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1949 stamp celebrating the 75th anniversary of the U.P.U. The monument depicted was created in 1909 by the French sculptor Rene de Paul de Saint-marceaux and is located at U.P.U. headquarters in Bern. The "theme" of the sculpture was to be (and is) "Around the World," and depicts five figures representing five messengers -- five continents.
Was sorting out my old world wide collection and was struck by the beauty of this imperforate stamp. I found out a lot about the sculptor, but have been unable to find out who engraved the stamp. I'll keep digging.
Google U.P.U. monument and there are a lot of nice photos of the monument. Learned a lot about the U.P.U today. Good info.
If anyone knows of other stamps depicting this monument please let me know. I am aware of a joint 2009 issue of Switzerland and France. That's my next look up.
Cheers,
Eric
UPDATE: Just googled "stamps depicting the U.P.U. monument. It seems they are ubiquitous. Not sure how I failed to take note of this phenomenon. Every country seems to have a version or two. Time for a martini.
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This theme is used on many stamps commemorating the UPU.
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I always liked the 1949 British Omnibus set for the UPU. The high value from that set uses a design similar to the Philippines stamp displayed at the beginning of this thread.
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The American Topical Association UPU checklist includes ("is populated by") 1396 stamps ...
... perhaps the UPU monument subset deserves its own list?
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/s/ ikeyPikey
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A photo with a tourist at the lower left for scale.
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I never paid much attention to what the monument is. I always thought it was a sculpture that was located in the UPU headquarters. Never saw an actual picture of it. Now, I'm really impressed! Thanks for posting it.
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I never realized there was a sculptured woman sitting to the lower right!
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1949 stamp celebrating the 75th anniversary of the U.P.U. The monument depicted was created in 1909 by the French sculptor Rene de Paul de Saint-marceaux and is located at U.P.U. headquarters in Bern. The "theme" of the sculpture was to be (and is) "Around the World," and depicts five figures representing five messengers -- five continents.
Was sorting out my old world wide collection and was struck by the beauty of this imperforate stamp. I found out a lot about the sculptor, but have been unable to find out who engraved the stamp. I'll keep digging.
Google U.P.U. monument and there are a lot of nice photos of the monument. Learned a lot about the U.P.U today. Good info.
If anyone knows of other stamps depicting this monument please let me know. I am aware of a joint 2009 issue of Switzerland and France. That's my next look up.
Cheers,
Eric
UPDATE: Just googled "stamps depicting the U.P.U. monument. It seems they are ubiquitous. Not sure how I failed to take note of this phenomenon. Every country seems to have a version or two. Time for a martini.
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re: Monument of the Universal Postal Union on a Philippines Stamp. Amazing job.
This theme is used on many stamps commemorating the UPU.
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re: Monument of the Universal Postal Union on a Philippines Stamp. Amazing job.
I always liked the 1949 British Omnibus set for the UPU. The high value from that set uses a design similar to the Philippines stamp displayed at the beginning of this thread.
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re: Monument of the Universal Postal Union on a Philippines Stamp. Amazing job.
The American Topical Association UPU checklist includes ("is populated by") 1396 stamps ...
... perhaps the UPU monument subset deserves its own list?
Cheers,
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re: Monument of the Universal Postal Union on a Philippines Stamp. Amazing job.
A photo with a tourist at the lower left for scale.
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re: Monument of the Universal Postal Union on a Philippines Stamp. Amazing job.
I never paid much attention to what the monument is. I always thought it was a sculpture that was located in the UPU headquarters. Never saw an actual picture of it. Now, I'm really impressed! Thanks for posting it.
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re: Monument of the Universal Postal Union on a Philippines Stamp. Amazing job.
I never realized there was a sculptured woman sitting to the lower right!
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