hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 19, 2020 16:00:07 GMT
Received today, the latest Monaco issue from the running series on opera singers, here featuring Fidès Devriès:  |
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 19, 2020 17:18:53 GMT
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jul 6, 2020 19:27:03 GMT
Received today, the latest French issue, featuring Olympe de Gouges, a militant for women's rights and an abolitionist during the French Revolution times:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 23, 2020 9:37:05 GMT
Among the newest Andorran issues, this block celebrating 50 years of women's suffrage in Andorra (not exactly a trailblazing event, but better late than never), and two new additions to the series on notable ladies from the country:  |
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Aug 23, 2020 11:46:51 GMT
I’m curious. Who is the first woman to be commemorated on a stamp for her own merits excluding royalty?
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 23, 2020 14:27:29 GMT
In the U.S., Spain's Queen Isabella was featured in several of the 1893 Columbian Exposition issue, but she is excluded as royalty.
Martha Washington first appeared in the 1902 regular issue, but she, too, is excluded as she may be considered U.S. royalty.
Pocahontas was featured in the 1907 Jamestown Exposition issue; however, she was the daughter of Powhatan so some will argue that she, too, belongs to the royalty class.
Next up is Whistler's Mother, who was featured on the 1934 Mother's of America issue. Susan B. Anthony follows her in a 1936 issuance and then Virginia Dare in 1937, whose accomplishment appears to be having been the first child born in America of English parents.
The 35-stamp 1940 Famous Americans issue included three women: Louisa May Alcott, Frances E. Willard, and Jane Addams.
Enough said for the U.S. -- what about other countries?
p.s., please correct me if I missed any non-"royal" woman on a pre-1940 stamp.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 23, 2020 14:29:50 GMT
I’m curious. Who is the first woman to be commemorated on a stamp for her own merits excluding royalty? That is a good question! I suppose Martha Washington, if she was being honored just for being the "wife-of", also is disqualified. And women from Greek mythology like Athena or Minerva probably also should not count. Nor would the Virgin Mary in her many representations. I think for Canada, the first non-royal woman to be identified by name (as opposed to just a nondescript gender representative), is Jeanne Mance, first nurse to come to New France, and foundress of the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Montréal. The issue dates from 1973.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 23, 2020 14:58:46 GMT
Monaco does better than Canada with this issue featuring the Marie Curie and her husband Pierre in 1938:  Contemporaneously, France and all its colonies issued a stamp featuring the Curies for the benefit of cancer research the same year. |
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Aug 23, 2020 15:27:52 GMT
Yes I would exempt "wives of" and mythological women.
Perhaps collectors of individual countries can post their earliest.
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Post by philatelia on Aug 23, 2020 16:58:16 GMT
I did a quick bit of research and these are the earliest depictions of women that I could find, both real and allegorical:
Victoria
Isabella II
Brittania
Healing Spring? Nevis 1862
Goddess 1864 Cape of Good Hope
Woman and Lamp 1866 Virgin Islands
Hispania Spain 1870
Princess Victoria Kamamalu Hawaii 1871
Allegory of the Republic, Spain 1873
Allegory of Justice Spain 1874
Head of Indian Woman, Guatemala 1878
Commerce, French Colonies 1881
Princess Wilhelmina, Netherlands 1891
Liberty, Brazil 1891
Navigation & Commerce, French Colonies 1892
Queen Makea Takau, Cook Islands 1893
Queen Isabella, USA, 1893
Queen, Hawaii 1893
The Indian Woman on the Guatemala stamp, if based on a real person, might be the earliest not royalty.
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norsten
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Post by norsten on Aug 23, 2020 18:52:23 GMT
I’m curious. Who is the first woman to be commemorated on a stamp for her own merits excluding royalty? I agree, this is really an interesting question. For Sweden, I think St Bridget (1303-1373) was the first women that became depicted on a stamp in 1941.  |
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Aug 24, 2020 13:16:17 GMT
I did a quick bit of research and these are the earliest depictions of women that I could find, both real and allegorical: Goddess 1864 Cape of Good Hope I think that is a very nice list, Terri! I just wanted to suggest one minor amendment: the Cape of Good Hope "goddess" made her debut on the famous imperf triangle stamps in 1853, and it was in 1864 that her image transitioned to perforated rectangular stamps, where she was featured until 1900, until being replaced first by a landscape design and then by the portrait of King Edward VII. In any case, I am really glad that you mentioned the image of "Hope" on the COGH stamps, as it is one of my all-time favorites!  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 24, 2020 21:20:10 GMT
Another new French issue, commemorating Ste-Odile on the 1300 th anniversary of her death:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 26, 2020 19:29:54 GMT
Another recent issue from French Polynesia, commemorating Maadi Gobrait, a figure of the Free French Forces with Général de Gaulle:  |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 28, 2020 13:46:27 GMT
The first "commoner" woman on a postage stamp,I can think of,is Anna Führinger (1866-1929). Führinger was a theatre- and (later) film-actress. In 1891 she acted as Germania in a play in Düsseldorf,attended by the emperor Wilhelm II. Few years later,when a new definitive series was planned,the emperor himself decided,that a design, submitted by P.E.Waldraff,based on a photo of Anna Führinger,was chosen.
The series ran from 1900 till 1922.
So for many years to come,Anna Führinger was the most often depicted woman worldwide. She was replaced by Queen Elizabeth II,who is the record-holder till today.
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Post by hrdoktorx on Aug 29, 2020 7:08:22 GMT
Super interesting to know, salentin ! Thank you for that tidbit of information. |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 13, 2020 7:28:27 GMT
In 1986, Zaïre issued a series of three stamps and a block for the beatification of Sister Anuarite Nengapeta, who died a martyr during the 1964 civil war.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 21, 2020 21:25:32 GMT
Also received today, this set of four se-tenant stamps from Monaco commemorating the 1700 th anniversary of the arrival of Ste-Dévote to Monaco, where she was martyred in 304 A.D., and later became the patron saint of the principality:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 24, 2020 20:55:47 GMT
French 2020 "Trésors de la Philatélie" Block featuring the George Sand issue, originally from 1957. George Sand was a pen name, taken on purpose to sound masculine so she would not be dismissed out of hand by book publishers when she submitted her manuscripts.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 25, 2020 19:52:41 GMT
Another 2020 "Trésors de la Philatélie" block, from a 1953 Red-Cross semi-postal design, is a self-portrait by M me Vigée-Lebrun, portraitist to Marie-Antoinette:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 26, 2020 12:09:44 GMT
Among the new German issues I received this week, this stamp for the 100 th birthday of Lore Lorentz, an actress and satirist:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 17, 2020 14:19:14 GMT
From the ongoing series on Austrian inventors, the latest issue features Hedy Lamarr, co-inventor of frequency-hopping spectrum radio-frequency transmission. This is actually the second issue to honor her, the first one being in 2011 and related to her movie career.  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 17, 2020 14:24:46 GMT
And I can't just talk about it without showing it, can I?   |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 19, 2020 20:36:52 GMT
Block from Antigua & Barbuda honouring Valentina Tereshkova, first woman to go to space, and the only one ever to do it in a single-person mission:  |
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Post by cursus on Oct 27, 2020 13:07:40 GMT
Carolina Plandolit i Pelati (Santa Maria de Sants, ca 1832 - Barcelona, 1902) cousin and second wife of Guillem d'Areny i Plandolit, Andorran nobleman and polititian.
I bought it today at Barcelona's GPO for my collection of Barcelona's people on stamps. The old village of Santa Maria de Sants, became, in 1897, a district of the city of Barcelona.
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 25, 2020 9:23:29 GMT
Another new UN issue is this sheet of personalizable stamps honoring the work of women peacekeepers:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 26, 2020 6:24:34 GMT
Another recent UN issue is this stamp from the Vienna Administration honoring Florence Nightingale:  |
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Post by salentin on Dec 13, 2020 16:53:32 GMT
Marion Gräfin (countess) Dönhoff was born in Eastern-Prussia on her family´s castle (Schloß Friederichstein,near Königsberg).
She grew up and was educated like a typical rich girl of nobility.She studied National Economy,finishing "summa cum laudae".
Her mostly right-wing fellow students called her the "Red Countess",because her political views were critical to the "unlimited capitalism".
When the Nazis took power,she went to Switzerland,where she obtained her doctorate.
In the following years she travelled "the world".She visited the US for a two months roundtrip,Kenya to go on Safari with her brother,
but also Russia twice and many other countries.
Outspoken critical to the Nazi-rule,she was prudent enough,to remain low-key and was only once interrogated by the Gestapo,
on a denunciation by an estranged uncle.
During the war she managed one of the large domains owned by her family.
When the Russians closed in on Eastern-Prussia in the winter of 1944/45,she was convinced by friends to flee,because the Russians
for sure would have killed her,because of her descent.
She rode all the way (1200 km) to the West of Germany on her horse,with several rests at places of related nobility.
Immediately after the war she was part in the creation of "Die Zeit"."Die Zeit" is a highly regarded weekly political newspaper.
She remained with "Die Zeit" till to her death.At time as writer,four years as editor in chief and all the time as one of the publishers.
She was highly respected by all political relevant parties,but was always close to the Social Democratic Party. She was offered by Willy Brandt the candidacy for the presidentship of West-Germany,but declined. She probably was the most highly respected journalist of Germany.When she finally died at old age,her funeral was very
much like a state funeral.
One of her less serious passions was driving fast cars.She rode her Porsche with high speed ((in Germany there are no (in parts) speed limits on highways (Autobahnen)) till her late eighties.
Stamp issued Nov.12th,2009,commemorating Dönhoff´s 100th birth anniversary.
The text on the stamp,is the obituary written by fellow "Die Zeit" co-publisher Helmut Schmidt,former Bundeskanzler of Germany. (If you magnify the stamp,you can easily read the text of the obitury: printing-quality of the best !)
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 19, 2020 10:00:30 GMT
From the long-running series of French blocks featuring historical events, the latest offering features Mathilda of Flanders:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 28, 2020 14:26:01 GMT
Today, I received the set of "philatelic souvenirs" issued in 2020 by France. Following tradition, the stamp that had been voted the most beautiful of the previous year gets a philatelic souvenir issue. In 2019, the winning issue was the one showing the self-portrait of artist Valérie Belin:
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