tobben63
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Stamp eat sleep repeat
Posts: 1,866 
What I collect: I collect to much, world wide!
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Post by tobben63 on Jan 28, 2023 13:32:25 GMT
Some stamp design are just hilarious. This one from Tanzania show the founder and first president of the Afro-shirazi party in Kenya, Abeid Karume with an with an ax handle through the head!  |
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
Posts: 5,615
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Post by salentin on Jan 28, 2023 16:52:44 GMT
The guy,Sheik Karume,was not hacked to death,as the stamp might suggest,but he was shot.
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,262
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jan 28, 2023 19:07:47 GMT
The yellow "hoe" is the central symbol on the tri-color flag of the Afro-Shirazi party -- it isn't intended to portray the manner of death.
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eggdog
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I want a new Harley!
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What I collect: It's complicated....
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Post by eggdog on Jan 29, 2023 3:07:11 GMT
it isn't intended to portray the manner of death. I suppose they could have moved Sheikh Karume off to one side and/or the mighty axe to the other, just to make it a little clearer. But here's my contribution for the day.  Something about the floating-head motif makes me more than a little uneasy. I've got quite a few ugly stamps around here. Check this space, in fact, for more floating heads! tobben63 may or may not rue the day he started this thread up. |
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eggdog
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I want a new Harley!
Posts: 464
What I collect: It's complicated....
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Post by eggdog on Jan 29, 2023 4:20:55 GMT
This stamp honors the cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolaev and Pavel Popovich, who went into space in 1962 on Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 respectively. Nikolayev, who was launched first, completed 66 orbits. A fascinating article about the turbulent behind-the-scenes activities is on the Russian Space Web. The space flights were spectacularly successful. But something went wrong with the stamp. Can you tell what it was?  |
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brookbam
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APS 236261
Posts: 226
What I collect: US...everything until I decide what I don't want to collect! And now thanks to a TSF give-away I'm adding Space topicals!
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Post by brookbam on Feb 1, 2023 4:55:24 GMT
The space flights were spectacularly successful. But something went wrong with the stamp. Can you tell what it was? (Please see previous post for image.) Is it the eyes of the top cosmonaut? It looks like they are drawn closed. That is the only thing I can see. Mike
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ameis33
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What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet
Posts: 505
What I collect: Poland and Italy Republic
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Post by ameis33 on Feb 1, 2023 9:48:36 GMT
Nikolayev should be MikoĊajew in polish, is it?
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