Showing posts with label 1986. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1986. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2016

Touristic map of Varadero (Cuba)

  Varadero is the beach: 20 kilometers of fine, white sand bathed by a warm sea of ever-changing blues and a radiant sun that guarantees a perfect tan, with everything you need to relate to the sea. But Varadero is also the city: a city that runs parallel tp the beach, offering many attractions. 
  This map will help you find your way to light-hearted entertainment at this magnificent beach, the sun`s favorite beach.

  • Original name "Mapa turistico Varadero"
  • Country: Republic of Cuba
  • Year: 19886
  • Publisher: Mapping company of Cuban Institute of Geodesy and Cartography (Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia)

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Self Portrait (Titian)

  Self-Portrait is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian painter Titian. Dating to about 1560, when Titian was at least 70 years old, it is the latter of two surviving self-portraits by the artist.
  Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.
  • Original name: "Автопортрет"
  • Country: Bulgaria
  • Year: 1986-12-23
  • Series: Art
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 33 x 56 mm
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 42 ст
  • Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3535

Venus with a Mirror (Titian)

  Venus with a Mirror (about 1555) is a painting by Titian, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and it is considered to be one of the collection's highlights. 
  Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.
  • Original name: "Тоалетът на Венера"
  • Country: Bulgaria
  • Year: 1986-12-23
  • Series: Art
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 33 x 56 mm
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 32 ст
  • Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3534

Tarquin and Lucretia (Titian)

  Tarquin and Lucretia is an oil painting attributed to Titian, dated to around 1571. It was probably a commission for Philip II of Spain, remaining in his successors' collection until 1813, when it seems to have been taken to France by Joseph Bonaparte after he gave up the Spanish throne - after several private owners, it is now held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. 
  Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.
  • Original name: "Лукреция и Тарквиний"
  • Country: Bulgaria
  • Year: 1986-12-23
  • Series: Art
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 33 x 56 mm
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 20 ст
  • Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3532

Flora (Titian)

  Titian`s painting "Flora", completion date: 1515 - 1517. Gallery: The Uffizi Gallery, Italy. Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.
  • Original name: "Флора"
  • Country: Bulgaria
  • Year: 1986-12-23
  • Series: Art
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 33 x 56 mm
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 13 ст
  • Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3531

Girl with fruit platter (Titian)

  Titian`s painting "Girl with a Basket of Fruits (Lavinia)", completion date: 1558. Gallery: The National Museum in Berlin, Germany. Postage stamp was printed in Bulgaria in 1986.
  • Original name: "Момине с фруктиера"
  • Country: Bulgaria
  • Year: 1986-12-23
  • Series: Art
  • Perforation: comb 14
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 33 x 56 mm
  • Colors: Multicolor
  • Face value: 5 ст
  • Number of catalogue Michel: BG 3530

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Orange Hermit (Satyrus bischoffi)

  The Orange Hermit (Chazara bischoffii) is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Turkey, through Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan and southern Transcaucasia. The wingspan is 45–60 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August.
  • Original Name: "Сатир Бишоффа"
  • Country: USSR
  • Year: 1986-03-18
  • Series: Butterflies, IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
  • Perforation: comb 12
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 40 x 28 mm
  • Face value: 20 kop
  • Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5588

Dark creamson underwing (Catocala sponsa)

  Catocala sponsa, the dark crimson underwing, is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Europe, North Africa and from Anatolia up to the Caucasus. The wingspan is 60–70 millimetres (2.4–2.8 in). Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on oak.
  • Original Name: "Лента орденская малиновая"
  • Country: USSR
  • Year: 1986-03-18
  • Series: Butterflies, IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
  • Perforation: comb 12
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 40 x 28 mm
  • Face value: 15 kop
  • Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5587

Sooty orange-tip (Zegris eupheme)

  The sooty orange tip (Zegris eupheme) is a Palearctic Pieridae butterfly that has a range that extends through southern Europe, southwest Europe, northern Africa, East Kazakhstan and Asia Minor Global warming currently seems to be extending its range to the north. The habitat consists of open flowery grasslands amongst hills. The wingspan is 46–50 mm (1.8–2.0 in). Adults have yellow undersides and a patch of orange. They have distinctive grey-black forewing tips. Adults are on wing from mid March to mid June in one generation per year.
  • Original Name: "Зорька зегрис"
  • Country: USSR
  • Year: 1986-03-18
  • Series: Butterflies, IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
  • Perforation: comb 12
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 40 x 28 mm
  • Face value: 10 kop
  • Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5586

Allancastria caucasica

  Allancastria caucasica, sometimes referred to as Zerynthia caucasica, is an Old World papilionid butterfly whose geographical range extends from the Black Sea and southern Russia (southern Caucasus Mountains) to Georgia and northeast Turkey. It exhibits several geographical variants. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  • Original Name: "Зеринтия кавказская"
  • Country: USSR
  • Year: 1986-03-18
  • Series: Butterflies, IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
  • Perforation: comb 12
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 40 x 28 mm
  • Face value: 5 kop
  • Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5585

Crimson-speckled moth (Utetheisa pulchella)

  The Crimson-speckled Flunkey (Utetheisa pulchella) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Africa, Southern Europe, Central and Southern Asia and Australia. The wingspan is 29–42 mm. The larvae feed on Forget-me-not, Echium, Borago and Anchusa species.
  • Original Name: "Медведица красноточечная"
  • Country: USSR
  • Year: 1986-03-18
  • Series: Butterflies, IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
  • Perforation: comb 12
  • Printing: Offset lithography
  • Size: 40 x 28 mm
  • Face value: 4 kop
  • Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5584

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Virgin and Child, by Niccolo Abbate (1512 - 1571)

  Niccolò dell'Abbate, sometimes Nicolò and Abate (1509 or 1512 – 1571) was an Italian Mannerist painter in fresco and oils. He was of the Emilian school, and was part of the team of artists called the School of Fontainebleau that introduced the Italianate Renaissance to France. He may be found indexed under either "Niccolò" or "Abbate", though the former is more correct.
  • Original Name: "Virgen y niño, Niccolo Abbate, 1512 - 71"
  • Country: Republic of Cuba
  • Year: 1986-11-05
  • Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
  • Subject: Art
  • Value: 6 с
  • Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3065

Sed, by Jehan-Georges Vibert (1840 - 1902)

  Jehan Georges Vibert or Jean Georges Vibert (30 September 1840 – 28 July 1902) was a French academic painter.
  • Original Name: "Sed, by Jean-Georges Vibert, 1840 - 1902"
  • Country: Republic of Cuba
  • Year: 1986-11-05
  • Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
  • Subject: Art
  • Value: 4 с
  • Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3064

Bullfight, by Eugenio de Lucas Velazquez (1824-1870)

  Eugenio Lucas Velazquez (Madrid, February 9, 1817 - Madrid, 11 September 1870) was a Spanish painter belonging to romanticism, called in the past Eugenio Lucas and Padilla, when it is believed native of Alcala de Henares.
  • Original Name: "Corrida, Eugenio De Lucas Velazquez, 1824-70"
  • Country: Republic of Cuba
  • Year: 1986-11-05
  • Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
  • Subject: Art
  • Value: 10 с
  • Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3066

The five senses, anonymous Flamenco (XVII century)

  • Original Name: "Los cinco sentidos, anonimo Flamenco, S. XVII"
  • Country: Republic of Cuba
  • Year: 1986-11-05
  • Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
  • Subject: Art
  • Value: 30 с
  • Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3067

Two Children, Gutierrez de la Vega (1805-1865)

  Gutiérrez de la Vega and Carrizo (Seville, 1781 - Madrid, 1865). Spanish painter specializing in portraits and religious subjects. He was an honorary court painter, professor and deputy director of the Academy of Fine Arts of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Seville and member of the Board of Artistic and Literary Liceo Madrid. 
  Postage stamp was printed in Cuba in 1986.
  • Original Name: "Dos ninos, Gutierrez de la Vega, 1805-1865"
  • Country: Republic of Cuba
  • Year: 1986-11-05
  • Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
  • Subject: Art
  • Value: 2 с
  • Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3063