Sunday 10 May 2015

Peace and Freedom


When I first thought of the theme of "peace", I thought of a dove but the only stamps cards I could find were Christmas ones, and I've posted them before when the theme was birds, I believe.

Then I thought of the rose called "Peace" but all the roses I could find had other names.  I was sure I had a card of that rose but no, I didn't.

So, I'm left with a set of stamps and stamp cards, not my favourite designs, which were issued in 1995 under the title "Peace & Freedom".  It's something of a conglomeration of anniversaries though I suppose they are all linked in a way to peace:

150th anniversary of the British Red Cross
50th anniversay of the end of World War II
50th anniversary of the United Nations.

This is a post for Sunday Stamps, in its current home at "See it on a Postcard!"

6 comments:

  1. I agree with you that the set feels dissonant, quite unusual for a Royal Mail special issue. Still, the stamps themselves are handsome, particularly the iconic images from the end of WW2 in Europe.

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  2. I also like especially the picture of people. I wonder about this people... who were they?

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  3. Yes strange they put them together and with two different styles as well. Folon was famous for his humanitarian posters so those three make sense, possibly. I remember sets in the 60s with unconnected anniversaries that were even more peculiar.

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  4. So you and Joy both have the full set. I only had St Paul's.

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  5. This is an interesting set. I think my favourite is the one of the people. I wonder if people look at this stamp or post cards and see a relative in there?

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  6. Those three stamps of Folon would look great on a poster - on a stamp they seem somehow... flat (to me). I love the St Paul's one.
    Thank you for searching high and low for a peace stamp!

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