Three On Stamps.3!

On May 22, 1948 the allied forces issued this pair of Hannover Export Fair stamps for the American, British and Soviet Zones of Germany. Stamps were issued as both sheets of 50 (5 x 10) single values and se-tenant sheets of 50 (5 x 10) arranged in a "checkerboard" fashion. A se-tenant pair (Mi #W Zd 3) is shown here.

Monaco,1994
300th birth centenary of French writer and philosopher François-Marie Arouet,a.k.a. Voltaire (1694-1778)
This stamp depicts Voltaire at three ages,and masonic symbols.

Here is the 2 naira value (Sc #611) from Nigeria's December 15, 1992 "Folk Dances" four-stamp set. The stamp depicts two dundun dancers and a man playing a dundun ("talking drum").

From researchgate.net, "Dundun is a prominent drum ensemble and a form of dance in Yoruba land (Nigeria, West Africa)...Dundun features prominently in the socio-religious events of the Yoruba people."

Monaco,1988
400th birth anniversary (questionable) of French painter Antoine Le Nain.
He could actually have been born 10 years later.
His brothers Louis and Mathieu were painters too.
From Wikipedia :
"Because of the similarity of their styles of painting and the difficulty of distinguishing works by each brother (they signed their paintings only with their surname, and many may have been collaborations), they are commonly referred to as a single entity, Le Nain"


Original painting : "The peasants'meal" by Antoine Le Nain and/or one of his brothers.

This June 5, 1985, 55 kobo value (Sc #456) of Nigeria is from the International Youth Year (UN) three-stamp set.

France,2017
Homage to Marc Chagall

Original painting : "Paradise"

Because of inflation, Zambia surcharged its 1983 'Cultural Heritage' pictorial definitive series on July 1, 1989. Here is the 10 kwacha on 75 ngwee surcharge (Sc #503) depicting three women carrying water.

Monaco,1966
Centenary of Monte-Carlo
The stamps depict muses and composers.
1st stamp : Jules Massenet (1842-1912)Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) and Terpsichore (muse of dance and chorus)
2nd stamp : Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) and Euterpe (muse of music)

On March 15, 1979 Zambia issued four surcharged values of its 1975 pictorial definitive series. One of these stamps is the 10 ngwee on 3 ngwee value (Sc #189) depicting three members of the National Dance Troupe.

Algeria,1957
From a set of 3 stamps depicting paintings from Algiers Museum


Original painting : "Handkerchiefs Dance" by French artist Theodore Chassériau (1819-1856)

Here is Canada's November 8, 1985 34c stamp (Sc #1075) commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Navy. Navy personnel of 1910, 1939-45 and 1985 are depicted.

On June 1, 2000 Canada issued this 46c stamp (Sc #1857) to commemorate the centenary of Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGC Canada).

From wikipedia, "In 1974, to reflect the growing number of young girls participating in Club programs, the organization changed its name to 'Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada'."

Monaco,1974
450th birth anniversary of french poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)
This stamp refers to Ronsard's opus "Sonnets pour Hélène" : on the right Ronsard and his young paramour Hélène,on the left Hélène spinning the wool when she's old.

Switzerland,2001
Centenary of the death of Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin
"Birth of Venus"

This July 12, 1999 46c stamp (Sc #1803) of Canada is from a se-tenant block of 4 such values commemorating the 13th Pan American Games hosted by Winnipeg. All of these stamps have a similar design, showing a central figure, or figures, and smaller figures above and below. However, unlike the other 3 stamps of the set, this stamp, showing a swimmer, a wind surfer and a kayaker presents a confusing figure-ground relationship with the different water surfaces not being separately defined.

The image presents a giantess and two normal-sized humans, or a normal-sized swimmer and two shrunken figures. For me, the image brings to mind the 1958 American science fiction movie: Attack of the 50 ft. Woman. Second pic shows Reynold Brown's theatrical release poster for the movie.