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Post by jimbooregon on Jul 8, 2015 14:48:47 GMT
Hi all,
I'm I'm a US citizen now retired in Morocco and returning to an earlier love....stamps. This time my collection reflects a lifetime study of swords, knives and use of same. My first stop was at the ATA to join and get their checklist. A sad thing it is. It lists only 200+ stamps on the topic and is obviously a very quick skim of the material.
GREAT! I can spend hours pouring over catalogs and looking in the back alleys of the net to add to the list and improve my collection. In just a few days of casual search I found such gems as the first four issues of Danish West Indies with crown scepter and sword and fifty other treasures.
I hope to send ATA my checklist additions in the fall to slowly improve it for others. Any help anyone can offer greatly appreciated.
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Post by stoltzpup on Jul 8, 2015 15:02:07 GMT
Welcome to the Forum. You should find interesting conversation here, and you bring the "cutting edge" of topical interests. Thanks.
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 8, 2015 16:09:49 GMT
Let's cut to the chase and start posting images! The Burgoyne Campaign stamp, issued August 3, 1927 (Scott 644). Design is fashioned after the John Trumbull painting depicting General Burgoyne prepared to surrender his sword to General Gates who, out of respect, refuses to take it and instead directs Burgoyne to the tent to take refreshment.  |
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Post by Admin on Jul 8, 2015 17:41:18 GMT
I sure your hunt will be never ending. Any military stamps with soldiers are a good source, the recent GB stamps of military uniforms a number have swords. Don't forget to look for butchers they most often have a knife in hand. Fishermen, hunters even carpet layers. Is there a stamp for carpet layers? If so rod222 might have one in his data base. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 8, 2015 20:12:55 GMT
Denmark  Canada  China  Image taken from internet (has watermark  ) |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 8, 2015 23:25:00 GMT
AdminYour China stamp, Admin. Are they not money, and not knives? Such a thing, does not exist.
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Post by rod222 on Jul 8, 2015 23:38:34 GMT
Germany President Heuss A nice Halibut, A Fish Knife, and a three tyned fork. (A seafood fork) (Not of my collection)  |
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Post by jimbooregon on Jul 9, 2015 19:24:40 GMT
Great suggestions all....I can see I'm going to have to limit my choices to full views of swords/knives, no hilt or handle only views..
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Post by jaysee on Jul 10, 2015 8:46:11 GMT
The sport of fencing could be a rich vein of material for you. I think you could find over 400 stamps on that topic.
Although there are earlier examples, from the 1980s most Saudi Arabia stamps include a palm tree above a pair of crossed swords (the coat-of-arms).
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Post by rod222 on Jul 11, 2015 4:26:51 GMT
"No hilt or handle views"   |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 23, 2015 13:00:54 GMT
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Post by jimbooregon on Jul 23, 2015 15:54:28 GMT
Rod,
Thank you!!! Now to find a dent copy of Itl 119 and 120. And those India stamps will really spice things up. 
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Post by bobby1948 on Feb 7, 2016 2:09:52 GMT
Cook Islands: Explorers (Columbus) landing, sword at hand
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 16, 2016 23:10:04 GMT
TSF member tallanent posted a study on the various labels celebrating the 1937 coronation of Great Britain's King George VI -- that work may be viewed here. Below are two swords featured in the Regalia set printed by Harrison and Sons, Ltd of London: the Sword of State and the Sword of Mercy (also known as Curtana).  |
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Post by sgard on Sept 11, 2017 16:30:57 GMT
Latvia 1995  |
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Post by sgard on Sept 11, 2017 16:56:30 GMT
Latvia 1997  |
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Post by salentin on May 25, 2018 17:31:03 GMT
Issued Jan.10th,1935,from a set of 6 (Swedish diet´s 500th anniversary)
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Post by salentin on Oct 15, 2018 20:43:22 GMT
issued April 9th;1991 750th anniversary of the battle of Liegnitz,where a German/Polish army fought against a Mongolian army.
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Post by outremer01 on Sept 26, 2019 12:27:45 GMT
Sultanate of Oman 3rd March 2019 Omani "khanjar" (dagger)  designed by Shamsa Saud al Ghatrifi |
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Post by outremer01 on Sept 26, 2019 12:48:42 GMT
Kingdom of Bahrain 16th December 2008 National Day scenes from the traditional Ardha Parade   |
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Post by outremer01 on Sept 26, 2019 12:50:29 GMT
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4th July 2000 Riyadh - Arab Cultural Capital  coat of arms of Riyadh and rainbow
the crossed swords also form part of the country indicator
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Post by outremer01 on Sept 26, 2019 12:55:37 GMT
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 9th March 2016 Tallest Flagpole in the World  In addition to the crossed swords country indicator, we also have the national flag of Saudi Arabia, showing a sword beneath the Muslim creed. |
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Post by outremer01 on Sept 26, 2019 12:59:08 GMT
Kingdom of Bahrain 16th December 2005 National Day  King Hamad Ibn Isa al-Khalifa in ceremonial robes and wearing both a dagger and a sword in ornate sheaths. |
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Post by outremer01 on Sept 26, 2019 13:21:01 GMT
Several Middle East States commemorated the Deir Yassin massacre of 9th April 1948 with a stamp or set of stamps, all sharing a common design: Syria -  Saudi Arabia -  Lebanon -  Kuwait -  |
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Post by outremer01 on Sept 26, 2019 13:23:48 GMT
Lebanon 20th February 1969 20th Anniv of international Museums Council (ICOM) gold dagger, found in Byblos  |
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Post by outremer01 on Sept 26, 2019 13:28:35 GMT
Lebanon 22nd November 1993 50th Anniv of Independence sword ceremony  designed - S Ghantous |
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Post by salentin on Dec 3, 2020 9:48:38 GMT
issued Sept.16th,1946 (from a set of 8);
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 5, 2020 8:02:16 GMT
When I saw this thread re-appear, I immediately thought of the Afars and Issas (now Djibouti) stamp series below:  |
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Post by cursus on Dec 5, 2020 8:50:05 GMT
Swiss pocket knive:
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Post by wakeybluenose on Dec 7, 2020 18:04:05 GMT
The early stamps of Ireland 1923 featuring the 'sword of light'  |
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