view gallery |  Fort Jefferson Hill Park - Wickliffe, KY
in Philatelic Photographs View of the Mississippi River from Fort Jefferson Hill Park in Wickliffe, Kentucky, on a 2022 U.S. postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: Kentucky date approved: 03/03/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘Dawn of Liberty’ - Lexington, MA
in Philatelic Photographs Large painting by Canadian artist/illustrator Henry Sandham, in the Cary Memorial Hall in Lexington, MA, that’s been used on a couple of U.S. postage stamps. posted by: hykesj location: Massachusetts date approved: 02/17/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Genoa Madonna - Detroit, MI
in Philatelic Photographs A 1985 U.S. Christmas stamp showing a mid-15th century enameled terracotta by Florentine master Luca della Robbia in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. posted by: hykesj location: Michigan date approved: 02/12/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Artist in His Museum - Philadelphia, PA
in Philatelic Photographs 1822 self-portrait by Charles Willson Peale that was used on a 1955 U.S. postage stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. posted by: hykesj location: Pennsylvania date approved: 02/06/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bourke's Luck Potholes - Mpumalanga, South Africa
in Philatelic Photographs Bourke's Luck Potholes is one of the most phenomenal geological phenomenon in South Africa, Mpumalanga, South Africa. posted by: denben location: Mpumalanga, South Africa date approved: 02/04/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Voortrekker Monument - Pretoria, Gauteng, South, Africa
in Philatelic Photographs The huge granite Voortrekker Monument is built on a hill and can be seen from all sides of Pretoria. It is a memorial to the northward migration of Voortrekkers from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa between 1835 and 1854. posted by: denben location: Gauteng, South Africa date approved: 02/02/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Serie Paradores, Alcañiz, Teruel, Aragón, España
in Philatelic Photographs Sello perteneciente a la serie Paradores de España , valor 0.25€, año 2002 posted by: GemaAdri location: Aragón, Spain date approved: 01/30/2023 last visited: 09/07/2023 |
view gallery |  USS Constellation - Baltimore, MD
in Philatelic Photographs Restored 1854 U.S. Navy sloop ‘Constellation,’ now a tourist attraction in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. posted by: hykesj location: Maryland date approved: 01/30/2023 last visited: 02/04/2023 |
view gallery |  Ayuntamiento de Alcañiz, Teruel, Aragón, España
in Philatelic Photographs Sello perteneciente a la serie turística del año 1969, Ayuntamiento de Alcañiz, en España. Valor 1.50 pesetas. posted by: GemaAdri location: Aragón, Spain date approved: 01/29/2023 last visited: 09/07/2023 |
view gallery |  View from Captain James Cook National Historic Site - Corner Brook, Newfoundland
in Philatelic Photographs The view is looking north at the paper mills and beyond from from Captain James Cook National Historic Site in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. posted by: neoc1 location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada date approved: 01/29/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  C. M. Russell and Friends - Helena, MT
in Philatelic Photographs 1922 painting by prolific cowboy artist C. M. Russell in the Montana Historical Society Museum, that was used on a 1989 U.S. postage stamp commemorating Montana’s 100th anniversary. posted by: hykesj location: Montana date approved: 01/29/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mrs. John Douglas, Waddesdon Manor - Aylesbury, England
in Philatelic Photographs 1784 portrait by Thomas Gainsborough featured on a 1974 U.S. postage stamp commemorating the centennial of the Universal Postal Union. posted by: hykesj location: South East England, United Kingdom date approved: 01/23/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Birth of Our Nation’s Flag - Harrisburg, PA
in Philatelic Photographs Monumental painting by Charles H. Weisgerber, in the PA State Museum, that was used on a 1952 U.S. postage stamp celebrating what would have been Betsy Ross’s 200th birthday. posted by: hykesj location: Pennsylvania date approved: 01/21/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mount Fuji - Hakone, Japan
in Philatelic Photographs Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, appears on this 1967 Japanese postage stamp. posted by: denben location: Kanagawa, Japan date approved: 01/17/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Crescent City Connection - New Orleans, LA
in Philatelic Photographs The twin spans of New Orleans’ Crescent City Connection appear on this 2022 U.S. postage stamp celebrating the ‘Mighty Mississippi.’ posted by: hykesj location: Louisiana date approved: 01/15/2023 last visited: 06/18/2023 |
view gallery |  Cima Madonna - Raleigh, NC
in Philatelic Photographs A late fifteenth century painting by Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Cima, in the North Carolina Museum of Art, adorns this 1993 U.S. Christmas stamp. posted by: hykesj location: North Carolina date approved: 01/11/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bust of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Jacques Caffieri - Philadelphia, PA
in Philatelic Photographs 1777 portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Jacques Caffieri, royal sculptor to King Louis XV of France, which appeared on many early U.S. postage stamps. posted by: hykesj location: Pennsylvania date approved: 01/11/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘Arrangement in Grey and Black no.1,’ Musée d’Orsay - Paris, France
in Philatelic Photographs 1871 painting by James A. McNeill Whistler that’s also known as ‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother,’ but is more commonly called ‘Whistler’s Mother.’ posted by: hykesj location: Île-de-France, France date approved: 12/23/2022 last visited: 05/03/2023 |
view gallery |  Diamond Head - Honolulu, HI
in Philatelic Photographs Diamond Head...the icon of Honolulu. posted by: Metro2 location: Hawaii date approved: 12/22/2022 last visited: 05/03/2023 |
view gallery |  ‘Lighthouse at Two Lights’ - New York, NY
in Philatelic Photographs This 1929 painting by Edward Hopper, from the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, was used on a 1970 U.S. postage stamp commemorating Maine’s 150th anniversary. posted by: hykesj location: New York date approved: 12/20/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘Figure’ by Isamu Noguchi - Queens, NY
in Philatelic Photographs Originally conceived in 1945, ‘Figure’ was one of five works by Isamu Noguchi that appeared on a set of U.S. postage stamps issued in 2004. posted by: hykesj location: New York date approved: 12/16/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘America Cares’ - Central High School NHS, Little Rock, AR
in Philatelic Photographs ‘America Cares,’ a painting by George Hunt, appears on this 2005 U.S. postage stamp honoring the ‘Little Rock Nine.’ posted by: hykesj location: Arkansas date approved: 12/15/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘The Charter Oak’ - Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
in Philatelic Photographs 1857 painting by Charles De Wolf Brownell used for the vignette of a 1935 U.S. postage stamp. posted by: hykesj location: Connecticut date approved: 12/15/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Giotto Madonna - Washington, DC
in Philatelic Photographs This Early fourteenth-century Madonna and Child by Florentine artist Giotto di Bondone, appeared on a 1995 U.S. Christmas stamp. posted by: hykesj location: District of Columbia date approved: 12/10/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  ‘The Long Leg’ by Edward Hopper - San Marino, CA
in Philatelic Photographs 1935 painting by Edward Hopper that appeared on a 2011 U.S. postage stamp, the tenth in a series featuring “American Treasures.” posted by: hykesj location: California date approved: 12/06/2022 last visited: never |
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