Animated cartoons on new stamps from Belarus..

 

On November 1, 2013 the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Belarus will issue 8 stamps from the series “Belarusian animated cartoons”. The cartoons are from  following animated films . The stamps will appear in a beautiful sheetlet . The design of FDC is very nice with a magnificent cancellation.

No. 987 The Wolf and the Ram No. 988 Adventures of Nesterka

No. 989 About the Girl Zhenya No. 990 A Small Fish Named Impossible

No. 991  Pilipka  No. 992 Snow White and Rose Red

No. 993 Adventures of the Reactive Piglet No. 994 The Centipede

Face value “N”  shown on the stamps is equal to the surface tariff of a postcard abroad.

National Film Studio "Belarusfilm" is one of the leading studios in Eastern Europe with a complete production cycle. Its history dates back to 1924.

"Belarusfilm" regularly participates in many international film festivals. At the 53rd International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlín (Czechia, 2013) the film "Pilipka" by Tatyana Kublitskaya was awarded the highest prize of the festival "Golden Slipper" in the category "The Best Animated Cartoon". Elena Petkevich’s film "Snow White and Rose Red" won the Prize for Master at the 16th International Animated Film Festival "Animaevka 2013" (Mogilev).

There is the emblem of National Film Studio "Belarusfilm" on the stamps.

An animated cartoon is a film for the cinema, television or computer screen, which is made using sequential drawings, as opposed to animations in general, which include films made using clay, puppet and other means.

Early examples of attempts to capture the phenomenon of motion into a still drawing can be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are often depicted with multiple legs in superimposed positions, clearly attempting to convey the perception of motion.

The phenakistoscope (1832), zoetrope (1834) and praxinoscope (1877), as well as the common flip book, were early animation devices to produce movement from sequential drawings using technological means, but animation did not develop further until the advent of motion picture film.