Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 15, 2014 3:57:25 GMT
Almost got to the end of the day before realizing it hadn't been mentioned on here: Happy Valentine's Day!One recent stamp that fits pretty well: |
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 15, 2014 4:14:04 GMT
Or this most recent one from the US, issued just several weeks ago:
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 15, 2014 4:19:33 GMT
An intriguing idea: Since 2000, France has apparently asked a different designer each year to design a Valentine's postage stamp. This year, Baccarat was the chosen designer: The full sheet: |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Feb 15, 2014 10:06:13 GMT
The number of letters posted in the metropolis and in the
country is subject, at stated times, to a very great
augmentation. In London, for instance, on saturday night
and Monday Morning, an increase in letters of from thirty
to forty percent, takes place owing to the Sunday closing
of the Post-Office.
Valentines day, again, has an immense effect in gorging
the general as well as local posts with love epistles.
Those who move in higher circles might imagine the
Valentine to be a “dead letter”; but the experience of the
Post office shows that the warm old saint still keeps up
an active agitation among tender hearts.
According to the evidence given by Mr. Rowland Hill,
the increase of letters on the 14th February, is not less
than 500,000 throughout the United Kingdom.
Acknowledgement: Fraser’s magazine 1850
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Post by rod222 on Feb 15, 2014 10:10:41 GMT
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Post by lokos on Feb 15, 2014 13:37:29 GMT
A little late but... Here's an issue from the 1971 GB Strike. Seemed appropriate for the day.   Rick |
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Philatarium
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Post by Philatarium on Feb 15, 2014 19:40:25 GMT
Rod: Thanks for posting that link. I've seen some of her pages before, and they're always great. Truly inspiring, and a great use of the internet to synthesis material from multiple sources.
Rick: Glad you posted that! (And it's never too late!) Is that actually on an envelope, or just on paper?
-- Dave
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Post by lokos on Feb 16, 2014 2:54:46 GMT
Dave: This one is actually just on a piece of heavy card stock. I'm not sure if it ever really saw any use or not, I've seen a number of these issues in two or three diff. colors but I have yet to find out which person/company/private mail entity actually put them out. It's not listed in my "Rosen" catalog.
Rick
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