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UPU monument.
Is the reclining lady in the bronze and granite statue, Helvetia?
http://cjoint.com/data/fev3B0xTvC.htm Thanks. |
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UPU monument.
"rodney" wrote in message
... Is the reclining lady in the bronze and granite statue, Helvetia? http://cjoint.com/data/fev3B0xTvC.htm Quite. "The symbolism of the seated figure is intriguing. I contacted the UPU in Bern, and from their UPU magazine Union Postale No. 11 dated November 1909, they advised that, "To symbolize the city of Berne, the artist included a noble and majestic female figure, her outstretched arm cradling the city shield." " http://www.stone-family.info/bern-postal.html Here a better pictu http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nkmal_Bern.jpg -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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UPU monument.
On May 3, 2:18*am, "rodney" wrote:
Is the reclining lady in the bronze and granite statue, Helvetia?http://cjoint.com/data/fev3B0xTvC.htm Thanks. She's just one of the letter carriers, on her tea break. 8*) The UPU emblem is full of historic significance, and takes its inspiration from the Universal Postal Union monument erected at the beginning of the 20th century in Berne, Switzerland. The bronze and granite statue commemorating the Union's founding in 1874 was unveiled on 4 October 1909. It is the work of the French sculptor René DE SAINT-MARCEAUX, a member of the Paris Académie des Beaux-Arts. He was commissioned to produce the work following an international competition organized by the Swiss Government on the theme: "Around the world". DE SAINT-MARCEAUX's sculpture embodies the UPU's truly universal mission, depicting five messengers who symbolize the five continents as they pass letters round the globe. The monument's symbolic representation was gradually accepted as the UPU's distinctive emblem. The logo appeared for the first time on the cover of the UPU's flagship magazine Union Postale in 1951, and was then used on envelopes and official documents. The UPU's Executive Council adopted it as the Union's official logo in 1967. |
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UPU monument.
OK, I am accepting she is Helvetia.
I looked everywhere including the Victor Manta link on the UPU monument itself. No one seems to want to identify her. Personally I like her green, youth is cute, but signs of age narrate a deeper story. Probably inherent in the fact the Australian Cricket team, never wash their baggy greens. Anyhow, the monument gets a big tick from moi. "Blair" wrote in message ... On May 3, 2:18 am, "rodney" wrote: Is the reclining lady in the bronze and granite statue, Helvetia?http://cjoint.com/data/fev3B0xTvC.htm Thanks. She's just one of the letter carriers, on her tea break. 8*) The UPU emblem is full of historic significance, and takes its inspiration from the Universal Postal Union monument erected at the beginning of the 20th century in Berne, Switzerland. The bronze and granite statue commemorating the Union's founding in 1874 was unveiled on 4 October 1909. It is the work of the French sculptor René DE SAINT-MARCEAUX, a member of the Paris Académie des Beaux-Arts. He was commissioned to produce the work following an international competition organized by the Swiss Government on the theme: "Around the world". DE SAINT-MARCEAUX's sculpture embodies the UPU's truly universal mission, depicting five messengers who symbolize the five continents as they pass letters round the globe. The monument's symbolic representation was gradually accepted as the UPU's distinctive emblem. The logo appeared for the first time on the cover of the UPU's flagship magazine Union Postale in 1951, and was then used on envelopes and official documents. The UPU's Executive Council adopted it as the Union's official logo in 1967. |
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On May 3, 9:20*pm, "rodney" wrote:
OK, I am accepting she is Helvetia. I looked everywhere including the Victor Manta link on the UPU monument itself. No one seems to want to identify her. Well since the original artist did not name her, I would accept her as "Berne" based on her representation of the city and not the country. By the way, Berne is short for Bernadette. I know, she works in my office, 8*) Blair |
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"Blair" Well since the original artist did not name her, I would accept her as "Berne" based on her representation of the city and not the country. If that is the case, would not Rupert have been depicted? http://cjoint.com/data/ffscdZZrP4.htm Helvetia is still looking good. |
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"rodney" wrote in message
... OK, I am accepting she is Helvetia. I looked everywhere including the Victor Manta link on the UPU monument itself. No one seems to want to identify her. As I have posted, UPU itself has identified her as a symbol of Berne: "The symbolism of the seated figure is intriguing. I contacted the UPU in Bern, and from their UPU magazine Union Postale No. 11 dated November 1909, they advised that, "To symbolize the city of Berne, the artist included a noble and majestic female figure, her outstretched arm cradling the city shield." " http://www.stone-family.info/bern-postal.html If she is not good enough as a Berne symbol (Bernina?), here is another candidate for this title (Ursula Andress, born in Ostermundigen, Bern, in 1936): http://www.pleinsudtv.com/~iut2a/ima...s-dr-no-1b.jpg My preferred is Diana, 3 month old, born also in Ostermundigen, Bern. Yesterday I participated in her christening ceremony :-) -- Victor Manta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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UPU monument.
On May 4, 2:59*am, "Victor Manta" wrote:
If she is not good enough as a Berne symbol (Bernina?), here is another candidate for this title (Ursula Andress, born in Ostermundigen, Bern, in 1936): http://www.pleinsudtv.com/~iut2a/ima...andress-dr-no-... Victor: Is that a recent photo? I must say that she is still looking very well at age 73. 8*) Blair |
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Aha, it is all revealed, I had not seen the Berne shield in any of the images. Thanks. Ursula Andress, she was the lass with the machine guns in her bra, I think. Good grief! "Blair" wrote in message ... On May 4, 2:59 am, "Victor Manta" wrote: If she is not good enough as a Berne symbol (Bernina?), here is another candidate for this title (Ursula Andress, born in Ostermundigen, Bern, in 1936): http://www.pleinsudtv.com/~iut2a/ima...andress-dr-no-... Victor: Is that a recent photo? I must say that she is still looking very well at age 73. 8*) Blair |
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On May 4, 2:59*am, "Victor Manta" wrote:
My preferred is Diana, 3 month old, born also in Ostermundigen, Bern. Yesterday I participated in her christening ceremony :-) -- Victor Manta Does Diana have her stamp album yet. Victor? Blair |
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