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Post by jamesw on Mar 16, 2015 10:50:44 GMT
Anyone know the relationship between the Players sailor and Inuit print making?
As I heard the story, a gentleman - his name and purpose escape me, of course - was in the Canadian arctic in the late 1940s or early 50s, working with the locals. The Inuit people saw his pack of Players ciggies and asked him how they were able to draw the picture of the sailor exactly the same on each pack. The man explained the rudimentry principles of printing to them, and that was the beginning of a new artistic movement. The locals learned various printmaking techniques and the rest is history.
True or false? I have no idea, but it makes for a nice story.
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Post by Ryan on Mar 16, 2015 21:43:27 GMT
Anyone know the relationship between the Players sailor and Inuit print making? I don't think there's any mention of the sailor on the cigarette package here, but there is some coverage regarding the early days of the Cape Dorset artists' cooperative and their print making. Kenojuak Ashevak was one of the most celebrated of the Cape Dorset artists and collectors of Canadian stamps will be well familiar with her art as it has been commemorated at least three times. I've posted this before elsewhere, I'm sure - it's one of my favourite National Film Board pieces. (No Great Britain cinderella content, more's the pity.) Eskimo Artist: KenojuakRyan |
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Post by zipper on Mar 22, 2015 6:16:23 GMT
1897 Diamond Jubilee  |
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Post by rod222 on Apr 2, 2015 6:41:28 GMT
Circa 1959 Sweetule Products Ltd Radcliffe Manchester England Stamp Cards  |
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Post by zipper on Apr 14, 2015 0:35:21 GMT
Great Britain?  |
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Post by Ryan on Apr 14, 2015 2:00:13 GMT
Probably Germany but could be any German-speaking land - "um 1820" refers to an approximate year date ("circa 1820"). Maybe those doo-dads in the lower left (roses?) have some significance, a graphic element repeated on all labels in a series or something like that. Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on May 8, 2015 23:23:45 GMT
1997 Mid-hants Railway 20th Anniversary 180mm x 145mm Very small line roulette. Watercress line. 25p Rail Letter Fee  |
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Post by zipper on Jul 19, 2015 14:36:48 GMT
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jul 19, 2015 17:19:49 GMT
The Great White City was an area of West London that was developed as an Exhibition Centre together with an Athletics Stadium. The Anglo-American Exhibition was the last Exhibition to be staged there and was cut short due to the outbreak of WWI.
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Post by jamesw on Aug 1, 2015 15:37:09 GMT
A lovely sheet of British War Fund labels.
  The bottom of the sheet reads 'In aid of the Society of the British Red Cross and The Order of St. John of Jerusalem'. Each label is imprinted Perkins Bacon & Co Ltd. London FYI, if you're in the Chicago area, Stamp King has several more of these sheets available! |
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Post by jamesw on Aug 1, 2015 20:10:09 GMT
Looking at this image again, on the computer screen, I notice this lady has very short arms!
Trust me, I went to 4 years of art college, and I understand foreshortening. The engraver here kind of missed the mark!
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Post by rod222 on Aug 1, 2015 20:28:02 GMT
A lovely sheet of British War Fund labels. The bottom of the sheet reads 'In aid of the Society of the British Red Cross and The Order of St. John of Jerusalem'. Each label is imprinted Perkins Bacon & Co Ltd. London FYI, if you're in the Chicago area, Stamp King has several more of these sheets available! Nice sheetlet James. They do fabulous work, in country towns in Australia, with their Ambulance Service (St. John of Jerusalem) Can be linked to SMOM thestampforum.boards.net/thread/2818/malta-smom-stamps |
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Post by rod222 on Sept 9, 2015 1:28:06 GMT
The City of London Philatelic Society Founded 13th November 1902 Further information unknown CV circa $20 Maltese Cross Ebay 2015 Joining fee propaganda 5/- per annum, (5 shillings per annum) Do you get the subtle message?........The King of Clubs   |
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Post by rod222 on Sept 9, 2015 2:20:28 GMT
The Stamp Centenary Exhibition, organized by the RPS was held at Lancaster House, Westminster and ran from May 6th to May 14th. Detail Chalon Portrait of Queen Victoria Printed by Perkins Bacon  Original sheets (Not of my collection)   There is an interesting story about Queen Victoria and Chalon. Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, in their book "The History of Photography, 1685-1914" (New York, St. Louis and San Francisco: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969), p. 118 relate: "In the early days of daguerrotype portraiture, Queen Victoria asked the fashionable miniature painter Alfred Chalon whether he were not afraid that photography would ruin his profession, 'Ah, non, Madame', he replied in a mixture of French and English, 'photographie can't flatère'." Originally published in "The Women at Home", London, vol. VIII, 1897, p. 812. |
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Post by cjd on Sept 9, 2015 2:52:26 GMT
I missed the Patriotic War Fund sheetlet when posted a month ago.
I'd done some checking on these a few years ago, and it was based on a poster by Bernard Parkridge entitled "Take Up the Sword of Justice" responding to the sinking of the Lusitania (I believe).
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Post by rod222 on Nov 5, 2015 13:22:23 GMT
A beautiful set from the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund Vignette : "Charity" by Sir Joshua Reynolds The 2/6d exists in a scarce red-brown shade. Recess printing was carried out on 3 hand operated machines. The only British stamp, bearing a Royal signature. Plates were destroyed July 9th, 1897 after a single printing . My example, just 19 days later, cancelled Finsbury Park SO (Sorting Office) N (North London) "Signed in Plate" (which I do not know what that exactly means) ?  |
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Post by rod222 on Nov 13, 2015 19:06:15 GMT
Lord Roberts Memorial Album. April 2015 The "Cinderella Stamp Club of Australasia" V29 #1   |
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Post by rod222 on Nov 13, 2015 19:36:43 GMT
Lord Roberts memorial Album. The Cinderella Stamp Club of Australasia Sept 2011 Vol 25 #2 Author : Mr. Peter Simpfendorfer. Page 1 of 6  |
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Post by jamesw on Dec 31, 2015 4:08:25 GMT
Couple of nice ones from the Daily Mail newspaper. Perhaps some of our Anglophile friends can fill us in on this one? |
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Post by rod222 on Dec 31, 2015 4:21:25 GMT
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Post by jamesw on Feb 20, 2016 3:26:09 GMT
Well here are some more Ideal Home seals acquired today, |
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Post by jamesw on Feb 20, 2016 3:27:09 GMT
Some other Brit seals. Oh and an Irish. |
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Post by rod222 on Feb 24, 2016 1:43:11 GMT
Great Britain c1913 Harrison & sons Dummy Stamps. Owner (Possibly Londonbus1 )  |
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Post by Londonbus1 on Mar 8, 2016 6:57:44 GMT
A lovely sheet of Poster Stamps from the Vectis Philatelic service on the UK's Isle of Wight. Designed by Roger Mazillius and local artist Roger Goodburn, they show Island scenes with their corresponding Coats of Arms.
My information tells me that further sheets were at the printers ready for production but I have never found any others up to now.
The Stamps were used to carry Philatelic Mail on the Ryde-Southsea Hovercraft Service and the Ryde-Portsmouth British Rail Ferry.
Many Islanders had long believed that they should have their own stamps but the Post Office could never be persuaded and this idea was conceived from that. Lovely designs, the sheet has all the usual marginal markings one might associate with a Stamp issue and well presented with an information sheet.
Designed and marketed by Vectis Philatelic Services. Printed and Perforated by the Isle of Wight County Press, Newport.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Mar 8, 2016 7:02:25 GMT
De La Rue sample [Dummy] stamp from Circa 1910. Minerva Head.
Can be found in at least 4 other colours. I found this lying in the bottom of a box during my latest UK trip !! 
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Post by Londonbus1 on Mar 10, 2016 21:27:18 GMT
I wasn't sure what to do with these so here they sit........for now !
Britain's Cinderella Stamp Club used 'Subscription' stamps on their payment cards and I have to admit they make a nice display. Using the rare Japanese Local, Sutherland & Co as a centerpiece the labels have a certain eye appeal. Rouletted and printed in large sheets of all colours. You would have needed to remain a member for many years to get a full card !!
The sheets are very large and it was difficult to get decent scans.
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