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Sunday, 31 July 2016

Horses - Sunday Stamps II

This proved a harder theme that I thought as I have used all my stamps of real horses before.

 However Iceland and Sweden rode to the rescue with a horse or two, even if the Iceland stamps show a pony.
Iceland - Icelandic pony 1958
My Swedish stamps are slightly newer, the first from a postal history and nature series.

Sweden - 16 October 1967
From an earlier time in history a block of four,

Sweden - Horse & Viking ship, 26 April 1973
A mosaic embroidery sheet  issued on 26 November 1974 depicted some horses. I don't have that sheet but one of the horses is in this pair.

Sweden - 1974?
Now you may ride over to Sunday-Stamps-II-85. and follow the links to some splendid 'real' horses.

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9 comments:

  1. Hilary Melton-Butcher31 July 2016 at 10:32

    Hi Bob - well done ... it's interesting to see the horses depicted - be they ponies, or showing us some history ... cheers Hilary

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  2. Joy31 July 2016 at 11:43

    The Iceland pony stamps are one of my favourites.

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  3. FinnBadger31 July 2016 at 12:25

    These are great, Bob. Love the stylized equids on these vintage stamps.

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  4. viridian31 July 2016 at 17:54

    I repeat some of the stamps I show. Hurrah for finding new stamps to share.

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  5. Jo31 July 2016 at 19:14

    Am I being dim? You say Swedish horse and viking ship? I see no ships!!

    I love the ponies particularly.

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  6. VioletSky1 August 2016 at 01:44

    I quite like the Island ponies with their curly mane

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  7. Bob Scotney1 August 2016 at 07:48

    Jo - I've worked out that the horse is being transported on a Viking ship, it's standing on the 'deck.'

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  8. Jo1 August 2016 at 13:50

    Pretty good imagination then, I suppose the whirls are shields.

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  9. 21 Wits1 August 2016 at 15:36

    Wow, these are quite interesting!

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