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| 1999: Millennium - The Travellers Tale (Design - George Hardie) |
The title of the stamp is "Liberated by Bike"
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| 2000: Nobel Laureates - Literature (Design/Engaving - Lars Sjooblom) |
and perhaps one of these Nobel prize winners was liberated by words. Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), who was Jewish, fled to Sweden in 1940 on the last flight from Nazi Germany to Sweden. Being on board that flight was the coincidence of knowing Selma Lagerlof (the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature) because of a long correspondence with her. The help of Lagerlof , who enlisted the Swedish royal family to her cause, got her on the plane. The other prize winner is Wislawa Szumorska (1923-2012), Polish poet, essayist and translator. She was once asked why she had not published more poems and replied because she had a trash can at home. In our present troubled times her poem mentioned by the poetry foundation starts with the words "After every war/someone's got to tidy up"
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| 1996: Europa - Famous Women |
The artist Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) is known for her fight against the restrictions for women artist and her self portraits. She had a prolific output of paintings and drawings but sadly she died at only 31 due to complications after child birth.
Sunday Stamps theme of - Women - See It On A Postcard
5 comments:
The first stamp shows so much joy!! And the last one features a great image. All are great stamps
I love the story you've told with these stamps.
Three women who have led difficult lives.
Thank you for sharing. I should know more about the Nobel Prize winners!
The first stamp is really cheerful, I love it!
The rest of the women were unknown to me, so thanks for sharing :)
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