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 24, 2016

São Tomé green pigeon

  The São Tomé green pigeon (Treron sanctithomae) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
  • Original name "Protecção da natureza. Treron S. thomae"
  • Series:Birds
  • Themes:Animals
  • Year: 1979
  • Format:Souvenir Sheet
  • Emission:Commemorative
  • Perforation:comb 14½
  • Printing:Offset lithography
  • Size:120 x 103 mm
  • Face value:25 Db