hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 16, 2022 19:26:49 GMT
Since there are a few stamps dedicated to the SOS Kinderdorf International, I wanted to showcase some that I have in a dedicated thread. First two stamps from Côte d'Ivoire and a set of 4 from Sénégal:  I got the first stamp on the top line early in my collecting years and for some reason it struck a chord... |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 16, 2022 19:31:11 GMT
Then, an FDC from The Gambia from 1995 showing one of the villages in the country and their founder, Dr. Hermann Gmeiner:  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 16, 2022 19:33:33 GMT
Hermann Gmeiner was an Austrian doctor who founded the SOS Kinderdorf organization in 1949. For its 50th anniversary, the postal administrations of Austria, Switzerland, and Germany all marked the event, here the three issues are joined on a single cover:  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 16, 2023 21:36:20 GMT
FDC from Morocco, for a 2000 issue featuring the SOS Children Village foundation:  |
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 10, 2023 5:52:42 GMT
Stamp from Sierra Leone about the SOS Children's Village movement, issued in 2002:  |
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TimG
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Post by TimG on Oct 10, 2023 9:55:05 GMT
That's a real specialty.
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 11, 2023 5:11:03 GMT
I notice I haven't yet shown the Egyptian stamps, issued in 1999 on the 50 th anniversary of the foundation:  |
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 13, 2024 9:44:58 GMT
A new acquisition to add to my SOS Kinderdorf collection, this Zambia issue from 2001:  |
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 14, 2024 16:47:09 GMT
Found while re-arranging my Asia K-to-O countries stockbook, this Nepal issue for the 25 th anniversary of the SOS Kinderdorf International foundation in 1974:  |
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