hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 10, 2019 12:02:50 GMT
A beautiful series showcasing trees and their leaves and seeds:  |
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Post by blaamand on Feb 10, 2019 12:51:35 GMT
Very nice Andorra stamps xavier, thanks for sharing - most of them are not found very often, at least not by me  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 10, 2019 18:17:02 GMT
Very nice Andorra stamps xavier, thanks for sharing - most of them are not found very often, at least not by me  It's a great pleasure to share these with the Forum members. I'm still missing some issues, mostly in the 1930s and 1940s (often difficult to find and not cheap either), but I'm quite pleased otherwise with my level of completeness... |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 11, 2019 20:37:30 GMT
The next series of French Andorra definitives, where the coat of arms comes back:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 12, 2019 20:25:02 GMT
The double currency Franc-Euro issues from 2000 & 2001, which I haven't shown already:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 13, 2019 20:33:58 GMT
For its next set of definitives, Andorra went self-adhesive and chose the symbols of the 7 communes that make up the principality:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 14, 2019 20:53:43 GMT
French Andorra has a recurring series about local legends. Here are the recent stamps from it:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 15, 2019 21:21:14 GMT
A few more Europa issues from French Andorra in the Euro period:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 15, 2019 22:13:57 GMT
Interestingly enough, there hadn't been any common issues between the two Andorran postal administrations until 2010, when the following two blocks were issued:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 16, 2019 14:33:19 GMT
During the Euro period, Andorra's French administration went back to the country's coat of arms for its new set of definitives:  Notice the three pairs of stamps (the red background one with no face value [which means priority standard mail within Andorra and France], as well as the 1 and 5 cent issues) which differ only by the name of the printer (ITVF and Phil@poste) written in small type in the bottom margins. |
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Post by cursus on Apr 30, 2020 7:43:55 GMT
Charlemagne (Charles the Great) and his son Louis are considered the fathers of Andorra.
 The Sardana is the national dance of both Andorra and Catalonia
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Post by cursus on Jun 1, 2020 8:58:48 GMT
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Post by cursus on Sept 3, 2020 8:54:11 GMT
Europe, 2020:
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Post by cursus on Sept 8, 2020 8:00:46 GMT
Stationery sent from Ordino-la Massana to Barcelona. It bears an August 28th 2020 Andorra pm. (shown on the usual European way: 28/08/20). It shows Casa Plandolit, an old rich Andorra house, now an interesting historical museum. It's, also the entrance to Andorra's Postal Museum. There, also sell (for 1€) this 1983 cover.
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Post by cursus on Nov 2, 2020 10:18:12 GMT
2004: paintings by Joaquim Mir i Trinxet (Barcelona, 1873 - 1940). Well known Catalan painter with works hanging on most of our museums. On he central cinderella, there can be seen a self-portrait of the artist.
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Post by cursus on Nov 6, 2020 10:45:45 GMT
2006. Pau Casals (el Vendrell, Catalonia, 1876 - San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1973). Catalan cello player.
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Post by cursus on Nov 15, 2020 6:24:31 GMT
XVI century paintings on the Casa de la Vall (Andorra's Governement House) in Andorra la Vella.
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Post by cursus on Feb 25, 2021 8:58:14 GMT
FDCs of the 1980 and 1984 winter Olympics
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 7, 2021 21:01:57 GMT
In the last order I have been showcasing these days, the pieces I was most eagerly awaiting were the following two sets of revenue stamps from French Andorra, issued in the mid-1940's and using the French design of the same epoch, YT #T21-31 and T32-41. These are among the very few Andorran stamps I was still missing. I have been looking for these for several years, and was very happy to finally get an opportunity to purchase them. The first set is labelled "Chiffre-Taxe":  The second set is labelled "Timbre Taxe":  I scanned them as soon as they came out the glassines. Then I proceeded to put them in my album and did you guess what I noticed? The 10 Fr orange of the first set reads "Timbre Taxe"! It's the wrong one!!!! Aargh!!!!     At least I could console myself (ever so slightly) when I noticed that the 10 Fr from the second set has a slight imperfection above the T of "Taxe" where there is an ink smudge that connects it to top line of the cartouche, so maybe that counts (even though I am unaware of this being a catalogued variety). |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 30, 2021 19:11:22 GMT
Another nice set of acquisitions were 8 more of the 1931 first French Andorran issues, using French definitives with an "ANDORRE" overprint. We have YT #2-4 and 6-10.  And I was also able to get the 10 Fr "Chiffre-Taxe" T30. So all is well that ends well. |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 31, 2021 10:47:45 GMT
I was also able to complement my holdings with some issues from the Vallées d'Andorre period:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 1, 2021 9:54:33 GMT
Another nice acquisition, the two colour shades of the 20 Fr value (YT #45) from the Vallées d'Andorre landscape series, carmine rose and carmine red:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 2, 2021 6:30:52 GMT
Another acquisition, from the landscape series of 1955, this cross design which I did not have yet (YT #146):  I could have chosen a MNH version of this stamp, actually, but, for small countries with low circulation like Andorra, I actually prefer cancelled stamps with a clear indication of postal usage like this one has. |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 5, 2022 15:46:29 GMT
A new set of fillers for the set of Andorran landscape stamps from 1955-58:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Feb 6, 2022 13:10:01 GMT
More stamps showing Andorran landscapes, this time from the "Vallées d'Andorre" period, issued in 1932-33 and 1938-43:  Funny how the 1 Fr stamp (second row, left), reads like 1 pound! |
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Post by cursus on Sept 4, 2022 13:50:05 GMT
Farm animals market
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Post by cursus on Aug 19, 2023 6:40:15 GMT
1966. Skying in Andorra
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Post by cursus on Aug 23, 2023 9:53:16 GMT
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Post by cursus on Aug 30, 2023 10:05:11 GMT
1979 Andorra wild animals
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Post by cursus on Aug 31, 2023 6:47:06 GMT
25 years of Andorra's French Post  |
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It's a great pleasure to share these with the Forum members. I'm still missing some issues, mostly in the 1930s and 1940s (often difficult to find and not cheap either), but I'm quite pleased otherwise with my level of completeness...
At least I could console myself (ever so slightly) when I noticed that the 10 Fr from the second set has a slight imperfection above the T of "Taxe" where there is an ink smudge that connects it to top line of the cartouche, so maybe that counts (even though I am unaware of this being a catalogued variety). 