Watches, Clocks, Timekeeping On Stamps

On January 20, 1961 Czechoslovakia issued a three-stamp set commemorating the country's third 5 Year Plan. The 20 haler value (Sc #1020) of this set depicts a rolling mill and its control bridge.

Here is the 34 forint value (Sc #3728) from Hungary's October 16, 2000 Christmas set of four stamps. Stamp shows a pocket watch with a Nativity Scene for a face, with its single hand pointing to 2000.

Clocks are depicted on the low value 20 kobo stamp (Sc #466) from Nigeria's February 27, 1985 two-stamp War Against Indiscipline set. The theme of the stamp is punctuality.

On August 20, 2002 Great Britain issued a five-value set commemorating the 150th anniversary of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. Stamp designs show scenes from Sir James Barrie's Peter Pan. Two of the values feature clocks. The 1st rate value (SG #2305) shows Wendy, John and Michael Darling flying in front of Big Ben, and the E rate stamp (SG #2306) depicts the crocodile consuming the alarm clock.

This 150 cent stamp (Sc #912) of The Netherlands Antilles is the high value of the December 1, 1999 two-stamp set commemorating Christmas 1999 and New Year 2000.

Here is Poland's October 6, 1948 18 zloty stamp (Sc #435) commemorating the European Railway Scheduling Conference held in Krakow.

On May 3, 1976 Luxembourg issued this 6 franc stamp (Sc #87) to commemorate the bicentennial of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown.

From nps.gov, "Henry Sybert also gifted a 6000-pound Seth Thomas clock for the steeple of Independence Hall. In 1926 the City of Philadelphia had an electronic automatic winding unit added to the Seth Thomas clock."

The A Famosa ruins and the clock tower of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building (Ministry of Communications) in Kuala Lumpur are depicted on this 30 sen stamp (SG #837) of Malaysia. The stamp is from the December 31, 1999 "New Millennium - first issue" sheet of 10 different se-tenant 30 sen values. Theme of the ten stamps is "Land and History".

Here is the 12 santim value (Sc #519) from Latvia's November 25, 2000 Christmas set of three.

Ireland
March 27, 2009
Centenary of The Irish Times newspaper
55c

Stamp depicts the clock on the newspaper's offices, as shown on the irishtimes.com website.

An hourglass appears the 40 escudo vale (Sc #753) of Cabo Verde's January 31, 2000 New Millennium set of two stamps.

France
Autumn Philatelic Salon collector sheet
November 3, 2022
The stamp in the sheet depicts the large clock of the Gare d'Orsay (now the Musée d'Orsay) in Paris.

Japan
Prefectural Stamps - Hokkaido
February 7, 2000
Set of four, one stamp depicts clock tower in Sapporo.

Croatia
Croatian Towns III
November 10, 2005
The stamp depicts clock tower, Rijeka

Japan
Prefecture Series – Tokyo
October 19, 2001
The stamp depicts Waseda University Okuma Auditorium and Clock Tower.