750 years of the founding of Stockholm

    Sweden  2002.03.21

    In issue: Stamp(s): 2   

    Printing: engraving

    Issued in: rolls

  • Number by catalogue:  Michel: 2289   Yvert: 2271   Scott: 2432  

    Perforation type: 12 ¾x12 ¾

    Subject:

    (5 krones). A view of medieval Stockholm - a fragment of a drawing "Vädersolstavlan"*

     

    Additional:

    *"Vädersolstavlan" - a drawing of the city artist (Swedish Urban målare), 1535.

    The copy of this picture of 1636, by Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, the Swedish portraitist (1600-1664) is more known. Now the drawing is in churche Storkyrkan, Stockholm.

    On stamp it is used the bottom part of a picture which is well-known for imagining of Sundog** - the earliest mention of this atmospheric phenomenon in painting.

    ** A sun dog or sundog (scientific name parhelion, plural parhelia, for "beside the sun". Also called a mock sun.) is a particular type of ice halo. It is a colored patch of light to the left or right of the sun, 22 (or more) degrees distant and at the same distance above the horizon as the sun. It is the most commonly or second most commonly seen of the ice halos. Sundogs can be seen anywhere in the world during any season. In Europe or USA they might be seen 1-2 times a week but not always obviously bright. They are best seen and at their most conspicuous when the sun is low. They are not rainbows.

     

    Reproduction of the well-known drawing:

    Fragment of the picture used in stamp design. You can see a windmill in the left bottom corner.