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| Rock Paintings (miniature sheet and souvenir sheet in set). Miniature sheet (4 stamps). | ||
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Stamp: Bison, 15000 B.C. Cave of Altamira Edition type: commemorative stamps Denomination: 900 Fr Date of issue: 2015 Nov. 10 Depiction: Cave painting - steppe wisents, 2nd stamp in the sheet Colour: multicolored Paper: chalk-surfaced Designer: Perforation: frame 13,25 or imperf. Printing process: offset Size of a stamp (mm): Size of a sheet (mm): Sheet composition: 4 (2×2) stamps Printing run: Stamp issuing authority: Printer: Stamperija Ltd. |
900 Fr - Font-de-Gaume, France; | ||
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Standing Wisent is trace of fragment of Polychrome Ceiling of the Great Hall caves of Altamira, Spain. Tracing of image from source was made Émile Cartailhac (Cartailhac E., Breuil H.: "La caverne d'Altamira à Santillane, près Santander (Espagne)". Monaco, 1906). | |
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| Themes: Steppe Wisent (Bison priscus), Cave Art | ||
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