baroque painter Jacob Jordaens's (1593-1678) oil study Two Female Heads and Torso of a Warrior (1623).

France,1962
National Hospital Week

This May 20, 1955 one schilling stamp (Mi #1018) of Austria commemorates the 4th World Congress of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU/IBFG).

Michel Oesterreich-Spezial catalog says, "Three workers of different races shake hands on the globe."