Weird Stamp I Found Not Sure Were It Came From.

I found this stamp doesn't really fit into my collection and I'm having trouble finding it so I decided to show you guys it to let you know any help would be grateful thank

All the info is there on the stamp.
BULGARIA 1996
Detail of a painting by Goya

1996 Scott 3943 5 Lev

The souvenir sheet from this set, includes one of the most recognisable
paintings by Goya ...."The naked Maja"
(The Duchess of Alba)

Here she is on a United States Cinderella


The detail on your stamp, is from his painting
"A Pilgrimage to San Isidro"

Reproduced from a painting he did on the wall of his house.
"Home of the deaf man"

The stamp can be misleading, it is not a picture of purgatory,
just Pilgrims singing.

It is actually a valid US stamp. The Mother's day stamp was printed in the same color as the Goya stamp of Spain. One merely carefully cuts out the Duchess and glues her over Whistler's Mother (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1).

Edited To add images below.


Scott 737 and 738 with the not shown imperf being 754



514 with 515 and 516 being the 4 and 10 PTS in different colors.

Indeed,
I thought that was understood.
Still a cinderella, would not pre pay postage.

It would unless a sharp eyed clerk notes part of the US stamp is covered to prevent cancellation, yet not completely covered. It does have U.S. Postage and Three cen for the denomination.

rod222 identified the painting. Here is the site of Spain's Prado Museum with the whole painting.

https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the...3576a2f8b87e

The stamp commemorates the 250th birth anniversary of the well-known Bulgarian, ... uh no, Spanish painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.

Nice link NSK. Thanks.
To be honest, never quite a fan of Goya,
having first met him, through the weird Air Post stamps.

However, these "Black paintings" really have my imagination.
His true genius, for me.

Goya, whom looks to me very much like Rowland Hill.