gatodiablo
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What I collect: Places I've been, and places I want to go.
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Post by gatodiablo on Oct 15, 2021 22:06:19 GMT
A subject I can relate to - I am learning to make bean-to-bar chocolate alongside roasting coffee. Two from Costa Rica showing cacao pods.   |
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Oct 15, 2021 22:07:12 GMT
And another showing cacao pods, this time from Papua & New Guinea  |
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Oct 15, 2021 22:08:22 GMT
One from Colombia. Cacao is kind of odd, as the pods grow out of stems and trunks at seemingly random locations.  |
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gatodiablo
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Post by gatodiablo on Oct 15, 2021 22:10:26 GMT
Of course, cacao isn't really edible until it is processed. Fermentation and roasting yields 100% cocoa (baker's chocolate). Add sugar, and perhaps milk powder, and you have an edible confection. Apparently, New Zealanders are fond of chocolate fish.  |
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gatodiablo
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What I collect: Places I've been, and places I want to go.
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Post by gatodiablo on Oct 15, 2021 22:11:24 GMT
The Hershey's Kiss is popular a lot of places.  |
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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 Oct 16, 2021 7:40:19 GMT
A tasty thread! One of the countries famous for its chocolate industry is of course Belgium, and they advertised their wares with this souvenir sheet:  |
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Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
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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 Oct 16, 2021 9:12:10 GMT
I moved the posts above to a new category in the topical section leaving the Cinderella subjects in their own place.
Nice posts, keep them coming.
Londonbus1
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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 16, 2021 14:07:10 GMT
Issued Dec.1st,1981. (from a defintive set of 18)
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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 Oct 17, 2021 12:05:43 GMT
As a cocoa-producing country, Liberia also advertised its wares in these two scented sheetlets:  |
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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 Oct 18, 2021 5:36:29 GMT
France also came up with a cocoa-scented sheet of stamps, made to look like a chocolate bar and showing events important in the development of the chocolate industry:  |
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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 Oct 19, 2021 5:07:42 GMT
Issue from Cameroon, from a set where each province is identified with a local crop. For the Centre-South province, the cocoa bean is featured:  |
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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 Oct 19, 2021 10:52:41 GMT
Mexico
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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 Oct 20, 2021 5:27:38 GMT
Another country famous for its cocoa production is Côte d'Ivoire, here showing the cocoa tree:  |
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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 20, 2021 7:02:54 GMT
Issued Oct.15th,1968. (from a set of 2)
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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 Oct 20, 2021 7:25:11 GMT
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on Oct 20, 2021 16:23:25 GMT
Koko Samoa is a hot chocolate drink from a local Cocoa Variety whose unique flavour qualities lend a premium on the world market price. This from 1952  and another from 1968  |
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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 Oct 21, 2021 5:25:00 GMT
A definitive series from Côte d'Ivoire featuring the cocoa tree:  My youngest son says the cocoa bean is his favorite fruit  |
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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 Oct 21, 2021 6:07:51 GMT
Belgian Chocolate  |
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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 Oct 23, 2021 7:08:37 GMT
From a self-adhesive booklet, this France stamp on the theme of "tasty treats" includes a chocolate-dipped pastry:  |
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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 23, 2021 12:38:41 GMT
Issued Oct.5th,1959. (from a definitive set of 13 + 2 + 1)
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bobstew617
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What I collect: Switzerland, Ireland, Scandinavia, Channel Islands, Hong Kong (British Admin), PNG, others...
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Post by bobstew617 on Oct 23, 2021 21:47:58 GMT
..and let's not forget, Switzerland Scott 1100 (Zum 1024), where a sheet is actually a whole chocolate bar of Choco Suisse goodness... yum!!  |
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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 Oct 24, 2021 8:11:55 GMT
Another French self-adhesive booklet, on the theme of "Flavours", celebrates, among others, the bitter-sweet intensity of chocolate:  |
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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 25, 2021 10:50:55 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 25, 2021 13:34:51 GMT
Issued May 21st,1981. (from a set of 8)
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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 Dec 18, 2021 15:02:36 GMT
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Post by sahana on Jan 16, 2022 8:42:47 GMT
Chocolate bar on Switzerland Stamp issued in 2020  |
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Post by sahana on Jan 16, 2022 8:47:13 GMT
Stamp from Cameroon showing the chocolate making process  |
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Post by stamphinger on Jan 16, 2022 17:22:56 GMT
One of my collecting sub-topics is candy on covers. Here is a cover advertising Baby Ruth Candy bars, a chocolate-related product. I ate a bunch of Baby Ruths as a kid. They were still a nickle then or you could buy a giant one for a quarter. Baby Ruth dates back to 1920 and remained a staple of the Curtiss Candy Company until 1981 when it sold out to Nabisco. The candy bar is still made and sold, but now by the Ferrara Candy Company. The reverse of this cover advocates melting a Babe Ruth to use as a topping for ice cream.
Don StampHinger
The front The reverse  |
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swvl
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What I collect: FDCs, plus some US modern and new issues. Topical interests include music, art, literature, baseball, space...
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Post by swvl on Jan 16, 2022 19:42:33 GMT
I spy at least one chocolate popsicle in this set from the summer of 2018. They were marketed as USPS' first ever scratch-and-sniff stamps. Gimmicky? Probably, but I like 'em.  |
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