A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course, Of Course... (Part 2)

Here is a horse cancel on horse stamps, on a commercial cover sent from Kaunas, Lithuania to N.Y.C., USA.

Here is Singapore's January 10, 2002 set of 2 stamps for "Year of the Horse" (Chinese New Year). They are Stanley Gibbons #s 1143 and 1145. These stamps were also sold with silver embossing (local rate stamp, SG #1144) and gold embossing ($2 stamp, SG #1146).

On December 10, 1995 Japan issued this stamp (Sc #858) for Chinese New Year 1996 "Year of the Horse". It shows a folk handicraft straw horse.

Japan's two "Philately Week" stamps of April 19, 2002 show old paintings of horse races at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto. They are Scott #s 2814-5. The tradition of Philately Week issues started in 1947.

Horse racing has been held annually at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto "on May 5 since at least the 800's" (clevelandart.org website).

In 2007, Serbia issued 2 Christmas stamps, a 20 D. value and a 46 D. value, The 46 D. stamp depicts an 18th century 'Rodenje Hristovo' (Nativity of Christ) painting in which the Three Wise Men are shown riding horses rather than camels.

This June 30, 2006 stamp of Serbia (Michel #147) commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Serbian victory at the Battle of Misar, an important first step in the country's long road to full independence. The image is a detail from a painting by Serbian artist Paja Jovanovic (1859-1957) and shows a Serbian charge into the Ottoman position during the battle.

From Wikipedia, "The Battle of Misar took place from 12 to 15 August 1806, with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans. For months the Serbian insurgents remained entrenched in sconces on the field of Misar Hill as a pitched battle seemed suicidal from the Serbian standpoint since their army of 8000 men stood against an Ottoman force 40,000 strong...The fight at Misar lasted several days with mutual losses, but the battle itself ended with the collapse of the Ottoman center and the exposure the right and left columns."

This June 26, 1958 DDR official cover from the German Farmers' Bank in Gotha to the Production Cooperative in Ballstaedt carries a commemorative cancellation featuring a race horse and rider. The cancel celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Boxberg (Thuringia) Horse Races.

Here is an old 1984 Olympics aerogramme from the U.S. featuring an equestrian image. It is recently received philatelic mail...unfortunately not cancelled.

Technically not a horse.

Here is Finland's October 9, 1990 "Hobbies Among the Youth" horse-themed miniature sheet. It is Fact #BL6.

The 2.40 Mk. value (Facit #1053) of Finland's 2 stamp 1988 Europa set features a horse-drawn tram of old Helsinki.

From Wikipedia, "Public transport in Helsinki was initiated in 1888 using horse-drawn omnibus...The new system was built to a track gauge of 1000 mm (3 ft. 3 3/8 in.)...The new system was 8.5 kilometers in length."

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A colorful horse is shown on this July 23, 1996 "letter writing day" stamp (Sc. #2533) of Japan.

In 1979 Japan began its campaign to establish "letter writing day" as the 23rd of each month. To publicize this, letter writing day stamps are issued annually.

On July 23, 1991, a set of two such stamps (Sc. #s 2116-7) and a miniature sheet (Sc. #2117a) containing one 62 yen stamp were issued. The 62 yen (high value) featuring a fairy as mounted mail carrier is shown here.

Bulgaria
Breeds of Horses
October 28, 2012
The set of two minisheets depict Andalusian Horse and Arabian Horse, Tinker and Haflinger.