The stamp on the postcard featured a green 5-pfennig definitive stamp printed onto the card of the new imperial eagle ("Neuer Reichsadler"), designed by Sigmund von Weech (1888–1982) who created prominent national symbols during the early Weimar Republic, succeeding the formal era of the German Empire. It was pre-printed or officially cancelled with an matching commemorative exhibition cachet stating "Deutsche Verkehrs-Ausstellung München".
It was marked in the bottom left corner as Karte VII (Card 7) published directly by the exhibition committee, meaning a series of cards were issued.
The artwork on the front of the card was signed by the artist Max Eschle and featured a stylized Art Deco depiction of Hermes (Mercury) fastening his winged sandals.
The postcard measured approximately 3.5" x 5.5" and was used to promote German transportation technology and engineering.
The First German Transport Exhibition (DVA) was the first major exhibition in the German Reich after the First World War and drew nearly three million visitors, which was of enormous importance for German industry. In just five months in 1925, a huge number of export contracts were concluded for the supply of German steam locomotives and carriages, ships and automobiles, urban transport, cranes, and other equipment.
It should be noted that without the industrial potential laid down in the 1920s, the German economic miracle of the mid-1930s would never have happened.
- In March and November 1924, definitive stamps were issued with a new imperial eagle ("Neuer Reichsadler") design by V. Weech. There seven One denominations/colours issued, of which one is shown here.
- On 1 April 1926, airmail stamps featured an eagle -- known as a "post-horn" or "flight" design -- created by Oskar Hermann Werner Hadank (O.H.W. Hadank) (1889–1965), an influential German graphic designer, trademark creator, and professor of commercial art in Berlin. Eight different eagle denotions/colours were issued, of which three are shown here.
This particular cover was a registered letter (Einschreiben) sent from Munich (München) to Bedminster, New Jersey.
The purple 3000 korona stamp features the Madonna and Child, consistent with the 1923 issue. The green 400 korona stamp shows the Budapest cityscape.
This particular postcard was franked with a variety of Magyar Kir. Posta (Royal Hungarian Post) stamps in denominations of 100, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, and 3000 Korona, indicating it was sent shortly after the end of the Hungarian hyperinflation period, on 25 September 1924.
These stamps also appear to be cancelled in Esztergom, Hungary, with Légi Posta" (air mail) and "Par Avion" markings.
This is a vintage 1924 postcard commemorated the "First Hungarian Philatelist Day" in Budapest. It featured an illustration of a seaplane flying over the city of Esztergom, Hungary.
The illustration on the "Glückwunsch Weihnachten" (Christmas Greeting) postcard shows , "Engel in einer Gondel" (Angels Rowing about on a Gondola). The card likely portrayed a whimsical scene of angels rowing on Lake Constance, Baden, Germany. It was printed by Waldkirch, Göppert.
Regarded as the “mother of the modern environmental movement”, Rachel Carson was born on 27 May 1907, in Springdale, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Pennsylvania College for Women, she worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. There she wrote for radio and various publications.
As a marine biologist in the 1940s, Carson became aware of pesticides developed through government funds. After years of research, she became concerned with their effects on the environment. She left her job in 1952 to devote herself to writing.
On 27 September 1962, Carson published her most famous book, "Silent Spring", about the harmful effects of pesticides. "Silent Spring" called attention to the overuse and misuse of pesticides, which were poisoning the food chain, and threatening life itself. Her work received strong opposition from the companies who manufactured the pesticides, but in time her thorough research resulted in winning over public opinion.
The following year, Carson appeared before President Kennedy’s Science Advisory Committee, which agreed with her findings on the dangers of pesticides. The same year, she received the Audubon Medal, the Cullum Medal (from the American Geographical Society), and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
"Silent Spring" and Carson’s other writings helped begin the environmental movement in America. This led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the eventual ban of the pesticide DDT. Decades later, Silent Spring was named one of the 25 greatest science books of all time.
UK ROYAL MAIL issued in 1997 a series of commemorative stamps entitled "Architects of the Air" , including the De Havilland Mosquito, a versatile combat aircraft designed by Ronald Eric Bishop.
UK ROYAL MAIL issued in 1998 a commemorative postage stamp honouring the Bell Rock Lighthouse, the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse, is located off the coast of Angus, Scotland. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson. The stamp was designed by Dick Davis and printed using offset lithography by The House of Questa.
The 14 basic denominations included:
- 2c Tapping Rubber (Black & Carmine)
- 3c Adam's Peak (Black & Light Blue)
- 5c Coconut Palms (Black & Green)
- 6c and 3c overwrite Colombo Harbour (Black & Blue)
- 10c Plucking Tea (Sage-Green & Orange)
- 15c Sigiriya / Lion Rock (Green & Red-Brown)
- 20c River Scene (Black & Blue)
- 25c Temple of the Tooth, Kandy
- 30c Ancient Irrigation Tank
- 50c Wild Elephants (Black & Mauve)
- 1r Trincomalee
- 2r Ancient Guard-Stone, Anuradhapura
- 5r Ancient Guard-Stone, Anuradhapura
The image depicted was a popular medium for distributing reproductions of famous art exhibition entries during the early 20th century.
This particular piece was submitted to the 7th Ministry of Education Art Exhibition (Bunten). It reflected Nakazawa's training in Western techniques, illustrating a figure in a soft, painterly style that blends traditional Japanese subjects with Western realism.
Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874–1964) was a prominent Western-style (yōga) painter and illustrator who graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1900.
- 1975 stamp portraits of Italian Baroque composer Alessandro Scarlatti and Gaspare Spontini, a prominent Italian opera composer. These stamps were printed by I.P.Z.S. Roma as part of an Italian Artists series.
- Agusta A.109 helicopters and the G.222 Aeritalia transport aircraft used for military and humanitarian roles.
- 1983 stamp of Villa Fidelia in Spello complex, constructed on the ruins of a Roman site. It was part of the "Villas of Italy" (4th series) stamp set.
- 1983 stamp featuring a religious painting by Raphael Sanzio that commemorated the 500th anniversary of Raphael's birth (1483-1520).
- "Giornata della Filatelia" (Stamp Day) commemorative stamp, issued in 1986, depicted hands using a magnifying glass and stylus to inspect an 1862 engraving of an Italian stamp.
