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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: COAT OF ARMS design in stamps |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 00:45:26 am
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| Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Bourbon royal family coat of arms, which decorates the Finance Ministry in Madrid, engraved by Pablo Sampedro Molero, and issued by Spain on June 9, 1980, Scott No. 2213, Edifil No. 2573. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%207... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Space - The Final Frontier! |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 00:42:51 am
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| Apollo, Atlantis and Mercury spacecraft, designed and engraved by Claude Andréotto, and issued by Monaco on March 10, 2008 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Scott No. 2489. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethry... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: *** Cat Stamps *** |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 00:40:26 am
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African lion, designed by R. Subert, engraved by Robert Cami, and issued by Niger on July 25, 1960 to publicize wildlife protection, Scott No. 102.
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Engraved Stamp Beauties |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 00:37:03 am
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| Bike Month: Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing, consisting of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5 km or 1.5–2 mile) course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction, and remount. Here ... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show your MAPS on stamps |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 00:33:05 am
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| JonEboy - Nice Mauritania airmail set! Here is an image of a stamp depicting an abstract topographical map of Brittany, designed by Michel Houssin, engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by France on February 19, 1977, Scott No. 1510, Y&T No. 1917. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Beards on Stamps |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 03:13:01 am
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| Niklaus von Wengi the Younger (c. 1485-1549) was a politician known as the "hero of the canton of Solothurn, the Reformation." Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp featuring a portrait of Wengi, designed and engraved by Karl Bickel, and issued by Switzerland on December 1, 19... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Reptiles Galore |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 03:03:35 am
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| Here is an image of a stamp depicting a serpent as a symbol of healing, designed by Portuguese architect, painter, and illustrator João Abel Manta (1928-), printed by lithography, and issued by Portugal on October 8, 1967 as one of set of three similarly designed stamps publicizing the 6th European... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Do you have a nice horse-drawn stamp or two to show? |
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Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 02:49:48 am
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| Classic chariot race, printed by lithography (E.A. Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia), and issued by Liberia on November 15, 1956 as the high value in a set of four stamps commemorating the 16th Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Scott No. 361. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x42... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 23:26:54 pm
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| Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting Cupid as a postman delivering a "love letter," designed by Austrian artist Victor Theodor Slama (1890-1973), engraved by Friedrich Teubel, and issued by Austria on March 10, 1952 for Stamp Day, Scott No. B278. - nethryk http://i1... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Engraved Stamp Beauties |
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 04:43:05 am
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| Bike Month: Here is an image of a stamp depicting a bicyclist, designed by Albert Decaris, engraved by Claude Durrens, and issued by Morocco on September 26, 1960 to publicize the Rome Summer Olympic Games, Scott No. 47. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%203/DurrensM... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Ships, Liners, Boats anything that floats |
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 04:38:07 am
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| The vinta (locally known as lepa-lepa or sakayan) is a traditional boat made by Bajau and Moros living in the Sulu Archipelago, Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Moro vinta, engraved and printed in Japan, and issued for use in Philippines during the... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Bees and Beekeeping on Stamps |
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 04:33:57 am
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| "Spice Bees" in Space was one of six student experiments flying on the USA's STS-107 Columbia Space Shuttle mission as part of the Space Technology and Research Students, or STARS, Program. Female carpenter bees bore tunnels in wood to create nests for their young. Students at Liechtenste... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Stamps Based on Stamps |
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 22:11:57 pm
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| Stamps of Thurn and Taxis, 1852-1859, designed by German graphic artist Erwin Poell (1930- ), printed by lithography, and issued by Germany on August 28, 1965 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of postage stamps, Scott No. 933, Michel No. 482. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/ne... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show your MAPS on stamps |
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 01:18:04 am
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| Weather satellite, weather map and globe, designed and engraved by French artist René Quillivic (1925- ), and issued by France on October 22, 1983 to commemorate the national weather forecasting service, Scott No. 1903, Y&T No. 2292. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Vo... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 23:46:13 pm
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| Here is an image of a definitive stamp depicting the "Goddess of Plenty" holding a cornucopia and the coat of arms of Nicaragua, engraved and printed by Hamilton Bank Note Company, and issued by Nicaragua in 1891, Scott No. 30. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Vo... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Ships, Liners, Boats anything that floats |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 23:34:02 pm
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| Alain J. Gerbault (1893-1941), a French aviator and tennis champion, made a solo circumnavigation of the world (1923-29) in his 39-foot racing/cruising gaff sloop, Firecrest . Here is an image of a stamp depicting Gerbault and his sailboat, designed and engraved by Albert Decaris, and issued by Fra... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Engraved Stamp Beauties |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 23:19:40 pm
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| Cyclist, designed by Bernard Minne, engraved by Charles-Paul Dufresne, and issued by Monaco on February 23, 1953 to commemorate the 1952 Olympic Games held in Helsinki, Finland, Scott No. 298. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%207/DufresneMonaco298Cyclist-Olympics-2-... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show your MAPS on stamps |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 00:39:24 am
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| Map and coat of arms of Nyasaland, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Nyasaland Protectorate on September 1, 1953, Scott No. 106. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%2010/BW-Nyasaland-106-Map-Arms-9-1-53_zps6017c97a.jpg |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Engraved Stamp Beauties |
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Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 00:35:58 am
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| Racing cyclists, designed by Czech graphic artist Václav Sprungl (1926-1993), engraved by Jaroslav Goldschmied, and issued by Czechoslovakia on August 2, 1952, Scott No. 542. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%206/GoldschmeidCzech542Cyclists-8-2-52SG718-VSprungl.jpg |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 23:38:11 pm
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| psestamp - Interesting! Thanks for sharing. Here is an image of a stamp depicting an allegory of "Liberty and Peace," designed by Luc-Olivier Merson (1846-1920), engraved by Auguste Thévenin, printed by typography, and issued by France on December 4, 1900, Scott No. 125, Y&T No. 121. ... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 00:54:17 am
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| A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group, such as a nation or a besieged city, from within. Here are images of the five engraved stamps in a World War II wartime allegorical set urging patriotic Cubans to fight the "Fifth Column," issued by Cuba on July 5, 1943, Sc... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Architecture on stamps and covers |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 00:26:26 am
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| Narbonne Cathedral ( Cathédrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne ) is a former cathedral and a national monument of France, located in the town of Narbonne. Construction of the cathedral was begun in 1272, but was never finished. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Narbonne Cathedral, desi... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show us your HORSES on stamps and stationery |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 23:31:42 pm
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Hobbyhorses, printed by lithography, and issued by Switzerland on March 19, 1998, Scott No. 1022.
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Engraved Stamp Beauties |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 00:49:11 am
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| Bike Month: Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting a rural bicycle mailman in 1894, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by France on March 20, 1972 for Stamp Day, Scott No. B460, Y&T No. 1710. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Birds of a feather - come flock together. |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 00:46:29 am
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| Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting a Northern Crested Caracara ( Caracara cheriway ), issued by Cuba on August 29, 1956, Scott No. C144, plus a photo of a juvenile member of this bird species. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%2010/Cuba-C144-Nort... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 00:43:08 am
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Allegory of "Learning," semi-postal (charity) stamp, printed by photogravure, and issued by Romania on March 5, 1947, Scott No. B353.
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: COAT OF ARMS design in stamps |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 00:21:35 am
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| Here is an image of a stamp featuring portraits of Queen Victoria and King George VI, and a depiction of the coat of arms of Rhodesia, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued for use in the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia on September 12, 1950, Scott No. 73, plus a ... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Art on stamps |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 23:46:08 pm
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| Happy Mother's Day! Here is an image of a stamp depicting a detail from Die Mutterliebe ("Mother Love," 1839), an oil painting on canvas by Austrian artist Josef Danhauser (1805-1845), engraved by Hans Ranzoni the Younger, and issued by Austria on May 1, 1935, Scott No. 376, plus a photo ... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 01:53:00 am
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| Here is an image of a stamp depicting a female allegorical figure, representing the Universal Postal Union, holding a dove and seated between hemispheres of the globe, designed by Belgian artist René Bruynseraede (1909-1991), engraved by Leon Janssens, and issued by Belgium on October 1, 1949 to co... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: COAT OF ARMS design in stamps |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 01:37:29 am
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| Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp depicting the coat of arms of Philip III, the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1396-1467), designed and engraved by Jean De Bast, and issued by Belgium on July 4, 1959, Scott No. B652. Philip's heraldic motto (there are alternate spellings) was " Aultre n'auray &... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Post up your Explorers on Stamps images. |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 01:30:00 am
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| Another tribute to Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476-1526), the Spanish Basque explorer who is best known for completing the first circumnavigation of the world: As Ferdinand Magellan's second in command, Elcano took over after Magellan's death in the Philippines. During the homeward voyage in the expedi... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 01:31:14 am
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| Here is an image of another stamp depicting "Liberty" holding a torch, inscribed with the words "Freedom of Speech and Religion, from Want and Fear," designed by American sculptor Paul Howard Manship (1885-1966), engraved by Carl T. Arlt (vignette) and James T. Vail (lettering),... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Engraved Stamp Beauties |
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Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 01:13:10 am
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| More bikes: Here is an image of a stamp depicting racing cyclists, designed by Czech sculptor Jan Cerny (1907-1978), combined engraved by Ladislav Jirka and photogravure, and issued by Czechoslovakia on April 25, 1956 to publicize the 9th International Bicycle Peace Race, Warsaw-Berlin-Prague, Scot... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Birds of a feather - come flock together. |
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Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 00:58:00 am
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| Here is an image of a stamp depicting a Bearded Vulture ( Gypaetus barbatus ), also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, designed by Austrian graphic artist Valentin Wurnitsch (1946- ), combined engraved by Alfred Nefe and photogravure, and issued by Austria on September 25, 1987 to commemorate... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 00:09:49 am
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| Sailer2002 - Thanks for your contributions! Here is an image of a stamp depicting "Justice" holding symbolic scales, printed by lithography, and issued by Pakistan on February 17, 1967 to commemorate the centenary of the West Pakistan High Court, Scott No. 235. - nethryk http://i1181.phot... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show your stamps depicting Sailing Ships of Yesteryear |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 23:58:33 pm
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| Here is an image of a souvenir sheet designed and engraved by Pierre Forget after an illustration entitled "The mutineers turning Lt Bligh and part of the officers and crew adrift from HMAV Bounty , 29 April 1789," by British artist and engraver Robert Dodd (1748-1816), and published by B... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Come smell (er...see) the flowers. |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 23:53:40 pm
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| ajolicoe - Thanks for explaining these mystery roses to me and for your photo of the wild variety. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a more typical example of a rose, printed by lithography (Harrison and Sons, Ltd.) and issued by Libya in August, 1965, Scott No. 284. - nethryk http://i1181.phot... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Volcano stamps |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 02:13:18 am
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| Momotombo is a symmetrical stratovolcano located on the shores of Lago de Managua, near the city of León, Nicaragua. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting two biplanes flying by Momotombo, engraved and printed by American Bank Note Company, and issued by Nicaragua on December 15, 1929, Sco... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Come smell (er...see) the flowers. |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 02:01:19 am
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| bear0001 -Thanks! Here is an image of a stamp depicting "roses," designed by French artist Huguette Sainson (1929-2011), engraved by Georges Bétemps, and issued by Andorra (French administration) on May 25, 1990 as one of two stamps in a nature protection issue, Scott No. 393. Note: These... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show your MAPS on stamps |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 01:55:31 am
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| Map of Central America showing the location of El Salvador, printed by photogravure (Waterlow & Sons, Ltd.), and issued by El Salvador in 1924, Scott No. 500. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%2010/Salvador-500-Map-CenntralAmer-1924Photo-Waterlow_zpsc5faca5d.jpg |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 01:44:48 am
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| Here is an image of a stamp depicting "Liberty" bearing a torch and a caduceus, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued by Uruguay on June 16, 1930 as one of a set of 16 stamps commemorating the country's centenary of independence, Scott No. 399. Note: This design is... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Ships, Liners, Boats anything that floats |
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 00:46:39 am
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| Here are images of the two stamps in a set depicting French Navy corvettes ( aviso-escorteurs ) active in the Southern Ocean, designed and engraved by Jean Delpech, and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories in 1979: Doudart de Lagrée and Commandant Bourdais , Scott Nos. 84 &am... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Engraved Stamp Beauties |
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 01:07:48 am
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| Bike Month: Here are images of the four semi-postal (charity) stamps in a set depicting competition cyclists, designed by Belgian artist Hermann Verbaere (1906-1993), and issued by Belgium on July 13, 1963 to benefit Belgium's 1964 Olympic Games team, Scott Nos. B736-B739. - nethryk Speed racing, e... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 01:00:41 am
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| "Freedom," a traditionally attired female allegorical figure with several feathered friends, printed by typography, and issued by Yugoslavia (Slovenia) in 1919, Scott No. 3L19a. - nethryk http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/nethryk/Volume%2010/Yugoslavia-Slovenia-3L19a-Freedom-1919-T... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show us your HORSES on stamps and stationery |
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 00:52:06 am
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Here is an image of a stamp depicting an Arab postrider, printed by lithography, and issued by Spain on October 5, 1984 for Stamp Day, Scott No. 2393.
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Science themed covers & stamps |
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 00:40:00 am
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| Skylab was a space station launched and operated by NASA (the space agency of the United States) and was the USA's first space station. Skylab orbited the Earth from 1973 to 1979, and included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting Skylab,... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Bees and Beekeeping on Stamps |
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Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 00:30:43 am
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Asian Honey Bee (Apis cerana javana), printed by lithography, and issued by Singapore in 1985, Scott No. 454.
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: A chorus line of Penguins |
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 23:54:48 pm
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| Here is an image of a stamp depicting Royal Penguins ( Eudyptes schlegeli ), designed and engraved by Claude Andréotto, and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories in 1979, Scott No. 82, plus a photo of a "Royal" argument in progress. Note: Scott misidentifies these bi... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Allegorical figures on stamps |
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 23:33:30 pm
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| OldDuffer1 - Thanks for your contributions! Here is an image of a stamp depicting "Marianne of Algiers," designed by French artist Louis Fernez (1900-1984), die engraved by Charles Hervé, printed by lithography, and issued for use in Algeria in 1944, Scott No. 173. - nethryk http://i1181.... |
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Forum: Share with others here your NICE looking stamp and cover images etc. Topic: Show us your "Looks Like" Stamps |
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 02:24:34 am
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| Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Jodok Fink (1853-1929), an Austrian farmer and politician, designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Kurt Leitgeb, and issued by Austria on June 29, 1979 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Fink's death, Scott No. 1126, and a photo of American fi... |
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