I receive quite a lot of stamps depicting Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand since 6 February 1952, and also of 12 countries that have become independent since her accession. Queen of Stamps, I should add, because she is probably the person who has appeared more time on stamps around the world.
Or from exotic countries, even those that don't exist any more, like North Borneo:
For the new edition of Sunday Stamps-II A to Z, I have decided to show some of the stamps I have got on letters and postcards, related to one topic: women. This is the post for the letter Q.
More women on stamps.
The palette of colours of the traditional Machin stamps amazes me. But I am happy when I receive different stamps. Like the following, issued with the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee:
 |
| United Kingdom, 2012 (More information and complete set) |
 |
| Canada, 16 January 2012 (More information) |
 |
| United Kingdom, 31 May 2012 (More information about the set) The Queen address the General Assembly of the UN in 1957 |
Or from exotic countries, even those that don't exist any more, like North Borneo:
 |
| 1 February 1961 (With a Sambar deer) |
If you are a queen or an almost-queen (ie, a princess), you are more than likely to appear on a stamp. But, besides living real queens, you can find more original ones:
Anna de France (aka Anne de Beaujeu, 1461-1522) was a French princess and regent, the eldest daughter of Louis XI. Anne was the sister of Charles VIII, for whom she acted as regent during his minority from 1483 until 1491. This oval stamp was issued on 30 June 2017. See here the beautiful sheet, dedicated to the Treaty of Picquigny.
Annie M.G. Schmidt, known by the series Jip and Janneke illustrated by Fiep Westendorp as many of her books, is "the queen of Dutch children's literature" (Wikipedia dixit).
 |
| Issue Date: 16 July 2008 |
And, if you need an American princess, you can take Josephine Baker (1906-1975), who was the exotic Princess Tam Tam in a French film in 1935.
---------------
For the new edition of Sunday Stamps-II A to Z, I have decided to show some of the stamps I have got on letters and postcards, related to one topic: women. This is the post for the letter Q.
More women on stamps.
How nice that you also added the Queen of Jazz and the Queen of Dutch Children's Literature!
ReplyDeleteQueen Elizabeth might be depicted on most stamps anyway: her (silver coloured) silhouette is on all UK stamps also, even on owl and non-queen-bee stamps :-)
Actually, I'm more fond of literature and music queens... :)
DeleteBeing so omnipresent on stamps is one of the reasons I am not fond of the stamps where she is featured :)
ReplyDeleteI have heard of Jip and Janeke thanks to the postcards, but not sure if I have ever read those books, might have been published under a different name here - Queen of Dutch Literature for Children - I like how that sounds :)
They aren't my favourite either, but I least I found these a bit of original. I wonder if someone has collected ALL the Elizabeth II stamps...
DeleteI do like the Machin stamps - though mostly for their unending variety of colours. At least the modern stamps depict her in less formal portraits.
ReplyDeleteI must say that what I love the most about the Machin stamps are the names of their colours. Like "dull purple", "Millennium white", "shocking pink"...
DeleteYou found a nice way too show all of these queens.
ReplyDeleteI tried to expand the obvious "Queens" for the Q-letter.
DeleteA nice selection of queens, I especially like the Josephine Baker one, never seen the film but have seen film clips of her dancing. Never a dull moment in France's history of kings an queens, nice oval portrait. I laughed at the Dutch postcrosser who thanked me for not using Machins or as she put it "boring old queen" stamps. I couldn't have put it better myself:-D although I know some people collect all the variations of numbers and colours, apparently it tends to attract those with a scientific mind!
ReplyDeleteI don't mind to receive the Machin stamp; especially when they issue new colours. The queen add a "classy" touch to the letters :)
DeleteGuess that it's only a matter of time before we see Megan on a stamp - possibly when she and Harry visit Australia and New Zealand. Never to be a Queen though.
ReplyDeleteI still would prefer the queens of jazz and children literature, I'm afraid!
Delete