view gallery |  ‘Allieva di danza’ - Città di San Marino, SM
in Philatelic Photographs Bronze statue of a young ballerina by Italian sculptor Venanzo Crocetti, part of San Marino’s ‘open air museum,’ on a 1987 postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: San Marino date approved: 06/30/2023 last visited: 11/06/2022 |
view gallery |  Gooderham Building - Toronto, ON
in Philatelic Photographs Classic turn-of-the-century flatiron building pictured on a 1992 Canadian postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 06/29/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Machu Picchu - Cusco, Perú
in Philatelic Photographs Antigua ciudad inca de mediados del siglo XV // Ancient Inca city from the mid-15th century posted by: xeocach location: Peru date approved: 06/29/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fountain of Neptune - Bologna, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs Monumental sixteenth-century fountain in the center of Bologna, featured on a 1974 Italian postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: Emilia–Romagna, Italy date approved: 06/28/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Stadio dei Marmi - Rome, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs Rome’s Stadio dei Marmi was less than a year old when this stamp, commemorating the Graf Zeppelin’s 1933 flight to Italy, was issued. posted by: hykesj location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 06/28/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘The Reader’ by Jean-Étienne Liotard - Amsterdam, NL
in Philatelic Photographs A portrait of the artist’s niece, Marianne Lavergne, on a 1974 U.S. postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union. posted by: hykesj location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Santa Maria in Montesanto - Rome, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs Seventeenth-century Italian Baroque church located in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo. posted by: hykesj location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: 07/26/2023 |
view gallery |  San Marino Social Club - Troy, MI
in Philatelic Photographs Designed to resemble the castles of the tiny European republic, the San Marino Social Club has stood at this spot since 1976. posted by: hykesj location: Michigan date approved: 06/26/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fontevecchia Viaduct - Valdragone, San Marino
in Philatelic Photographs A bridge and car from the former railway line, Ferrovia Rimini-San Marino, preserved for posterity. posted by: hykesj location: San Marino date approved: 06/25/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Peace Palace - The Hague, NL
in Philatelic Photographs This magnificent Renaissance Revival building is home to the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. posted by: hykesj location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands date approved: 06/24/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Rearing Horse by Aligi Sassu - Città di San Marino, SM
in Philatelic Photographs Monumental bronze sculpture (usually called ‘Grande cavallo impennato’ in Italian) on a high value postage stamp of San Marino. posted by: hykesj location: San Marino date approved: 06/23/2023 last visited: 11/06/2022 |
view gallery |  Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy - Rome, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, located in the Palazzo Severoli on the Piazza della Minerva in Rome, pictured on a 2002 Vatican City postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 06/22/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Porta della Murata Nuova - Città di San Marino, SM
in Philatelic Photographs This portion of San Marino’s second wall, built in the thirteenth century, appears on several of the tiny republic’s postage stamps. posted by: hykesj location: San Marino date approved: 06/21/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘God of the Nile’ Statue - Rome, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs Allegorical representation of the Nile River, at the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, on a postage stamp of the short-lived Italian East Africa colony. posted by: hykesj location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 06/21/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  1873 Train Station - Point of Rocks, MD
in Philatelic Photographs Built in 1873 by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the Point of Rocks train station was one of five historic stations to appear on a set of U.S. postage stamps in 2023. posted by: hykesj location: Maryland date approved: 06/21/2023 last visited: 05/23/2021 |
view gallery |  Marina at Ontario Place - Toronto, ON
in Philatelic Photographs The marina at Ontario Place appears on this 1971 Canadian postal card issued in conjunction with that year’s Canadian National Exhibition. posted by: hykesj location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 06/20/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘La Primavera’ by Botticelli - Florence, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs The Three Graces from Botticelli’s ‘La Primavera’ represent North, Central and South America on this 1940 U.S. postage stamp commemorating the Pan American Union. posted by: hykesj location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 06/19/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Discobolus Palombara - Rome, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs A classic Roman sculpture that helped celebrate the 1996 Olympics on a U.S. postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 06/19/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Poste Italiane Headquarters - Rome, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs The current home of Poste Italiane can be seen on this 1984 postage stamp promoting Italia ’85, an international philatelic exhibition held in Rome. posted by: hykesj location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 06/17/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Orvieto Cathedral - Orvieto, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs The magnificent Orvieto Cathedral graces this 1997 Italian postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: Umbria, Italy date approved: 06/17/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bronze Buddha - Hong Kong
in Philatelic Photographs Large Buddha statue built in 1993 at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. posted by: bobfrapples8 location: Hong Kong date approved: 06/16/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Statue of St. Marinus - Città di San Marino, SM
in Philatelic Photographs A small bronze statue of the republic’s founder, St. Marinus, silhouetted against a blue sky on this 1963 San Marino postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: San Marino date approved: 06/16/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Basilica of St. Praxedes - Rome, Italy
in Philatelic Photographs The Basilica of St. Praxedes (Santa Prassede in Italian) is one of the oldest churches in Rome and was featured on a 1949 Vatican City postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 06/16/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Station Post Building - The Hague, NL
in Philatelic Photographs This building, which originally housed a postal sorting and distribution center, is now the headquarters of PostNL. posted by: hykesj location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands date approved: 06/14/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge) - Amsterdam, NL
in Philatelic Photographs Amsterdam’s famous ‘Skinny Bridge’ appeared on a 1968 semipostal stamp issue of the Netherlands. posted by: hykesj location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands date approved: 06/14/2023 last visited: never |
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