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Post by katie333 on Jul 8, 2015 12:31:21 GMT
Hi all! So I have zero scans to show as I have just recently made the decision to collect this topic. My plan is to collect stamps with a book pictured on them and also those that are based on a book or book series. I love the hunt and I will admit, I love sorting stamps (I think I am a bit crazy) so I am looking forward to making some surprise find in box lots or other means. Might also experiment making some cachets and making some custom album pages. Hopefully in the future I'll have some actual content to share.  |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 9, 2015 0:02:57 GMT
katie333 Belgium 2000 A Cat and a Rabbit, reading. 
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Post by rod222 on Jul 9, 2015 0:14:27 GMT
From a discussion in a Newsgroup 2000
Regarding Eric Alstrom's question about postage stamps honoring books - S
correspondences from Luxembourg had lovely stamps of historical bookbindings
and I recall that several years ago, stamps were issued to commemorate the
Bibliotheque Nationale of Luxembourg. Back in 1982, when living in Paris, I
discovered a stamp which had been issued honoring "la Reliure" (bookbinding).
It was engraved with a rich dark umber ink on ivory background. France often
honors the arts of the book, as well as writers and artists, in its
commemorative postage. And on money, too! The newest 50-franc note, issued
some years ago, featured Antoine St-Exupery, his airplane and the Little
Prince, as well as the elephant.
Is anyone designing a stamp to honor the centenary of the Guild of
BookWorkers?
Paula Marie Gourley
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Post by katie333 on Jul 9, 2015 0:43:29 GMT
Rod, I knew you'd find some! I love love that of the cat and rabbit. I will have to track that down. I was thinking that some stamps recognizing the art of book making would also be interesting (may even paper milling etc). Lots of potential, it is so invigorating to be collecting something new. I'm up to 5 that I have found searching my hoards. I'll scan once I get a bit more. |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 9, 2015 4:20:16 GMT
Rod, I knew you'd find some! I love love that of the cat and rabbit. I will have to track that down. I was thinking that some stamps recognizing the art of book making would also be interesting (may even paper milling etc). Lots of potential, it is so invigorating to be collecting something new. I'm up to 5 that I have found searching my hoards. I'll scan once I get a bit more. Hi Katie, Consider mounting with a little story for each stamp, makes your collection interesting and saleable later. There are a lot of stamps that refer to books, but the book image is missing, so will make your collection a little harder, but that's OK. Here are Ooooodlies of books on Cinderellas  (Elitist collectors would be advised not to go here) thestampforum.boards.net/post/32276 |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 9, 2015 5:03:07 GMT
Australia 1960 SG#338 "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great Joy."  |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 9, 2015 6:50:13 GMT
Nicaragua 1972 All your favourite Detective Books. Perry Mason Philip Marlowe Ellery Queen Father Brown Charlie Chan  |
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Post by rod222 on Jul 9, 2015 6:52:46 GMT
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Post by rod222 on Jul 9, 2015 7:17:14 GMT
If I were attempting to do a Thematic on Books, I would start at the very beginning with William Tyndale, the man who started it all, brought the English Language to the English, which spread throughout the world. Without Tyndale, we would have no Shakespeare, no Hemmingway etc & etc. Very hard to find him on a stamp, only one I can find is Cayman Islands 2011 For any that may be interested (Narrated by Melvyn Bragg) "The most dangerous man in Tudor England" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p019rn3qwww.caymanpost.gov.ky/portal/page?_pageid=3561,6705424&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTALI cannot get the link to load   |
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Post by katie333 on Jul 9, 2015 16:00:59 GMT
Rod, I think maybe you should do this collection as well!! I do want to weave a story (how appropriate right?), as I am a history buff as well. I am in the gathering phase right now, having just made this decision about 2 days ago.
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Jul 9, 2015 16:47:11 GMT
You may find this site interesting www.graphics-stamps.org/10aBiblePrinted.htmlI definitely have the 1968 NZ 3d bible stamp in my collection The centennial of the Maori Bible issued on 23 April 1968 is commemorated by this stamp
from New Zealand. The Bible was translated into the Maori language by missionaries
sponsored by the Church Missionary Society. The first Maori New Testament was published in
1837 and the first edition of the full Maori Bible was published in 1868, which is
commemorated by this stamp. Since then, there have been four revisions of the full Bible at
intervals of 21 years, 36 years and finally 27 years up to the 1952 edition. The New Zealand
Bible Society has a vision for a new translation of the Bible into modern colloquial Maori (New
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Post by rod222 on Jul 9, 2015 23:02:23 GMT
Rod, I think maybe you should do this collection as well!! I do want to weave a story (how appropriate right?), as I am a history buff as well. I am in the gathering phase right now, having just made this decision about 2 days ago. Hehe No thanks Katie, I am just a collector, I let others do the Philately I shy away from the hard work. Good luck on your journey, gathering is good. |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 11, 2015 14:29:39 GMT
School Teachers issue commemorating the centennial of the National Education AssociationUS Scott 1093; 3c rose lake, perf. 11x10.5 issued July 1, 1957  |
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Post by katie333 on Jul 12, 2015 21:41:33 GMT
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Post by zipper on Jul 12, 2015 21:58:21 GMT
Congratulations!
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Jul 13, 2015 19:42:56 GMT
13 March 2013. New Zealand Post set of 5 stamps honours the acclaimed children's author Margaret Mahy (1936-2012) . Also available as a mini-sheet.  |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Jul 13, 2015 19:50:25 GMT
Serbia post issued a set of two postage stamps to mark the occasion of Europa 2010 – Childrens book. Title: Europa 2010 – Serbia Date of Issue: 5 May 2010  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 14, 2015 12:36:09 GMT
This 3c perf. 10.5x11 stamp (Scott 1099), issued December 27, 1957 depicts a bible, hat and quill pen and commemorates the 300th anniversary of the Flushing Remonstrance.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 15, 2015 12:05:29 GMT
On June 6, 1974 the U.S. commemorated the centennial of the Universal Postal Union with a set of eight 10c, perf. 11 stamps with letter writing designs taken from famous works of art. This is from the painting " Boy with a Spinning Top," by Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin in 1738.  |
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Post by jaysee on Jul 15, 2015 12:34:17 GMT
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 10, 2015 13:45:38 GMT
Two more from the U.S.: The 4c rose magenta on cream, perf. 11x10.5 stamp from the Americana issue (Scott 1585) released December 8, 1977.  The 20c brown and maroon, perf. 11 Nation of Readers stamp (Scott 2106) released October 16, 1984. The design was adapted from an Anthony Berger daguerreotype taken in 1864. The child is Lincoln's son, Tad.  |
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Post by Jerry B on Sept 10, 2015 16:47:40 GMT
Hi Katie Look at Mexico's Exporta series: Scott Numbers 1130 35p bright cerise, yellow 1131 40p orange brown, light yellow 1133 50p bright blue, light yellow 1133A 80p pink, gold 1466 40p pale green, gold C493 2p ultra, gold Also Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Sorry I do not have the Scott numbers handy. You may want to look at the ATA (American Topical Association web site: www.americantopicalassn.org/Jerry B |
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Post by Ryan on Sept 12, 2015 15:44:35 GMT
Here's something that isn't found in the Scott catalogue but is in Michel. This is a 1934 postal tax stamp which was mandatory on all picture postcards. The funds were for the benefit of a "culture fund". The same design with different colour and denomination (oops) was issued in 1932.  Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on Sept 12, 2015 22:30:20 GMT
Here's something that isn't found in the Scott catalogue but is in Michel. This is a 1934 postal tax stamp which was mandatory on all picture postcards. The funds were for the benefit of a "culture fund". The same design with different colour and denomination was issued in 1932. Ryan Romania Culture fund romaniastamps.com  |
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Post by rod222 on Sept 12, 2015 22:44:37 GMT
Australia Blinky Bill  |
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Post by yrmao on Sept 13, 2015 15:25:08 GMT
Kate,
Just saw your thread today. What a great idea for a topic. I recently joined the American Topical Association and read through my first issue of "Topical Time" cover-to-cover. I seem to recall a brief article about a woman who collects children's stories on stamps.
This topic has so many tangents or sub-topics that occur to me: stamps honoring authors of books, religious books, scientific books, fiction, etc. Do you plan to narrow your topical collection?
I found that when I started my topical collection of Judaica, I just put my hands on anything and everything, but there is so much room for specialization that I eventually narrowed my collection down to Holocaust-related material and portraits of Jewish people on stamps.
If I find any interesting book-related stamps to share, I'll scan and share them here on the forum.
Best of luck to you!
Jeremy
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Post by lisag on Feb 9, 2016 16:00:40 GMT
Jane Austen Commemorative GB stamps Lisa's Collection How about authors on stamps?  |
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Post by yrmao on Jul 10, 2017 20:42:25 GMT
Well, it's almost been 2 years since I read through this thread and now I'm back ... with a little more direction in my collecting and an accumulation of stamps to support my latest topical interest ... graphics on stamps. At first, with some incentive from this thread, I started snagging stamps picturing books, but then found what I was most attracted to was printed or hand-written text on a stamp, whether on a book, on a newspaper or just on the stamp itself. As I regularly read the ATA's bi-monthly magazine, I discovered the Graphics Philately Association within its pages ... a veritable font of new ideas and suggestions for stamps to acquire. This time ... I will make an effort to scan and post a few of my faves ...
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Post by Anping on Jul 18, 2017 9:25:51 GMT
Two panes from the GB 2008 James Bond Prestige Booklet, each containing values for 1st class post and 54 pence and 78 pence postal rates. Try finding these postally used  |
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Post by youpiao on Sept 8, 2018 13:39:52 GMT
I also have a literature (fiction writers) topical going. I've amassed most of the pertinent USA issues and many international novelists. I would welcome any posts like the above GB/James Bond and Jane Austen posts, that depict specific works. Below are just a few of the issues I've obtained. Now I have to get busy on creating some album pages for them. Russia, Scott #5822-26 (1989) James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans"  Ukraine, Scott #725 (2008) Nikolai Gogol  United States, Scott #4702 (2012) Edgar Rice Burroughs  And a cinderella souvenir sheet, from novelist/stamp collector Lawrence Block, that came with his book, "Hit Me."  |
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