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Old May 3rd 09, 07:18 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
rodney
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Is the reclining lady in the bronze and granite statue, Helvetia?
http://cjoint.com/data/fev3B0xTvC.htm
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Old May 3rd 09, 08:35 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Victor Manta
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"rodney" wrote in message
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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

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Old May 4th 09, 01:55 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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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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Old May 4th 09, 02:20 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
rodney
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Default 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
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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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Old May 4th 09, 02:48 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Blair[_2_]
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Default UPU monument.

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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Old May 4th 09, 03:25 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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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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Old May 4th 09, 07:59 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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"rodney" wrote in message
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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 :-)

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Old May 4th 09, 06:48 PM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
Blair[_2_]
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Default 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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Old May 5th 09, 12:58 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
rodney
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Default UPU monument.


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
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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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Old May 5th 09, 03:21 AM posted to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss
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Default UPU monument.

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 :-)

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Does Diana have her stamp album yet. Victor?

Blair
 




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