Great Britain Line Engraved Issues 1840 - 1870
Dec 17, 2021 21:16:17 GMT
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Post by REL1948 on Dec 17, 2021 21:16:17 GMT
I mentioned in another post that I recently purchased my first Penny Black. What started out innocently has now become an obsession (well almost). Once I began reading about the Line Engraved issues I was hooked. Handling these treasures as stewards, provides us the opportunity of touching historical artifacts manufactured and used during the formative years of what became the Universal Postal Union. This is similar to my other hobby 18th and 19th century woodworking tools. Holding them in the hand one can reflect, perhaps fantasize, on the time and circumstance the tool or stamp was to be used for, perhaps the stamp was affixed to a love letter or business communication or was this tool used to make a chair or a jewelry chest. In the vein of humanity and as tactile objects, both allowed the expansion of communication and progress in their own way.
Here is my first foray into the Line Engraved issues. I believe I'll find a better way to arrange and display them as time goes by, but for now they live safely on a Vario page. As I mentioned earlier the collection is based around my initials RL but I'm also including other letters as well if the stamp is interesting.
Rob
Here is my first foray into the Line Engraved issues. I believe I'll find a better way to arrange and display them as time goes by, but for now they live safely on a Vario page. As I mentioned earlier the collection is based around my initials RL but I'm also including other letters as well if the stamp is interesting.
Rob
