Indigenous Art

U.N. New York, Page 2004.1 (BL-2)

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For this series of stamps of indigenous art, the three U.N. post office location issued sheets of six unique stamps each, for a total of eighteen stamps. They celebrate indigenous cultures, cultural heritage, and the rights of indigenous peoples. This set issued in 2004 is focused on cultural preservation, showcasing artifacts from different eras and regions of Europe, emphasizing rights to traditions, intellectual property, and spiritual sites.

The first stamp in the sheet depicts wooden carvings from the entrance of a since destroyed Hylestad stave church in Norway. It shows Regin forging the sword Gram for Sigurd the Dragon Slayer. The second stamp shows a stone stela statue from Bigliolo, in Aulla, Italy, made in the Sixth Century b.c.e. by Etruscans. The next stamps shows detail of a toreador or matador suit worn by a bull fighter from Spain.

The first stamp on the second row is of an Panatenaica amfora, a ceramic vase for olive oil given as a prize for winners of the Panathenaic Games from as early as the Fifth Century b.c.e. The next stamp is of bronze bull figurine from the Hallstatt period (Early Iron Age) of a bull found in a cave in the Czech Republic. The last stamp is from a set of Russian art work by Alexander Vasilyevich Kotukhin, painting in the 1930s. It’s inspired by a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” in 1934.

For more of these stamps depicting indigenous art from Europe, see the Geneva (UNG-2004.1) and the Vienna (UNV-2004.1) albums. There are also stamps in this album of indigenous art from South America and North Africa.

Note

The indigenous art stamps are interesting, but I like the stamps of endangered species better – especially when they show pictures of birds. For the four here, there aren’t any bird stamps. But they’re so well done that I can’t complain. I particularly like the one of the Black Bear. It’s such a nice stamp.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Indigenous Art

1.1	✓	862a	Norway	37 (mar 2004) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	862b	Italy	37 (mar 2004) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	862c	Spain	37 (mar 2004) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	862d	Greece	37 (mar 2004) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	862e	Czech Republic	37 (mar 2004) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	862f	Russia	37 (mar 2004) comm., multicolor

Endangered Species

3.1	✓	858	American Black Bear	37 (jan 2004) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	859	Siberian Musk Deer	37 (jan 2004) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	860	Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey	37 (jan 2004) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	861	Yak	37 (jan 2004) comm., multicolor

Footnotes

• Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).

• Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.

• Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.

• To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.

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