One of my ‘liebling’ is the decorative envelopes from the XIX. century. This swan was hiding on the back of a perfectly ordinary envelope.
Tag: motif
It is well known that the first stamp depicting swimming was also issued as part of the 1925 Hungarian Sports Series, but fewer people notice the rowing athlete hidden in the background. For this reason, the 1.5 cent value of the 1928 Dutch Olympic series is mistakenly regarded as the first rowing stamp.
Hurdling is not the most popular sport, so it is less often seen on stamps. It was first shown on stamps, also in the 1925 Sport series.
The aforementioned sports series was ahead of its time in its choice of themes. As a result, it boasts many firsts, including the world’s first fencing motif stamp.
I’m back from holiday, and so unfortunately I missed the Football final with this post. Let’s see some motif philately:
Although Uruguay issued a stamp in 1924 in honor of the football gold medal at the Olympics, the sport itself does not appear on the stamp’s image.
The first stamp with a real footbal motif is thus to be found in the Hungarian Sport set, published in 1925.
This stamp series was ahead of its time in showing sport, as it was not common to show such subjects on stamps at that time, so I will post about more of its value soon.
