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Aug 17, 2013 13:51:23 GMT
Post by I.L.S. on Aug 17, 2013 13:51:23 GMT
I was going to start a topical collection on "Space". Those were the beginning of it...then I got sidetracked onto my "Engravers collection"...a little more down to Earth. But, who knows one day... Perfs I have some space covers if you want them?
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 17, 2013 17:30:08 GMT
Thanks, very kind, but they would be wasted on me at the moment as I am focusing on engravers and I do have tunnel vision lol very nice to offer
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 18, 2013 11:11:07 GMT
Here are those space related covers I was saying about.They also contain a piece of card stock used both as stiffeners and contain a lot of good information on the covers' topic.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 28, 2013 20:34:46 GMT
NigerIssued March 30, 1981 Scott C306 Guinea-BissauIssued May 25, 1983 Scott 467
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 29, 2013 0:03:12 GMT
Interplanetary Postage. Mr. Dan Dare and friends.
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 23, 2013 1:15:12 GMT
I was at the National Postal Museum today and was able to view this cover in the "Gems of American Philately" exhibit. The cover was canceled on the Moon on August 2, 1971 by Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott (see video below).
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Sept 23, 2013 3:25:35 GMT
Post by rod222 on Sept 23, 2013 3:25:35 GMT
..and here it is, the smallest Post Office in the Solar System, the PO pack that went to the Moon, to make the Moon Post Office. He could have at least addressed the cover to somewhere on Earth. Tch
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Post by marius on Oct 1, 2013 2:33:07 GMT
Good to see the space topic is so popular! Great stamps everyone, keep posting!
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Oct 1, 2013 12:49:48 GMT
Post by tomiseksj on Oct 1, 2013 12:49:48 GMT
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Oct 1, 2013 18:13:52 GMT
Post by marius on Oct 1, 2013 18:13:52 GMT
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Oct 4, 2013 21:44:34 GMT
Post by marius on Oct 4, 2013 21:44:34 GMT
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rod222
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Oct 5, 2013 0:31:43 GMT
Post by rod222 on Oct 5, 2013 0:31:43 GMT
Qu'aiti State Michel 141c 1967 Does it have a control number on the reverse? Seiyun 090c miniature Block A1A 1966
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Oct 5, 2013 13:01:38 GMT
Post by marius on Oct 5, 2013 13:01:38 GMT
There is no control number on reverse, Rod. I think only the imperforate souvenir sheet have a control number.
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rod222
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Oct 5, 2013 13:48:35 GMT
Post by rod222 on Oct 5, 2013 13:48:35 GMT
Right, I went scrambling to look at mine, alas, perforated. nice work at 90 euros.
I am having trouble reading Michel, when it comes to Blocks (don't warm to the verbiage either) It's just morse code to me. So reading again, the square icon means cut separation (=Block?) Then if that is so, the carmine was never imperf, it was the Black / Orange sheet.
Then again, I could have it all bottoms up.
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Post by marius on Oct 5, 2013 14:06:54 GMT
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Oct 5, 2013 14:15:52 GMT
Post by rod222 on Oct 5, 2013 14:15:52 GMT
Fabulous. Gee, having a good night, first my Brazil ID with Jerry's spreadsheet solution, now Michel pdf. Thanks Marius.
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Post by jamesw on Oct 5, 2013 22:03:32 GMT
Ok, here's a weird one for you space fans, plus a bonus for you Ajman lovers (you know who you are!) Got this sheet last year, just because I thought it was a little odd, and creepy. Funeral image of three cosmonauts who died in the early 1970s when their capsule depressurized on reentry. I actually remember seeing this photo in Time magazine as a kid.
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Post by rod222 on Oct 5, 2013 23:59:31 GMT
Ok, here's a weird one for you space fans, plus a bonus for you Ajman lovers (you know who you are!) Got this sheet last year, just because I thought it was a little odd, and creepy. Funeral image of three cosmonauts who died in the early 1970s when their capsule depressurized on reentry. I actually remember seeing this photo in Time magazine as a kid. Interesting James, I don't share your interpretation, I lived through that period, and (at least I ) felt immense pride and awe in these fellows who strapped themselves to the pointy end of a controlled explosion. These guys were extremely brave, and I think their country was deeply proud of their heroes and showed them as their culture expected. I personally am not in favour of open coffins, but it's not in my culture. We Brits would be more at home with carved marble effiigies of how we might look in full armour on top of the coffin.
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Oct 6, 2013 0:39:05 GMT
Post by jamesw on Oct 6, 2013 0:39:05 GMT
Hey Rod. No, I get the pride thing, and the bravery it took and even the state funeral (yes, those Soviets certainly liked displaying their corpses, didn't they Mr. Lenin?) I just question the need to revisit the image on a stamp/sheet. Seems a little morbid to me. But you're right, it's not my culture either. And that's the beauty of this hobby, isn't it? Takes us out of our little worlds.
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Post by rod222 on Oct 6, 2013 0:55:03 GMT
James, hope I didn't come across as an attempt to proselytize, just indicating a difference of interpretation. Neither of us is right or wrong, just how we see things.
I recall the images of a village in Nepal? or Bhutan, hauling giant Phallus' up a wall to hang on the side of a house. as an image of fertility. We should celebrate our differences.
"What Philately teaches us" someone once wrote.
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Oct 6, 2013 1:24:40 GMT
Post by jamesw on Oct 6, 2013 1:24:40 GMT
Not at all Rod. Not at all. We all have to face the Big Doomsday Pussy when he shows up, it's a fact of life. But I've never felt the need to embrace it every day. I don't even like those roadside memorials that alway pop up after a car crash, you know, the flowers and pictures and crosses. There are quite a few of those in my area (always careful on my bike!). I understand the need to remember and memorialize our dearly departed. But we need to remember to live too.
NOW. A giant Phallus. There's a symbol that really stands out!
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Oct 6, 2013 19:01:50 GMT
Post by jamesw on Oct 6, 2013 19:01:50 GMT
Hmmm. Just reread my response about death and stuff. Yeesh! How'd it get so maudlin? Let's get back to the stamps. Here's a cinderella to add to the mix. Apollo XII 1969
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Oct 6, 2013 19:15:40 GMT
Post by rod222 on Oct 6, 2013 19:15:40 GMT
Nah! confront stuff head on, it's good for the spirit. I was watching a 1 on 1 with an Australian philanthropist last evening, after years on wall street, he found "The richest man wins, ideology" to be a hollow target, I am surprised it took him 40 years to come to that conclusion, a bit of reflection would have had him there sooner.
Your "Cinderella", I think, is a sheep in Cinderella's smock, I think that may just be a stamp "Tab" of a genuine issue.
Then again, the old argument arises, is a stamp "tab" a cinderella?
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Post by marius on Oct 7, 2013 11:58:04 GMT
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Oct 15, 2013 11:57:06 GMT
Post by marius on Oct 15, 2013 11:57:06 GMT
Mexico 1985 - Morelos, Mexico's first communications satellite
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Post by Ryan on Nov 21, 2013 7:18:38 GMT
Here are some space "stamps" that were new to me when I received them recently in a batch of random WW mint stamps. Scottish locals from Davaar Island: And a British postal strike set: Ryan
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Post by jamesw on Jan 17, 2015 19:12:35 GMT
Another item from Davaar Island. My question is, is this a souvenir sheet (about 4.75" x 3.875") or a single stamp? It's got that big denomination on it. [BROKEN IMAGE LINK(S) REMOVED]
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Jan 17, 2015 23:52:44 GMT
Post by rod222 on Jan 17, 2015 23:52:44 GMT
Another item from Davaar Island. My question is, is this a souvenir sheet (about 4.75" x 3.875") or a single stamp? It's got that big denomination on it. Both, James. I don't recall ever seeing Davaar Island in a genuine postage situation. Happy to stand corrected.
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Post by Ryan on Jan 18, 2015 7:32:17 GMT
Here's something I came across on Wikipedia a while ago. Fascinating, although it has nothing to do with stamps (at least, not until somebody posts some stamps featuring the Apollo 12 moon mission). J002E3 is the designation for an object in the solar system that was originally thought to be a small asteroid, but is now believed to actually be a booster rocket from the Apollo 12 spacecraft. Some space hardware is meant to fall back to earth and disintegrate / land harmlessly out of the way, one piece was actually directed into the surface of the moon to see what it looked like when it crashed there, and this booster was supposed to end up in orbit around the sun. However, it didn't quite go where they thought it would, and every 30 or 40 years, it comes back into Earth's orbit for a little while before it gets ejected from our orbit and ends up travelling around the sun again. This animation from NASA shows how that works. Fascinating! Again, sorry for lack of direct philatelic content but it's just too neat to leave alone. ha ha Ryan
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Post by rod222 on Jan 18, 2015 13:03:07 GMT
Here's something I came across on Wikipedia a while ago. Fascinating, although it has nothing to do with stamps (at least, not until somebody posts some stamps featuring the Apollo 12 moon mission). J002E3 is the designation for an object in the solar system that was originally thought to be a small asteroid, but is now believed to actually be a booster rocket from the Apollo 12 spacecraft. Some space hardware is meant to fall back to earth and disintegrate / land harmlessly out of the way, one piece was actually directed into the surface of the moon to see what it looked like when it crashed there, and this booster was supposed to end up in orbit around the sun. However, it didn't quite go where they thought it would, and every 30 or 40 years, it comes back into Earth's orbit for a little while before it gets ejected from our orbit and ends up travelling around the sun again. This animation from NASA shows how that works. Fascinating! Again, sorry for lack of direct philatelic content but it's just too neat to leave alone. ha ha Ryan Would J002E3 be the bit on the left hand side of this stamp?
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