Royal Domain of Drottningholm
(1991)
Sweden
The Royal Domain of Drottningholm stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm. With its castle, perfectly preserved theatre (built in 1766), Chinese pavilion and gardens, it is the finest example of an 18th-century north European royal residence inspired by the Palace of Versailles.
Sweden 1991. Drottningholm Castle from the front. The stamp is engraved by Piotr Naszarkowski. The stamp is shown largely oversized for a better view. Coil stamp.
One of the most beautiful stamps from the interior of Drottningholm Castle is the below painting, issued on a souvenir sheet in 2000, and engraved by the famous engraver Czeslaw Slania.
Sweden 2000. Czeslaw Slania's famous 1000th engraving for Sweden. The center part of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl's painting from 1695 "Great Deeds of the Swedish Kings". On the lower selvedge of the sheet is a pen-drawing of the castle, as also shown on the above stamp issued in 1991. Click here to see a commercially used cover franked with this stamp. The link will open in a new window.
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