Three On Stamps.3!

On November 3, 1953 Panama issued a twelve-stamp set to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Panama Republic. The 50 centesimo value (Sc #C144) depicts three heroes of the revolution/coup against Colombia. They are Sgt. Major Marcos O. Salazar, Gen. Esteban Huertas and General Domingo Diaz. General Huertas is the most prominent figure. He started his military career at nine years of age, and by age 26 had reached the rank of general.

Mali

1995

Events and aniversary - 6v

Apollo XI

Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin

Poland,1932
Bicentennial of George Washington.
On this stamp Washington is flanked by two Polish heroes of the US Independence War : Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817) and Casimir Pulaski (1745-1779)

painting by Russian artist Vasily Perov "Hunters at a halt". The painting depicts three famous doctors of their time, great lovers of hunting

Poland,1952
International Day of the Woman
The stamps depict two female workers and a child (and a dove of peace)

Here is Germany's May 3, 2007, 45c stamp (Mi #2600) commemorating the centenary of scouting in the country. Three hiking Boy Scouts are depicted.

The scouting stamp reminded me of this US issue from 1950. Sc. 995 was issued on the occasion of the 2nd National Scout Jamboree held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.



For good measure, here two US issues from 1957.
Sc. 1087 celebrating the successful quest for a vaccine effective against Polio, in part funded by the March of Dimes which had its 20th anniversary in that year.

Sc. 1093 celebrates teachers on the centennial of the NEA.

North Korea

1988

Olympic winners 2 S/s

This s/s depicts the east germany athlete Katarina Witt x 3!

Katarina Witt won two Olympic gold medals for East Germany, first at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and the second at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. She is a four-time World Champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and two-time World silver medalist (1982, 1986). Her competitive record makes her one of the most successful figure skaters of all time.

Soviet Union

1969

Soyuz 6 and 7 - 3v

Soyuz 7 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying a total of seven cosmonauts.

The stamp shows 3 of the cosmonauts of the mission: Anatoly Filipchenko, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Gorbatko

another edition of the famous Russian Trinity

On October 8, 1992 Denmark issued a four-stamp set of commemorates showing Danish cartoons characters. The 4.75 kr value, shown here, depicts "Domestic Triangle".

Here is a different domestic triangle, depicted by impressionist Mary Cassatt on a 1966 US stamp (Sc. 1322). Cassatt (1844-1926) has been honored with several US stamps, but this was the first one, using her 1893-94 painting, "The Boating Party."

Costa Rica

1987

Science & Technology

Three specialists are enough to take the poison from a snake. This is what we learn from this stamp!

Peru

1951

400 years of San Marcos University - 6v

$ 1.20 sole


Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo (1663 - 1743) - was an Enlightenment-era Peruvian mathematician, cosmographer, historian, scholar, poet, and astronomer, and was considered a polymath

fray Tomas de San Martin y Contreras (1482 - 1555) was the founder of the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru and a notable Spanish scholar

Jose Baquijano y Carrillo de Cordova (1751-1818)- was a Spanish/Peruvian economist and jurist, writer and politician, and one of the first great intellectuals of the Viceroyalty of Peru

$ 2 soles



Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza y Collantes (1750-1825) was a Peruvian academic and egregio rector del convictorio carolino

Jose Hipolito Unanue y Pavon (1755-1833) was a physician, naturalist, meteorologist, cosmographer, the first Minister of Finance of Peru, Minister of Foreign affairs and Protomedico.

Jose Cayetano Heredia y Garcia (1797-1861) fundador de la faculdad de medicina

Here is the low value 45c + 20c value (Mi #2626) from Germany's November 8, 2007 Christmas set of 2 semi postals. Stamp depicts "Adoration of the Magi."

From wikipedia, "In the Gospel of Matthew, 'magoi' from the east do homage to the newborn Jesus, and the transliterated plural 'magi' entered English in this context around 1200...this particular use is also rendered in English as kings and more often in recent times as wise men."