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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Sunday Stamps #89

Hurrah for Sunday, and Sunday Stamps!


Theme for this week, by suggestion: music, literature, and books.

I am going to stretch the theme a bit and post a stamp that I think is illustrating a folk tale:


And, I don't even know the details of the fairy or folk tale, only that the woman reminds me of Rapunzel.  Here she is not in a tower but perched on a rock by a pretty stream.  If someone could help me with this interpretation I would appreciate it.

Theme next week:  Open, anything you wish.

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9 comments:

  1. VioletSkySeptember 22, 2012 at 7:28 PM

    I also have this stamp and have been wondering what the tale was.
    In fact, I was going to suggest folktales as a theme (I have a few Chinese ones that I also think are folktales that are unknown to me)

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  2. PostcardySeptember 22, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    From
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stamps_of_Russia_2004_No_912-914.jpg

    The illustrations for Pavel Bazhov's fairy-tale stories:

    The stamp No 912, 2.00 Rubles. The Stone Flower: Danilo-the-Master and Mistress of the Cooper Mountain.
    The stamp No 913, 4.00 Rubles. The Malachite Casket: Mistress of the Cooper Mountain and Tanyushka.
    The stamp No 914, 6.00 Rubles. Golden Hair: the hunter Ailyp and his ladylove Golden Hair.

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  3. Lisa BSeptember 23, 2012 at 5:05 AM

    Lovely stamp!

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  4. Sheila @ A Postcard a DaySeptember 23, 2012 at 6:24 AM

    It does look remarkably like Rapunzel but the story is quite different, now that I've read it. It's a beautiful stamp.

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  5. viridianSeptember 23, 2012 at 8:06 AM

    Thank you postcardy for the link. I investigated the other stamps and the story. Yes, I think we could have fairy or folk tales as a future theme.

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  6. Bob ScotneySeptember 23, 2012 at 9:34 AM

    Fine stamp. Thanks to postcardy for finding us the story.

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  7. JoySeptember 23, 2012 at 11:32 AM

    I like the golden hair rippling down the stream, and the fox peering over from the other side. Its not a story I know although thanks to Postcard I at least know the names.
    Other countries folk tales good theme.

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  8. AnaSeptember 23, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    i love the tales coming from the former USSSR...i also picked one today, coming from Belarus. I wholeheartedly suggest watching Russian cartoons :)

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  9. MarcieSeptember 24, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    Here is the link to my post if you are interested - I did not manage to post it to the list yesterday :)
    http://marciespostbox.blogspot.co.at/2012/09/sunday-stamps-89.html

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