Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Dec 10, 2023 14:22:30 GMT
I didn't find a suitable thread to post this stamp, so I am creating one dedicated to postal history as it is depicted on stamps. (We have a thread focusing on Postal Vehicles on Stamps.) This Austrian stamp issued in 1977 commemorates Emanuel Herrmann (1839 – 1902) who was considered the 'decisive last in an international line of inventors of the postal card'.  |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,262
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Dec 11, 2023 10:52:54 GMT
Laurenz Koschier (1804 – 1879) was a Slovenian civil servant who died in Vienna. Besides Rowland Hill and James Chalmers, he is said to be the inventor of the postage stamp. Austria, 1979:  |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
Posts: 1,262
What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Dec 11, 2023 11:00:26 GMT
100 Years of the Postal and Telegraph Administration (Austria, 1966):  |
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