scub
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Post by scub on Jan 13, 2024 18:07:03 GMT
From the early days of stamp collecting, I always read about lampshades that were covered with real “Penny Black” and about stamp wallpapers, I mean from real stamps, not printed ones. For example, Wikipedia says: … However, without reason for collection, stamps at this time were used for pasting wallpaper. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhilatelyI remember a story from my youth. Postage stamps had been threaded onto strings and the guest room of a pub had been decorated with these garlands. That was sometime 150 years ago. Almost every brand from this period is now a sought-after rarity. Unfortunately I don't remember where I read this story. That was about 50 years ago. But this “crime” remains in my memory. Does anyone know this story or do you have pictures of this or similar stories? |
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scub
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Post by scub on Jan 13, 2024 18:08:30 GMT
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brookbam
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Post by brookbam on Jan 13, 2024 23:08:24 GMT
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 14, 2024 1:46:20 GMT
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Jan 14, 2024 1:47:40 GMT
I have a pair of examples I've posted elsewhere here - don't know if I can fit them under the "barbaric" description, though, as these items ended up being sold for the benefit of charities. First, a fibreglass cow from our Cartoon & Comic Book Characters thread:  Also, Emily the fibreglass elephant from Singapore, found in our Elephants on Stamps thread:  I know that rod222 has some cars covered with stamps and I've seen a nicely done bicycle too. **Edit - and there's the bike! Ryan |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 14, 2024 1:58:48 GMT
I know that rod222 has some cars covered with stamps and I've seen a nicely done bicycle too. **Edit - and there's the bike! Ryan  That was a challenge, finding those in my database.
Crime?
Here's the thing, Wim Smits destroyed perhaps 3000 stamps to cover his car , so was that a crime?
The advertising, the curiosity the car gave, allowed Wim Smits to find the LITHOGRAPHIC STONE OF THE FIRST WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STAMPS
Inestimable discovery!
 Russian Trabant
 
The western Australian find of the century (My Opinion)  |
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scub
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Post by scub on Jan 14, 2024 6:46:55 GMT
Perhaps rare stamps were also used in modern “works of art”.
Who chose the stamps?
Did this people have any idea about philately?
Who's checking to see if there might be an "Inverted Jenny" there?
Oder any of "British Guiana 1c magenta". LOL
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brookbam
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Post by brookbam on Jan 18, 2024 16:46:50 GMT
This is starting to give me ideas on what to do with my commons or damaged stamps....hmmmm....
Cover Blue (the nickname to my very rusted 1994 Ford F250 4x4) in blue stamps.
Make a checkerboard in red and black stamps
Cover my computer cabinet or laptop in stamps.
I'll have to add this to my 1000 other projects to do.
And just for the record...I don't think this is a crime at all...especially if the stamps are damaged or if it is one of the millions of commons.
Mike
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brookbam
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Post by brookbam on Jan 18, 2024 16:52:03 GMT
Perhaps rare stamps were also used in modern “works of art”. Who's checking to see if there might be an "Inverted Jenny" there? I posted above about the ball of stamps that there is the Position 18 of the Inverted Jenny in there. I think that guy is pointing at it. If you squint really hard and kind of blur your eyes and get all squintty...it looks like it. Really.
Mike
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