Philatarium
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 12, 2013 16:11:51 GMT
But done! Thanks for heads-up, Rod!
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Philatarium
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Los Angeles, CA
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 12, 2013 16:15:26 GMT
I'm thinking of just having them use the stamps to mail it here!
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Philatarium
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Los Angeles, CA
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 12, 2013 16:23:58 GMT
And I know -- our international rates skyrocketed this last rate change. Items that used to be $2-$2.50 can go as high as $5-7 now.
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Aug 12, 2013 16:26:33 GMT
Preferred format = mint full gum. Used on cover, give it 10 years and you may have a doozy, very rare. Caveat. It has to be addressed nicely, nice cover survive the trip intact The "Marker Monkey" has to be on tea break or holidays I don't like your chances...but is it worth the risk ?  By the way, the vendor of the Perth sheet, (you won't believe it) is a Peanuts collector too! Goodness me! Says he hasn't the Japanese or the other one either. Lovely guy. met him today, he is Chinese (I assumed), Professor, and consultant radiologist. Stamps bring odd people together |
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Philatarium
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 12, 2013 16:32:32 GMT
And the non-contemporaneous cancel wouldn't help matters either. (That's the beauty of the markers!) Oh, well -- intact and inside the package it is, then.  |
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Zuzu
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Post by Zuzu on Aug 16, 2013 15:57:43 GMT
The stamps on this adorable cover from a German swap partner, sent to my daughters, feature artwork by Janosch, a well-known children’s author and illustrator.  Here are links to the Deutsche Post website with more information (in German): Easter and Sailboat |
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rod222
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What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Dec 25, 2014 23:28:04 GMT
Father Time Lord's Cricket Ground  It takes time to make a stamp collection.  |
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 2,754
What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Sept 12, 2015 14:56:07 GMT
Over the past month or so I've been soaking and sorting (well, mostly sorting, not too much soaking at the moment) and as I come across them, I'll often set aside stamps that would fit into one of the threads already on the go here. Those piles of "gotta scan these" stamps are now verging on being out of control so it's time to pick away at them. Up first, a Finnish booklet pane from 1996 with first day cancel showing indigenous comic fauna. There's an eBay seller located in Canada who sells worldwide on-paper mixes mostly made up of first day cover cutouts, and I have accumulated a fair bit of stuff that I would probably never find through legitimate postal usage. Hooray for FDC cutouts!  Ryan |
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Sept 14, 2015 10:01:15 GMT
France has issued a huge amount of cartoon stamps. Some are famous characters, some aren't so much. Garfield and Mickey Mouse are certainly near the top of the pile, Excitable Dog and 3D Cow perhaps less so. 3D Cow's attempt to mail herself echoes a member of the Cow Parade herd seen in Bordeaux in 2010 - Cow Parade fibreglass cows are decorated by artists and placed around town, and after the exhibit is over they are sold at auction with the proceeds going to charities. La Poste bought the Stamped Cow pictured here for €5,000 ( #26 on this census of Cow Parade cows).    Ryan |
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 2,754
What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Sept 18, 2015 21:22:54 GMT
How about a shapely flight attendant from Belgium? (Or, as she was known back in the day, a stewardess.) The floor is open for votes, I have one vote in favour of shapely stewardesses from Belgium. This 1993 stamp featuring Air Hostess Natacha was drawn by François Walthéry and promotes youth philately.  Ryan |
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,387
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 19, 2015 0:36:20 GMT
...This 1993 stamp featuring Air Hostess Natacha was drawn by François Walthéry and promotes youth philately. The intended target audience must have been teenage boys.  |
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Sept 21, 2015 3:44:59 GMT
And another serving from the all-you-can-eat French comic stamp buffet ... note the address for La Vache, Pi 3.1416. The cartoonist must be a math geek. ha ha   Ryan |
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Ryan
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Sept 24, 2015 6:22:15 GMT
Another pair of cartoon stamps from France. Slobber Wolf is from the classic cartoon " Red Hot Riding Hood", a typically wild Tex Avery work.  Ryan |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,018
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on May 30, 2020 18:59:57 GMT
My comic number one is Mafalda and her friends, from the Argentinean "Quino". From South America, but 100% European.
Second and third (hard to say which is which) Tintin from Hergé (already shown) and Astèrix from Gosciny and Uderzo:
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cursus
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What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on May 31, 2020 19:50:15 GMT
Mafalda's mini-sheet issued by Spanish PO. FDC of Barcelona, where European books of the cartoon are published.
Mafalda, is a typical Western world child of the 1960/70's, who loves the Beatles, hates the soup and fears "the bomb" and the Comunist China. Hippies, Vietnam war, cold war, UN, the begining of environment awareness... Everything appears on Mafalda's stripes. An intelligent adult comic. Nothing to do with super heroes!
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seanfromit
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What I collect: Select US, Ireland, German and various other stamps (usually space themed)
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Post by seanfromit on Aug 4, 2020 5:00:23 GMT
Does anyone have a good source for album pages in this area? Maybe therealwesty ? Haven't decided how I want to group my collection in this area yet, but I figure pre-built album pages for comics, cartoons, superheroes and the like might inspire me. |
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cursus
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What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Aug 5, 2020 10:10:51 GMT
Some of our comics from the 50's to 80's
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Post by daniel on Oct 25, 2020 2:00:13 GMT
An interesting First Day of Issue item produced by the United States Postal Service attached to a full reproduction of the June 1938 Action Comics No.1, the first appearance of Superman. The Superman stamp from the 1930s Celebrate the Century sheet from 1998 is postmarked for Cleveland, Ohio Sept 10 1998, the 60th anniversary year. Superman creators Jerry Siegel, the writer and Joe Shuster, the artist grew up in Cleveland and that is where they created Superman.  Scan_20201025 by Daniel, on Flickr |
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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 Oct 26, 2020 6:15:37 GMT
Knowing nothing about comics of South-Korea,I just like the souvenir sheets:
issued May 4th,1995,print 550.000. The stamp was issued in sheets of 20 as well,print 2.000.000.
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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 Oct 27, 2020 6:27:14 GMT
same series,print 550.000
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Oct 28, 2020 8:28:43 GMT
issued May 4th,1996,print 550.000;
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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 Oct 29, 2020 6:19:03 GMT
issued May 4th,1996,print 550.000;
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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 Oct 30, 2020 8:28:45 GMT
issued May 3rd,1997; print: 550.000;
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Oct 30, 2020 11:40:43 GMT
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cursus
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Posts: 2,018
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Oct 30, 2020 11:53:00 GMT
"La familia Ulises" ("The Ulises Family") was a cartoon that appeared on Barcelona's comics magazine "TBO" between 1945 and 1998. It was a soft comic depiction of a typical Barcelona family of the 40's up to the 90's. Created by Marí Benejam, it was very popular, among people of all ages.
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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 Oct 31, 2020 14:10:15 GMT
The 5 C. of Antigua & Barbuda looks like: Donald caught in the act. However the cow or is it a bull (?) looks quite happy.So all seems to be O.K. !
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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 Oct 31, 2020 14:12:47 GMT
issued May 3rd,1997; print: 550.000;
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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 Nov 2, 2020 12:40:40 GMT
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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 Nov 3, 2020 9:37:31 GMT
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cursus
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Posts: 2,018
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Nov 3, 2020 11:50:22 GMT
Two more cartoon characters printed in Barcelona on the 1955-95 years: Carpanta, symbol of the postwar (1939-1953) widespread famine. His main goal (never acomplished) was to eat a roasted chiken. And Capitan Trueno, an Iberian medieval Christian warrior, fighting moors and heathens (vikings).
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