Some time ago I had the theme 'Clocks' in mind, but due to the fact that I'm too busy these weeks and there's only little spare time, I initially thought to skip my contribution this time. However, I happened to have received mail art from Romania yesterday, and the stamps showed, besides flowers... Clocks! No coincidence, I suppose, and thanks to the Romanian (mail) artist Mariana Serban I tried - and succeeded - to find some time to scan these and some more clocks-on-stamps.
One place where clocks are important, is the railway station. You can see the clock on top of this railway station in Brazil:
And in 1989 the Dutch post issued this stamp for the 'Nederlandse Spoorwegen' (Dutch railway company), which were a national company for 150 years then. The stamp shows a clock (and train), too:
A wellknown clock stamp is of course the American clock:
A clock on an other building is this one, on the Beurs van Berlage:
At the end of the year, of course all of us are watching the clock.
In the Netherlands:
And in Spain, where it's tradition to eat a grape every time the clock strikes at the turn of the year:
And for the ones who like technics (among them, I do), the inside of clocks is very interesting, too. 'Uurwerk' means 'clockwork':
Check for more contributions to this Sunday's Sunday Stamps via Viridian's Postcard Blog. Various and very interesting themes!
It's fun to find clocks in different situations and places.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat a ‘timely’ theme! All so interesting.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat Spanish tradition is new to me! Nice theme! thank you for joining in this week.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI have the American Clock, but perhaps it's time I acquired some of the others. Like the last one in particular.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI didn't think there would be so many clock stamps. I love them on postcards but rarely find or receive any.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenthose dutch ones are sooo lovely!! clocks always remind me of a Czechoslovakian cartoon called Sedem výmyselných budíkov...one of my favourites from when I was a child...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI didn't know this cartoon, and looked it up. Those are nice images! Thank you for letting me learn, Ana!
VerwijderenAs a child I used to watch little Mole (Krtek), and recently we re-discovered Pat&Mat ( 'buurman en buurman' = neighbour and neigbour in Dutch)
The clocks and the flowers of the Romanian stamps are an interesting combination (I wish I knew the relationship between the two)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI'd received the Spanish stamp but didn't know the reason of the grapes. I can't decide whether the Romania ones are indicating the time of year the flowers bloom or a play on words for flower clock.
BeantwoordenVerwijderen@ Joy and Violet: First I thought the clocks and flowers had their shape i ncommon. But according to the information I found on www.stampnews.com/stamps/stamps_2013/stamp_1359389838_242919.html it indeed has to do with the time - of the day - when flowers bloom.
VerwijderenLuckily I didn't participate... Can you believe I had thought of the same theme?!? Just because I had received the stamp with the 12 grapes that week.
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