Do you have a nice horse-drawn stamp or two to show?

nethryk · **Posted:** Wed Sep 14, 2011 09:17:50 am

uncadonego - Thanks. I'm glad you liked the Austria railway coach stamp engraved by Wolfgang Seidel. On the stamp above, what ever happened to Santa's reindeer? :?:

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Sondrio-Tirano stagecoach, designed and engraved by Tommaso Mele, and issued by Italy on December 7, 1969 for Stamp Day, Scott No. 1006.

- nethryk

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 09:12:28 am

I know I read it somewhere on a mini-sheet or something somewhere, but there are different versions dating back to the 4th century. Some of them even travelled on foot. One of them brought along a guy name Black Peter to punish the bad kids. Not very market friendly! :lol:

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 20:35:51 pm

Issued by Sweden on 25 August 2011 in a set of five.

nethryk · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2011 01:51:36 am

Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp depicting a mail coach leaving the Vienna Post Office in 1905. The scene is the courtyard of the 10th Street Post; the shield above the doorway bears the inscription "KK Central-letter tax-office." This stamp was designed by Austrian artist Otto Stefferl (1931-), engraved by Alfred Nefe, and issued by Austria for stamp day on November 29, 1974, Scott No. B330.

- nethryk

PS Re my previous post in this thread: The correct name for the designer and engraver of the Italy Sondrio-Tirano stagecoach stamp is Tullio Mele.

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 07:54:56 am

Oh man that is a beautiful stamp. Even the lighting is beautiful.

Anyway, a couple of postage dues......

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 07:55:18 am

nethryk · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 01:16:45 am

uncadonego - Thanks! Both Otto Stefferl and Alfred Nefe produced many gorgeous engraved stamps for their homeland.

Here's an image of another horse-drawn stamp issued by Austria, on September 28, 1973, to mark the centenary of the Vienna Trotting Association. This stamp was designed by Adalbert Pilch, and engraved by Maria Magdalena Laurent, Scott No. 953.

- nethryk

uncadonego · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 06:50:03 am

Look at all the horizontal lines in her engraving. She suggests forward motion with her choice of line direction. Very cool.

uncadonego · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 06:50:23 am

nethryk · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 08:34:47 am

Here is an image of a stamp depicting "Machine-gun cart," designed by Yuri Kosorukov after an oil painting (1925) by Russian battle scene artist Mitrofan Borisovich Martyschenko Grekov (1882-1934), engraved by Tatiana Mihailovna Nikitina, and issued by Russia (USSR) on July 30, 1969 to mark the 50th anniversary of the First Mounted Army, Scott No. 3623, Zagorski No. 3699.

- nethryk

uncadonego · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 13:36:08 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 13:43:46 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 13:51:05 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 14:32:45 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 13:50:13 pm

nethryk · **Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2011 07:15:31 am

Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp depicting a bas-relief of a Roman chariot, designed and engraved by Jules Piel, and issued by France on March 16, 1963 for Stamp Day and to benefit the Red Cross, Scott No. B370, Y&T No. 1378.

- nethryk

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri Dec 16, 2011 07:37:53 am

The original collector bought the stamp with the selvedge showing the sheet total.

I'm just going to show the picture parts.

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri Dec 16, 2011 07:38:24 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri Dec 16, 2011 07:39:00 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri Dec 16, 2011 07:39:57 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri Dec 16, 2011 07:40:48 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 16:36:28 pm

nethryk · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 00:04:53 am

Mailmen's omnibus, Paris, 1890, semi-postal stamp designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet, and issued by France on March 15, 1969 for Stamp Day, Scott No. B425, Y&T No. 1589.

- nethryk

memphre · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 14:52:17 pm

Hi

I ran briefly through the thread and was amazed to see this beautiful stamp has not already been submitted.

Memphre

nethryk · **Posted:** Wed Jan 25, 2012 23:56:29 pm

Plowing, designed by Swiss artist Aldo Patocchi (1907-1986), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by Switzerland on March 21, 1941 to publicize its Agricultural Development Plan, Scott No. 279, SG No. 414.

- nethryk

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 15:48:10 pm

Minisheet issued by Argentina on 2 November 2011 featuring a polo player.

Edit - sorry, this is not horse drawn - I will repeat it on the 'other' horse thread.

nethryk · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2012 21:04:54 pm

Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting Elijah's ascent to Heaven in a chariot, designed by Italian painter and stamp designer Corrado Mezzana (1890-1952), and issued by Vatican City on June 22, 1938, Scott No. C3, SG No. 57.

- nethryk

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sat Feb 18, 2012 04:58:32 am

I like the way the "ether" in which they ascend has directional lines. It's always cool when the designer/engraver suggests direction with careful choice of engraved line direction. It plays with your perception, perhaps without your realizing why.

nethryk · **Posted:** Sun Feb 19, 2012 00:09:19 am

uncadonego - An excellent observation about the visual impact that a talented artist can make in designing a stamp.

Here is an image of another well-designed stamp depicting a chariot, a special delivery stamp printed by photogravure, and issued by Spain on June 1, 1971, Scott No. E26, Edifil No. 2041.

- nethryk

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 16:17:15 pm

This is one postage stamp from a set of four issued by Cyprus on 29 January 2012.

For the others see http://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=22021&p=2579251#p2579251

nethryk · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 22:45:57 pm

Here is an image of another stamp depicting Elijah in his heavenly conveyance, designed by Swedish painter and graphic artist Jerk Werkmäster (1896-1978), engraved by Arne Wallhorn, and issued by Sweden on February 3, 1964 to commemorate the birth centenary of Swedish poet and Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1931, posthumously) Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864-1931), author of "The Assumption of Elijah," Scott No. 640, Facit No. 555.

- nethryk

nethryk · **Posted:** Fri Mar 30, 2012 23:55:31 pm

Here is an image of a stamp depicting mistreated horses straining to pull an overloaded wagon, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon, and issued by Monaco in November, 1975 as one of three stamps in a set commemorating the 125th anniversary of the passage of the Grammont Law in France which outlawed cruelty against domestic animals, Scott No. 995.

- nethryk

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 07:48:52 am

Nice stamp, nice story.

nethryk · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 23:36:12 pm

uncadonego - Thanks!

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a farmer using a horse-drawn plow, and a Jewish National Fund Stamp of 1902, designed by Israeli artist Wind Struski, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Israel on June 24, 1951 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Keren Kayemet Le-Israel 5711, Scott No. 50, SG No. 60.

- nethryk

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 20:54:08 pm

These two postage stamps are from a set of five issued by Russia on 21 October 2011 to mark the 300th Anniversary of Moscow Head Post Office:

nethryk · **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2012 05:52:04 am

Here is an image of a definitive stamp depicting a farmer and three horses carting a wagon load of soybeans, engraved and printed by the Central Bank Printing Bureau, Hsinking (Changchun), and issued for use in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo on December 4, 1936, Scott No. 90, SG No. 87.

- nethryk

Islander2 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2012 03:51:45 am

My grandfather delivered mail for Canada post by horse sleigh/wagon for the first 4 years (1960-64) he was with them. Tourists would make him stop so they could snap photos of him!

I guess horse delivery was long gone most other places by then. Horses were a good way to deliver mail, as the brakes didn't wear, and you were far less apt to be stuck in the mud in early spring (on the island, paved roads were scarce until the 70's). Delivery by way of horse began at 6am, and was over by noon, having covered an approximate 5 mile radius. Letters were handed in at the door to any too sick or feeble to walk to their mail box. During the reign of horses on the island (over 90% were still using them or depending on others who did until the 1950's) the vast majority of folks lived outside the towns on small farms. The houses were constructed at a central point of the property, and were often connected to the road by a long, snaking lane running close to 1km. Many such properties still exist here.

PEI has no bedrock, so gravel must be imported- roads were just a sandy clay at the best of times. In the wet spring time, most roads were an impassible quagmire to anything save horses, and tractors.

Back to the postal connection;
Many letters were franked with a 5c or 5 1c coins to cover the cost, since in a rural farming community, the only place to get stamps was the post office, and as of 1960 many rural islanders still did not have a car to get there. A trip to 'town' was often a long affair, and buying stamps simply complicated matters for folks who seldom had enough money to buy a stock pile of postage for future use.

The volume of letter mail was far greater then than now, though there were no sale flyers to deliver - (this began in the mid 80's, when Grampie retired from the post office). The mail bags would fill the whole of my grandfather's sleigh, and snowplough cuttings were often well above 6' high. There was little protection from the elements, and I can only imagine that there were many letters that reached their destination soaked. :roll:

The horses soon learned the mail man's route, and anticipated every stop along the way, and the way home. My grandfather bought his first car in 1964, as the mail routes were getting larger to service. For all that, he only shaved an hour off his delivery time as compared to going with the horses. :!:

nethryk · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2012 07:14:05 am

Islander2 - Great story! Thanks for sharing. I was reminded of this stamp depicting a horse-drawn mail wagon, designed by Austrian graphic artist Koloman Moser (1868-1918), engraved by Ferdinand Schirnböck (1859-1930), and issued for use in Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 1, 1906, Scott No. 40, SG No. 196.

- nethryk

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 20:33:48 pm

Thanks for that story Islander2.

This next postage stamp is from a set of ten issued by France on 19 September 2011. The subject is Paris Firemen.

nethryk · **Posted:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 21:50:44 pm

Stamp of Cordoba and mail coach, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Argentina on October 18, 1958 to commemorate the centenary of Cordoba postage stamps, Scott No. 678, SG No. 932.

- nethryk

nethryk · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 02:08:08 am

Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp depicting the horse-drawn funeral carriage of Venezuelan military and political leader Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), engraved and printed by American Bank Note Company, and issued by Venezuela on December 17, 1942 to raise funds for a monument to Bolívar, Scott No. B1, SG No. 708.

- nethryk

Kathy Young · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 17:24:56 pm

Magyar post 1977.

nethryk · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2012 05:36:49 am

Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp designed and engraved by Ion Dumitrana after a lithograph entitled "Crossing the Buzau," illustrating a scene from Napoleon Bonaparte's military campaigns, by French illustrator and lithographer Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804-1860), and issued by Romania on November 15, 1967, Scott No. B426, plus a detail image of the stamp's vignette.

- nethryk

nethryk · **Posted:** Sun Sep 09, 2012 02:19:28 am

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a horse-drawn streetcar in Tokyo, designed after an 1882 woodblock print in the ukiyo-e style by Japanese artist Yoshimura (1846-?) of the Utagawa school, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on October 6, 1971 to publicize International Letter Writing Week, Scott No. 1092.

- nethryk

joelk · **Posted:** Sun Sep 09, 2012 02:54:07 am

This one is part of a set of three issued to commemorate the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.

It was engraved in the US, as Belgium was still recovering from WWI

nethryk · **Posted:** Thu Sep 13, 2012 00:33:06 am

Mail coach, semi-postal stamp designed by German artist Werner von Axster-Heudtlass (1898-1949), printed by photogravure, and issued by Germany on May 3, 1944, Scott No. B273, Michel No. 889.

- nethryk

nethryk · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 00:29:17 am

The Battle of Kadesh (also Qadesh) took place between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Pharaoh Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River, in what is now the Syrian Arab Republic. The battle is generally dated to 1274 BC, and is the earliest battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It was probably the largest chariot battle ever fought, involving perhaps 5,000-6,000 chariots. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a fresco at the Abu Simbel temple showing Ramesses II fighting in his chariot at the battle, engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by France on September 4, 1976, Scott No 1467, Y&T No. 1899.

- nethryk


Buy/Sell all paper made collectibles!	*Click for our Current Auction*	*Click For Our Newest Issues*	Internet Auctions-Buy & Sell Stamps

Postage Stamp Chat Board & Stamp Bulletin Board Forum

Do you have a nice horse-drawn stamp or two to show?

Who is online