Tuesday, 26 June 2012

John Simpson Kirkpatrick Stamp Info

In 1965 Australia and her dependencies issued common design stamps to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the landing of Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) forces at Gallipoli, Turkey during the First World War. Depicted on these stamps is a man holding another man who is astride a donkey. The design on the stamps was done by Can Andrew based on a statue by Wallace Anderson now at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. The statue, made and cast in 1986, is called "Simpson and his Donkey".


More information at the link below:

http://william-silvester.suite101.com/john-simpson-and-his-donkey-a169652



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