This discounted SECOND QUALITY mint block of four stamps is identical to item# AM153 with the exception that the designs are well off-centered relative to the perforations. Please click on the image at left or on "Details" for additional information.

Issued by France on November 9, 1962, this complete mint set of three large stamps features the following paintings: "Bonjour Monsieur Courbet," by Gustave Courbet; "Madame Manet on Blue Sofa," by Edouard Manet; and ""Guards Officer on Horseback," by Theodore Gericault. The retail value of this set is $11.50 (Scott 2010 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 2).

Issued by France in 1968, this complete mint set of four large stamps features the following works of art: prehistoric paintings from the Lascaux cave; "Arearea (Merriment)," by Paul Gauguin; "The Dance," by Emile Antoine Bourdelle, and "Portrait of the Model," by Auguste Renoir. Please note that there are a couple minor paper bends among the stamps in this set (visible from the backs of the stamps)- price reduced accordingly.

This complete set of four large high face-value mint stamps, issued by France in 1974, features the following works of art: "Cardinal Richelieu," by Philippe de Champaigne; abstract painting by Joan Miro, "Canal du Loing," by Alfred Sisley; and "In Honor of Nicolas Fouquet," tapestry by Georges Mathieu. Each stamp has an attached tab publicizing "Arphila 75," an international philatelic show held in Paris (June 6-16, 1975). $6.00 retail value (Scott 2007 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 2).

Issued by France on April 25, 1964, this large mint stamp features a portrait painting of John II the Good (Jean le Bon 1359) by Girard d'Orleans. $1.40 retail value (Scott 2007 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 2).

This complete set of two large mint stamps, issued by France on November 9, 1963, features the following works of art: "The Married Couple of the Eiffel Tower," by Marc Chagall; and "The Fur Merchants," stained glass window in the Chartres Cathedral.

Issued by France during 1967, this beautiful complete set of four mint stamps features the following examples of French art: "Father Juniet's Gig" by Henri Rousseau, "Francois I" by Jean Clouet, "The Bather" by Jean-Dominique Ingres, and "St. Eloi, The Goldsmith, at Work" (from a 16th century stained glass window in the Church of Sainte Madeleine, Troyes).

The United States Postal Service commemorated Amish quilts with the issuance of this sheet on Aug. 9, 2001. The mint sheet of 20 stamps features the following four different quilts: "Diamond in the Square" (c. 1920), "Lone Star" (1920), "Sunshine and Shadow" (c. 1910), and "Double Ninepatch Variation." The stamps were designed by Derry Noyes.

Issued by the United States Postal Service on February 1, 2001, this sheet of twenty mint self-adhesive stamps features work from 20 American illustrators, including James Montgomery Flagg, Coles Phillips, A.B. Frost, Frederic Remington, Norman Rockwell, and 15 others. A short overview of the impact of illustators on American culture is included on the back of the sheet; the back of each stamp (back of sheet) includes a short biography of the artist.

This beautiful sheet of 20 mint stamps features works from 20 different American artists, including Rembrandt Peale, John James Audubon, George Catlin, Marry Cassatt, and Grant Wood. The sheet was issued on August 27, 1998, by the United States. Inscriptions on the back of each stamp describe the painting and the artist.