rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Aug 20, 2014 13:42:51 GMT
 Native Postal Runner 1972 Looks a little modern for mine, perhaps some artistic licence. I always recall him as "The Cleft Stick Postman" Exist : Native Postal Runner , Congo (On Postage Due triangle) and Liberia  Genuine Runner, Country of origin unknown.  |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Aug 21, 2014 0:37:05 GMT
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Jan 26, 2024 9:24:57 GMT
 Sc# 345>  Sc # C294>  Appears to me Titian had the same muse, for Madonna in the 3 paintings.
The 350 Fr "Madonna of the Rabbit" the hand maiden is supposed to be Saint Catherine of Alexandria
(with a broken wheel at her feet) Dashed if I can see it !
Any young lad who has lit a firework, a "Catherine Wheel" firework, it is from her, the name comes from.Sc# 308>  |
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jan 26, 2024 11:26:37 GMT
I have one stamp from the country from the 1959-76 period.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 26, 2024 11:40:36 GMT
I have one stamp from the country from the 1959-76 period. Al, every journey begins with 1 step. I have never bought a C.A.R. stamp, they come in swaps, the early butterflies are common. They don't seem to attract collectors, due to their excessive emisions.   
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Mar 22, 2024 1:13:45 GMT
Sc# 349> A111 1978 Treasures of King Tutankhamen  |
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Post by greaden on Mar 22, 2024 2:38:20 GMT
The Empire is such a bizarre story that I cannot help but collect that period.
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Mar 22, 2024 8:59:21 GMT
  Sc# 93 1967 A32 Aircraft DC3 DC4 Beechcraft Baron  Sc# 403 1979 A123 Basketball  |
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Mar 24, 2024 18:12:25 GMT
Note that these Central African Airways issues are from a different Central Africa - in this case, the English language and shilling currency are associated with the former Rhodesia & Nyasaland. CAA was the flag carrier for that federation. Ryan |
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Post by greaden on Mar 24, 2024 19:24:41 GMT
Bokassa, the dictator of CAR, thought the country was overlooked due to its location and generic name. So in 1977 he crowned himself Emperor, and renamed his realm the Central African Empire.
In 1979, he was overthrown in a French-assisted coup. It was discovered that the palace freezer was full of the dead bodies of political prisoners, and that they were cooked for the Emperor's dinner.
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