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| 1990: 500th Anniversary of Postal Communications in Europe |
A speeding post rider celebrating 500 years of post with an Albrecht Dürer drawing 'Der Kleine Postreiter' (dated circa 1496). The cancel on the stamp was imperfect but
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| 1990: Lübeck Cultural Heritage |
here it is on a stamp featuring the old part of Lübeck, 'Queen of all the Hansiatic Cities' . I had to look up how many cities were part of the Hansatic League and its a whopping 194 cities in 16 countries.
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| 1988: Grotto Art - Maijishan |
Going back even further in time to the Western Wei dynasty (535-557) here is a compassionate Bodhisattva, one of thousands of Buddhist sculptures in the 194 caves cut into the hill at Maijishan, North West China.
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| 1988: Grotto Art in China - Longmen |
More caves this time the Longmen Grottoes , the stamp is described as Hercules. From this I'm guessing it is from the Fengxian Temple with its huge Buddha, either side of which are Bodhisattvas, Heavenly Kings and Hercules. Longmen, in Henan province, has tens of thousands of statues of Buddha and his disciples.
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| 1986: Traditional Houses |
Lastly we journey from caves to houses in Fujian.
Sunday Stamps theme this week is - Monochrome - See It On A Postcard
3 comments:
Great stamps! Like the second one especially.
Is Hercules dancing?!
So, 194 cities and 194 caves. Synchronicity like this pleases my sense of order :)
A lot of subjects to look up on this post!
I like specially the city view. I didn't think there were so many cities in the League, wow.
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