Date15 May 2007CreatorJim TsinganosSharon RodziewiczPublisherAustralia PostNumber of Pages1Accession NumberM2021.57.1
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Circus - Under The Big Top 'lick and stick' five 50 cent stamp set, issued 15 May 2007. The stamps depict five different circus performers, titled (l-r) The Burning Bicycle, The Inside Out Man, The Dental Trapeze, The Banana Lady and The Human Cannonball. The man depicted in 'The Dental Trapeze' stamp is Jonas Zilinskas. His act is described in the stamp set thus: "Most popular during the 1940s and 1950s, this act was performed until 2001 by Ashton's Circus strongman Jonas Zilinskas, who held a trapeze by his teeth, on which young aerialists such as Bekki Ashton performed. Zilinskas performed this act until he was well into his 80s."
Sharon Rodziewicz, Circus - Under The Big Top 'lick and stick' stamp issue, 2007 (15 May 2007). Coffs Collections, accessed 01/04/2026, https://coffs.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/72416