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| 90th anniversary of the death of Buffalo Bill Cody (miniature sheet and 3 souvenir sheets in set). Miniture sheet (6 stamps). | ||
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Stamp: Bison (Bison bison) Edition type: commemorative stamp Denomination: 5000 Fr Date of issue: 2007 Dec. 20 Depiction: Portrait of Buffalo Bill; Background is Albert Bierstadt's painting "The Last of the Buffalo"; 1st stamp in the sheet Colour: multicolored Paper: chalk-surfaced Designer: Paul Puvilland Perforation: comb. 13:13,25 Printing process: offset Size of a stamp (mm): 40×30 Size of a sheet (mm): 150×112 Sheet composition: 6 (3×2) stamps Printing run: Stamp issuing authority: Printer: Stamperija |
5000 Fr - Forth Pacific Railroad train; | ||
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Original Artwork - Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) "The Last of the Buffalo", 1888. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington (District of Columbia), United States. | |
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William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a United States soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory (now state of Iowa, USA) near LeClaire on February 26, 1846, and died January 10, 1917 in Denver, Colorado. Cody got his nickname "Buffalo Bill" when he had a contract to supply Kansas Pacific Railroad workers with buffalo meat and by killing 4280 American bison (commonly known as buffalo) in eighteen months 1867-1868. | ||
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| Themes: Bison (Bison bison), Persons, Painting, Indians, Hunting | ||
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