{"id":185,"date":"2016-01-23T20:20:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2016-02-08T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T16:00:23","slug":"art-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/art\/art-3\/","title":{"rendered":"..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Netherlands, 1949<\/b><br \/>\n<b>M.C. Escher (1898-1972)<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Postage stamps of the Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M._C._Escher\">M.C. Escher<\/a>, a Dutch graphic artist, designed several postage stamps for the Netherlands. These designs, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Postal_Union\">Universal Postal Union<\/a>, use the international symbol of postal services, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Post_horn\">posthorn<\/a>, in one of Escher\u2019s signature patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_3md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-347 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_3md-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx013_3md\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_3md-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_3md-150x149.jpg 150w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_4md-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_4md-150x149.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_4md-100x99.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_4md-200x198.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_4md-450x446.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_4md.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx013_6md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-350 size-medium\" 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