Author: thedigitalphilatelist

The Adoration of the Shepherds, sometimes still known as the Allendale Nativity, after a former owner, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione, completed in about 1505 to 1510. The attribution is now usual, although not universal; the usual other view is that it is an early Titian.…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 12c Adorazione Dei Pastori – By Giorgione (Detail)

The 11c depicts The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John by Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779). Details Series: 1970 Christmas Subject: The Holy Family – By Anton Raphael Mengs (Detail) Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edwards Crown Block CA Perf: 13 (comb)…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 11c The Holy Family – By Anton Raphael Mengs (Detail)

The 3c stamp is based on an altarpiece by Giovanni Battista Pittoni, depicting both the Nativity (the birth of Christ and his adoration) and the Trinity (God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit). It was painted around 1740 and it is unknown for which church it was commissioned. Details…

View More Bahamas Philately: 1970 Christmas – 3c The Nativity (Detail) By Pittoni

Details Date of Issue: 3 November 1970 Date Withdrawn: 2 February 1971 Date Invalidated: Designer: Gordon Drummond Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd Process: Lithography Paper:  Watermark: Multiple St Edwards Crown Block CA Perf: 13 (comb) Cylinders: 1A 1A 1A 1A  (15c) 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A (3c, 12c) 1B 1B 1B…

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