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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
July 24th in stamps Martin Van Buren, Borovikovsky, Alexandre Dumas
Here are some events that happened on July 24th. It could be an event or a person that died or was born on that day
1757 Born: Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1825)
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Луки́ч Боровико́вский, Ukrainian: Володи́мир Лýкич Боровикóвський, Volodýmyr Lúkyč Borovykóvs’kyj) July 24 O.S. (August 4, N.S.) 1757 – April 6 O.S. (April 18, N.S.) 1825) was a Russian painter of Ukrainian origin who dominated portraiture in Russia at the turn of the 19th century.
He became a popular portrait painter and created about 500 portraits during his lifetime, 400 of which survived to the 21st century. He had his own studio, and often relied on assistants to paint the less important parts of a portrait. His sitters included members of the imperial family, courtiers, generals, many aristocrats, and figures from the Russian artistic and literary worlds. Most of his portraits are intimate in style.
The most notable are:
Portrait of Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1794)
Portrait of E. N. Arsenyeva (1796)
Portrait of M. I. Lopukhina (1797)
Portrait of F. A. Borovsky (1799)
Portrait of Paul I, Emperor of Russia (1800)
Portrait of Prince A. B. Kurakin (1801–1802)
Portrait of Princess A. G. Gagarina and Princess V. G. Gagarina (1802).
Portrait of Serbian Prince Karadjordje' 1816
Some stamps depicting Borovikovsky and or his paintings
1802 Born: Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (d. 1870)
Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (French for 'father'), was a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, unfinished at his death, was completed by scholar Claude Schopp and published in 2005. It was published in English in 2008 as The Last Cavalier
Some stamps from France, Monaco, Romania and Liechtenstein depicting Alexandre Dumas
1862 Died: Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
Martin Van Buren (born Maarten Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. He was the first president born after the independence of the United States from the British Empire. A founder of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the ninth governor of New York, the tenth United States secretary of state, and the eighth vice president of the United States. He won the 1836 presidential election with the endorsement of popular outgoing President Andrew Jackson and the organizational strength of the Democratic Party. He lost his 1840 reelection bid to Whig Party nominee William Henry Harrison, due in part to the poor economic conditions of the Panic of 1837. Later in his life, Van Buren emerged as an elder statesman and important anti-slavery leader, who led the Free Soil Party ticket in the 1848 presidential election.
Some US stamps depicting Martin Van Buren
Monday, January 29, 2018
Zeppelin on stamps
This week I decided to show some of the Graf Zeppelin stamps.
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #127; Registration: D-LZ 127) was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled, rigid airship which operated commercially from 1928 to 1937. It was named after the German pioneer of airships, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who was a Graf or Count in the German nobility. During its operating life, the airship made 590 flights covering more than a million miles (1.6 million km). It was designed to be operated by a crew of 36 officers and men. More about that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin
United States of America
1930 Scott C13 - C15
Zeppelin over the Atlantic Ocean
Zeppelin between continents
Zeppelin passing Globe
1933 Scott C18
Airship "Graf Zeppelin "
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
1930 Scott C21
Airship over Dnepostroi Dam
1931 Scott C30- C33
Northpole issue, Graf Zeppelin and Icebreaker Malygin transferring mail
1930 Scott C12 and C13
Graf Zeppelin and "Call to complete 5 year plan in 4 years"
1931-32 Scott C15-C19
C15 Symbolical of airship communication from the Tundra to the Steppes
C16 Airship over Dnepostroi Dam
C17 Airship over Lenin Mausoleum
C18 Airship exploring Artic regions
C19 Constructing an airship
Italy - Aegean Islands
1933 Scott C20 - C25
Graf Zeppelin over Rhodes
Bolivia
1930 Scott C24-C26
No C8-C10 surcharged
1930 Scott C11, C12, C15, C17
Flight of the airship Graf Zeppelin from Europe to Brazil and return via Lakehurst, New Jersey
Partial sheet of one of the stamps from the set above
Brazil
1931 Scott C26, C27
C18-C19 Surcharged
Finland
1930 Scott C1
Scott 178 overprinted in red. For use on mail carried in Graf Zeppelin on return flight from Finland to Germany on September 24th, 1930
German Reich
Scott C43- C45
Graf Zeppelin flight to the Century of Progress International Exhibition in Chicago
Scott C56
Graf Zeppelin
Scott C40 - C42
Graf Zeppelin polar flight
Scott C57 - C58
The Hindenburg
Greece
1933
Scott C5-C7
Zeppelin over Acropolis
Hungary
Scott C24 - C25
Turul carrying messenger
Iceland
Scott C9 block of 4
Scott C9 - C11
Unknown
Liechtenstein
Scott C7 - C8
Zeppelin over Naafkopf Falknis range
Scott C15 - C16
Airship Hindenburg
San Marino
Scott C11 - C16
Cool looking surcharge
Video
Here is also a cool video of all these stamps, you can have this running as a nice background
Covers
Some cool looking covers from various countries
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #127; Registration: D-LZ 127) was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled, rigid airship which operated commercially from 1928 to 1937. It was named after the German pioneer of airships, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who was a Graf or Count in the German nobility. During its operating life, the airship made 590 flights covering more than a million miles (1.6 million km). It was designed to be operated by a crew of 36 officers and men. More about that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_127_Graf_Zeppelin
United States of America
1930 Scott C13 - C15
Zeppelin over the Atlantic Ocean
Zeppelin between continents
Zeppelin passing Globe
1933 Scott C18
Airship "Graf Zeppelin "
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
1930 Scott C21
Airship over Dnepostroi Dam
1931 Scott C30- C33
Northpole issue, Graf Zeppelin and Icebreaker Malygin transferring mail
1930 Scott C12 and C13
Graf Zeppelin and "Call to complete 5 year plan in 4 years"
1931-32 Scott C15-C19
C15 Symbolical of airship communication from the Tundra to the Steppes
C16 Airship over Dnepostroi Dam
C17 Airship over Lenin Mausoleum
C18 Airship exploring Artic regions
C19 Constructing an airship
Italy - Aegean Islands
1933 Scott C20 - C25
Graf Zeppelin over Rhodes
Bolivia
1930 Scott C24-C26
No C8-C10 surcharged
1930 Scott C11, C12, C15, C17
Flight of the airship Graf Zeppelin from Europe to Brazil and return via Lakehurst, New Jersey
Partial sheet of one of the stamps from the set above
Brazil
1931 Scott C26, C27
C18-C19 Surcharged
Finland
1930 Scott C1
Scott 178 overprinted in red. For use on mail carried in Graf Zeppelin on return flight from Finland to Germany on September 24th, 1930
German Reich
Scott C43- C45
Graf Zeppelin flight to the Century of Progress International Exhibition in Chicago
Scott C56
Graf Zeppelin
Scott C40 - C42
Graf Zeppelin polar flight
Scott C57 - C58
The Hindenburg
Greece
1933
Scott C5-C7
Zeppelin over Acropolis
Hungary
Scott C24 - C25
Turul carrying messenger
Iceland
Scott C9 block of 4
Scott C9 - C11
Unknown
Liechtenstein
Scott C7 - C8
Zeppelin over Naafkopf Falknis range
Scott C15 - C16
Airship Hindenburg
San Marino
Scott C11 - C16
Cool looking surcharge
Video
Here is also a cool video of all these stamps, you can have this running as a nice background
Covers
Some cool looking covers from various countries
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