[Mongolia] The Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue ( Чингис хааны морьт хөшөө ) Originally proposed as "The Mongol horse"
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Nonethewiser
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, where around 30% of the population live in nomadic tribes. The country has already received 2 limited stamps and a flag, but there is still no location stamp for it.
While there might not be many active Slowly users there, it would be very nice if every country in the world had at least one location stamp.
The Mongol horse is the native horse breed of Mongolia. The breed is purported to be largely unchanged since the time of Genghis Khan. Nomads living in the traditional Mongol fashion still hold more than 3 million animals, which outnumber the country's human population.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Horses are essential in Mongolia and racing is a people's sport where everyone participates.
I think it would make a lovely location stamp.
(Pictures are not mine).
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Shiro from Slowly
Merged in a post:
Genghis Khan stamp
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I'm sure that we would all like to see a stamp of the universally known mongol warrior, right?
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Yann2
Nonethewiser, based on your nice images, a couple design ideas. I like the one with the sun behind a lot. The one with the three horsemen is nice too, but might lose detail in smaller sizes.
Nonethewiser
Yann2: Thank you! These are lovely! I also think that 3 horsemen in one stamp would make it look crowded, but I like that they are in motion there.
Yann2
Nonethewiser: I made a landscape version with the same 3 horsemen image, and it's a bit difficult to need to crop out the eagles. But here it is.
The photo it originated from is gorgeous, and that is lost here as we need to cut things out. The single rider with the backlight is my favourite. 🙂
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While we’re reviewing different proposals and it will take time, we’d love to know what kind of stamps our users care about most:
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Bajaja
Such a big and culturally important country surely deserves a nice location stamp. even if local users weren't many, there surely are tourists that would be delighted, same as us if it goes to World Explorer.
Yann2
Very appropriate, and well done to a high standard as usual - thank you, Nonethewiser.
Excellent idea, you have my support.