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1967: British Paintings
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L S Lowry was steeped in the Northern Industrial landscape and here is a scene he recollected of a Lancashire school and children leaving for the day (painted in 1927).
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1995: 'Trams' Maximum Card 89
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Like Lancashire Norrkoping in Sweden was known for its textile industry and its nickname was Sweden's Manchester. When this photo was taken in 1958 the factories were starting to close. The card manages to capture four types of transport in one urban street and still driving on the left in 1958.
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1995: Trams (Design - Rolf Eriksson; Engraver - Z Jakus)
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The stamp shows a scene circa 1905 of ASEA electric trams in Norrkoping. The tram lines are only one of two city centre networks that survived the switch to right hand traffic in 1967.
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1986: Norden VII - Sister Towns (Design - A Elgaard)
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An escape from an urban landscape can be found on the waterside in Aalborg.
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1972: Definitive - Vancouver (Design -Reinhard Derreth)
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and in Vancouver a waterside with the bonus of a mountain view.
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'Man Lying on a Wall' by LS Lowry (1957) with an initialed briefcase LSL
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Sunday Stamps II theme this week is - Urban - visit See It On A Postcard
4 comments:
These are beautiful examples of not-so-well-known cities!
I was introduced to Lowry from Antiques Roadshow and quite like his industrial scenes. I'm always appreciative of a tram (or two)!
And, I almost posted the same Vancouver stamp, so am glad you did. Right now one would not want to be there breathing that air :(
A fine collection, and the superb Lowry stamp is my favorite today.
I don't remember ever having been on a tram other than a t Beamish Museum. Love the Lowry stamp.
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