Sunday Stamps - December 1, 2024
Foreign Languages are the theme for Sunday Stamps this week.
I'll start out with a 1951 United Nations stamp which reads United Nations in several languages (if my translator is correct, there is Russian, Latvian, German, Japanese, and English).
The wedding of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, the translation reads "The Emperor's Highness went to the countryside to marry Jin Zhaoxiao in the 34th game." Although the first time I translated it the wording was different, and nothing on a Jin Zhaoziao or what the 34th game is comes up. So, a pretty stamp in Japanese commemorating the marriage of the Crown Prince to a commoner he met playing tennis. A real-life fairy tale!
"50 benefits of the official of Iran's Red Sun Lion which is religion"
Islamic Republic of Mauritania 1963 showing a now critically endangered Rüppel's griffon vulture, the world's highest flying bird. Breeding takes place on cliff faces.
...I like stamps that aren't the normal square or rectangle!
ReplyDeleteIt's always interesting to see languages that don't use a similar alphabet to ours.
ReplyDeleteGreat stamps! I like the one from Mauritania with the volture. Also because of its shape.
ReplyDeleteI did not find Latvian nor Japanese on the first stamp, but Chinese, English , French, Russian and Spanish. Which makes sense because those are (with Arabic, nowadays), the UN official languages.
ReplyDeleteI love the vintage designs of these stamps. And especially, the handwritten-like lettering on the last one.
I'm sorry - did I forget to hit publish?? I believe most of my (old) triangular stamps are from Africa. It took me far too long to see the 'flower' in the Polish stamp!
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