Laos: Stamps

Who could not appreciate these lovely emmissions?
not only confined to Laos, France as well.

Like your Albinos, I have yet to come across any philatelic focus on the inks that France used in these printings,
the colours are vibrant, and the feel of the stamps fabulous,
(yes I have had them betwixt thumb and finger) They all have a certain quality about them.
Mixing Turquoise with browns and reds, wow!

Beautiful !
I collected Laos stamps for a number of years and it never ceased to amaze me how hard some of the low catalogue items were to find.
I had an almost complete collection save for 3 or 4 cheap sets which in years of searching I never found.

Now the collection has been sold except for the set below, my favourite, which I have found difficult to part with !!




Londonbus1

Wonderful scans of Laotian stamps Ryan and Londonbus!

And, I agree with Rod222, that the colors are fantastic on these issues.  They remind me of watercolors in the way they blend and fade together.   I wonder if a special printing process was used.

Here's another set from 1959 showing Historic Monuments.

(apologies if this table I put them in messes up in mobile devices)

Last night, I was working my way through a small glassine filled with stamps from Laos.  I came across this stamp, not too special since it has a small tear in it, but the subject gives me the opportunity to provide a link.  This stamp features Rama and Sita, characters in the Hindu epic the Ramayana.  This story is one of the core pieces of Hindu literature and therefore has its roots in India, but it has been transported across land (and across religions) and can be found in many different cultures in southeast Asia, including Laos.



Now for the link.  The story of Rama & Sita has been given a modern retelling in the form of Annette Hanshaw, a white blues singer from the 1920s, singing songs which parallel both the story from the Ramayana as well as the marriage breakup of the animator, Nina Paley.  The animated film is a remarkable work, and has an interesting subtext based on copyright battles (the rights holders to these old obscure blues songs wanted over $200,000 to allow the use of the songs).  It's a long story, but Sita Sings the Blues is now in the public domain.



Ryan

Yes that is nice. I'm glad you guys posted about that. I was wondering what method was used to print these Laotian stamps that were engraved but had multiple colors.

Received Laos 1998 from Mr. Steiner.
Very prompt reply,   extraordinary service.

Great info Jen !


PS: you are correct...Chinese Pangolin.

Steve, our esteemed moderator, first brought our attention to the Pangolin,  in the stamp "Treasure Hunt"
Solved by Ryan (indonesia stamp)
thestampforum.boards.net/thread/2299/stamp-treasure-hunt-sort?page=3

Now there's a man who knows his stamps.  

Yes, the old chess from Cuba,  Romania usually CTO around the 1970's (inc the ubiquitous transport series) , Magyar Posta always a few of them,
Mongolia, a smattering.
Now here's the odd thing, collect those countries and you hit the wall with some, the prices can be amazing.

I collect everything, and I thought Burundi would be similar to those above.
I whacked in a bid at auction for a few recently, I think I placed $14,    they sold for $143.

 

I spent a number of years living in Thailand,
not seen that instrument played before.
Fascinating.
Would have liked to see a Thai dance accompaniment.

I hadn't noticed that!  I think these larger American postmarks were used for registered mail - perhaps my stamp was placed on the back of the envelope and received its cancellations that way, as part of the backstamps used in the registered mail transit process in the US.

Ryan

salentin.........Thanks for showing these lovely stamps from the Kingdom of Laos.

I collected the same (1951-75) for many years and it was one of my favourite collections.
Sadly now gone but seeing these brings back such fond memories.

Thanks for showing.....I hope there will be more to come !!