angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jun 22, 2022 10:16:35 GMT
This has been going on for years. Why would the US issue a stamp for Harry Potter?
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jun 22, 2022 13:37:23 GMT
For the same reason UK's Royal Mail issues stamps for Star Wars. I guess !  |
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brightonpete
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Post by brightonpete on Jun 22, 2022 19:27:41 GMT
Yup, VERY popular series! Sure fire sales with items like that!
Just look at Star Trek, at least in Canada. They did a bang-up job on them, in two series. I loved TOS and had to get them all, in just about all forms!
Peter
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 22, 2022 19:34:27 GMT
To complement a previous post in this thread, the companion block from Sao Tomé e Principe celebrating 10 years of chancellorship of Angela Merkel:  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 23, 2022 17:42:41 GMT
At the risk of upsetting JeffS once more with a "wallpaper" issue, here is a 2013 sheetlet from Burundi honouring French actress Brigitte Bardot  :  |
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JeffS
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What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Jun 23, 2022 19:42:52 GMT
This 48-page booklet was available from the US Postal Service in 1999, Publication 512 printed on back cover. |
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on Aug 27, 2022 15:51:44 GMT
Rosa Luxemburg,born 1871 as Rozalia Luxenburg in Russian Poland was a socialist agitator/polititian first in Poland,since 1887. She emigrated to Germany,where she joined the SPD (social democratic party) in 1898. As part of the left wing,she opposed the policy of the SPD,when the party opted for the war in 1914. Luxemburg spend most of the war-years imprisoned.After the war she was a co-founder of the KPD (communist party of Germany). During the Spartakus-Rebellion in 1919 she was arrested by soldiers in Berlin and murdered by right-wing officers.
Stamp issued on June 20th,1955. (from a set of 7)
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on Aug 28, 2022 13:20:24 GMT
Valentina Tereshkova,the first woman in space. Issued Oct.17th,1963. (from a set of 4)
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on Aug 29, 2022 17:47:12 GMT
A stamp I like a lot: On the left is a picture by an unknown artist from 1835: A portrait of Jenny von Westphalen (1814 -1881),since 1843 Jenny Marx. A sharp intellectual,she was much more a collaborator than just the secretary of Karl Marx and an author in her own rights. Another of the great women of german socialism. Stamp issued June 25th,1964. (from a set of 3)
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on Aug 30, 2022 17:17:36 GMT
Martha Arendsee (1885 - 1953) was a women´s rights activist and poltician. Member of the SPD since 1906,she was one of the members of the "first hour" of the KPD (communist party of Germany). She was a member of the Prussian parliament from 1919 till 1924 and from then on member of the Reichstag till 1930. After being imprisoned by Nazis for half a year,she emigrated to the Soviet-Union.There she worked for Radio Moscow´s programm for Germany.After the war she was in several high positions in the communist party and the fledgeling GDR. Due to ill health,she retired in 1950. Stamp issued Jan.14th,1975,commemorating Arendsee´s 90th birth-anniversary.
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on Aug 31, 2022 15:59:36 GMT
Edith Baumann (1909 - 1973) was a communist politician.Married to Erich Honecker from 1949-53, she was like him,a leading figure in the FDJ (communist youth organization). She was a member of the GDR-parliament from 1949 till her death in 1973. Issued Jan.24th,1989. (from a set of 4)
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 10, 2022 9:52:04 GMT
New 2022 "philatelic treasure" souvenir sheet from France, reproducing a design from 1950, honouring M me de Sévigné, a 17th century author:  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 11, 2022 12:35:08 GMT
Another of the same set of souvenir sheets features Simone Michel-Lévy, originally remembered as part of the 1958 Resistance Heroes set:  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Nov 7, 2022 22:08:40 GMT
New stamp from France remembering the early computer science pioneer Ada Lovelace:  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Dec 30, 2022 13:40:40 GMT
New souvenir sheet from St-Pierre-et-Miquelon honouring photographer Anita Conti, who documented the life of the long-haul fishermen on the Newfoundland banks:  |
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on May 13, 2023 19:53:25 GMT
The French novelist Colette remembered here on a stamp from Monaco on the occasion of her 150 th birthday:  |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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What I collect: Mostly Canadian and European stamps about art / science / landscape
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:21:19 GMT
As stated in this post, in 2014, Canada Post issued a set of 5 stamps honouring Canada's country artists. 3 of them are women: k.d. lang, Renée Martel, and Shania Twain.  |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:22:46 GMT
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:25:53 GMT
As stated in this post, between 2007 and 2013, Canada Post issued 4 sets of stamps honouring 12 Canadian recording artists and 4 bands. The women are: (2007) Anne Murray and Joni Mitchell:  (2009) Édith Bulter:  (2011) Ginette Reno, and Kate & Anna McGarrigle.  (2013) One of the group member of Beau Dommage is Marie-Michèle Desrosiers:  |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:27:40 GMT
As stated in this post, in 2006, Canada Post issued another set of 5 stamps celebrating Canadian opera.  The 3rd stamp from the top shows Maureen Forrester (1930 - 2010), an operatic contralto, and the last stamp shows Léopold Simoneau (1916 - 2006), lyric tenor and his wife Pierrette Alarie (1911 - 2011), a coloratura soprano. |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:29:19 GMT
As state in this post, between 1999 and 2000, Canada Post released The Millennium Collection which consists of 68 specially designed stamps as a series of 17 souvenir sheets, each depicting four different stamps. One set of 4 stamps honoured Canadian musicians across a wide range of musical genres.  The one at the top-left corner is Portia White (1911 - 1968), a classical contralto. |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:43:55 GMT
One of The Millennium Collection celebrates great Canadian thinkers, including head of the history department at the University of Saskatchewan, Hilda Marion Neatby (1904 - 1975).  |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:46:04 GMT
One of The Millennium Collection celebrates Canada's medical innovators, including Dr. Maude Abbott, a heart disease expert and the curator of the McGill University Medical Museum and a founder of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada:  |
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Oct 23, 2023 11:48:20 GMT
As stated in this post, in 2014, Canada Post issued a set of 5 stamps honouring Canada's country artists. 3 of them are women: k.d. lang, Renée Martel, and Shania Twain. Interesting bit of trivia for you. Hank Snow in the upper left was from my hometown of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Our old train station is the Hank Snow Museum. hanksnow.com/ |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:49:47 GMT
One of The Millennium Collection celebrates some of the most benevolent Canadians, including the Montreal-born surgeon Lucille Teasdale (1929 - 1996) who spent more than 30 years running a hospital in Uganda before dying of AIDS she contracted while operating on an infected patient.  |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:51:23 GMT
As stated in this post, in 1980, Canada Post issued a Musicians series of two stamps commemorating the soprano Emma Albani (1847-1930) and the organist / composer Healey Willan (1880-1968).  |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:52:47 GMT
As stated in this post, in 2021, Canada Post issued a new stamp and a first-day cover honouring the indigenous singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941-).    |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:55:18 GMT
As stated in this post, this stamp of Eleanor Collins is available in a booklet of 6 self-adhesive stamps (Canada, 2022):    In swvl's words, Collins is a noted jazz singer who broke some major barriers as a TV star in the 1950s. |
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:56:36 GMT
As stated in this post, in April 2022, Canada Post issued a stamp in honour of Canada’s First Lady of the Blues, Salome Bey (1933 - 2020). The stamp is available in a booklet of 6 self-adhesive stamps:    |
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Linda
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Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist to bike across Canada, Europe, Japan etc.
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Post by Linda on Oct 23, 2023 11:59:34 GMT
Canadian Women in Winter Sports (Canada, 2018) series celebrates Sharon and Shirley Firth, Sonja Gaudet, Danielle Goyette, Nancy Greene, and Clara Hughes: 
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