Miniature Sheet Gibraltar -Centenary of Cinema 1995
Gibraltar issued a Miniature sheet with four stamps on 13 Nov 1995 to Commemorate Centenary of Cinema. The actors and movies featured on stamps are
38p – Audrey Hepburn – Label of My Fair Lady
28p – Yves Montand – Label of Jean De Florette
25p – RomStamps on Marilyn Monroey Scheider – Label from Visconti’s Ludwig
5p – Marilyn Monroe – label from Some Like it Hot
Famous Clowns on Stamps – Gibraltar – EUROPA 2002
The theme for EUROPA 2002 was Circus. 58 participating countries issued 93 stamps on this common theme. Gibraltar issued a set of four stamps on the theme of Circus. The stamps were issued on 04 Mar 2002 and featured famous Clowns.
2002 was also the year of Introduction of Common European currency EURO. Twelve European countries started using Euro from 01 Jan 2002.
The Clowns featured on stamps are
30p – Mr Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1831)- English actor, clown & dancer, who became the most Popular entertainer of the Regency era.
40p – Karl Adrien Wettach “Grock” (1880-1959) Swiss Clown, composer and musician. Called “The King of Clowns” and “The Greatest of Europe’s Clowns”.Grock was once the most highly paid entertainer in the World.
42 p – Nikolai Polakovs, OBE (1900-1974).He was a Latvian who was the creator of Coco the Clown, the most famous clown in the UK.
54 p – Hubert Jean Charles Cairoli (1910-1980)- Italian -English clown, impressionist and musician.
