Beards on Stamps

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2008 22:52:10 pm

With the 1st anniversary of the commencement of Stampboards.com fast approaching, it seems appropriate to start a topic paying tribute to our founder, the hirsute one, Glen Stephens.

So here it is, please post your favourite stamps featuring beards :D

To start us off, here is a beauty on a stamp issued by the Republic of China in 1962 to mark the 84th birthday of Yu Yu jen ... newspaper reporter, revolutionary leader and co-worker of Sun Yat-sen:

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2008 23:12:34 pm

Somewhat neater is this one from Argentina, featuring Juan Vucetich, the inventor of the Argentine system of fingerprinting:

MargoZ · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2008 23:36:22 pm

Fun idea for a thread, Peter

Here's a beard stamp and story from one of our Stamp Trivia quizzes.

Some Stampboarders will recall the controversy about this stamp:

Often overlooked, and often cleverly hidden, "secret marks" can be found in many stamp designs from a variety of countries. Some stamp issues will have small design alterations that help distinguish reissued designs.

Others may have secret imagery, text, numbers, dates, etc. worked into the design by the stamp designer, perhaps officially - or perhaps not.

A famous example of a hidden design NOT approved or authorised by the USPS was on the 1986 $1 USA issue featuring Rabbi Bernard Revel.

The designer of the 1986 $1 Rabbi Bernard Revel issue, engraved a very small, and hard to see, "Star of David" in the Rabbi's beard, in the moustache area.

The US Post Office prohibits such markings on stamp designs, and the Engraver was suspended for a year.

Cheers
Margo

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... wanted=all

harrydebruin · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2008 23:43:20 pm

Some Bavarian stamps featuring Prince Luitpold

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2008 23:47:54 pm

I started young :lol:

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MargoZ · **Posted:** Fri Mar 28, 2008 23:49:32 pm

Hang on...have I got threads mixed? Is this the 'scariest thread??

mrboggler · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 08:03:33 am

Have any of the board members ever seen John Sinfields,award winning collection called "Whiskers," :?:

it is a marvellous collection of facial hair,on stamps, covering the history and styles of beards and Moustaches,, he later expanded it to include shaving items as well.

Ron.

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 11:24:15 am

GlenStephens wrote:

I started young :lol:

Hmmm... perhaps we need a Glen Stephens look alike thread?

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 13:17:25 pm

This thread would not be complete without Uncle Karl

...in RED, of course

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 13:29:01 pm

...AND Uncle Ho :!:

Skippy · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 15:04:30 pm

Bearded Collie

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 15:26:45 pm

Skippy wrote:

Bearded Collie

Here's a case of the instant beard.

'Columbus In Sight Of Land' is clean shaven...

By the time he'd actually landed, he had developed a beard!

tonymacg · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 17:34:17 pm

Maharaja Kerala Varma II of Cochin decided to grow a beard, and stopped shaving a couple of days ago (SG 92b), but Maharaja Sarwant Singh of Bijawar (SG 5b) has been at it for a while now.

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 18:33:17 pm

I imagine a beard is de rigueur for a Maharaja ??

tonymacg · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 18:54:15 pm

MargoZ wrote:

I imagine a beard is de rigueur for a Maharaja ??

I had the same general impression, but Bijawar was the only one I could find with a beard. Moustaches on the other hand ... everyone has one. 1960s revisited.

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 19:39:05 pm

Here's a great Indian beard stamp even if he was an author not a Maharaja

tonymacg · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 19:42:00 pm

tonymacg wrote:

MargoZ wrote:

I imagine a beard is de rigueur for a Maharaja ??

I had the same general impression, but Bijawar was the only one I could find with a beard. Moustaches on the other hand ... everyone has one. 1960s revisited.

Like this:

(Sirmoor SG 9)

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2008 21:39:22 pm

Some great beards there......

Here are some more from Pakistan:

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2008 21:40:44 pm

Now Papua New Guinea has a wealth of beards....

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2008 21:42:20 pm

Here's a favourite - just love those eyes

:lol:

ozstamps · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2008 21:46:26 pm

Peter THAT one should be in the scariest stamp thread!

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2008 22:19:27 pm

How about this one from Uruguay - I reckon the sculpture on the left is actually detail from the artists beard :shock:

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2008 23:05:32 pm

Some great Oz beard stamps too (as well as Ozstamps, of course).

What about One Pound Jimmy...what a great stamp!

Background:
Gwoya Jungarai, born in 1895, apparently gained his nickname from his catchphrase. Whenever a white man asked how much he wanted for one of his boomerangs, he would reputedly reply, "One pound, boss".

He first came to public attention when a photographer, Roy Dunstan, took a striking portrait that was used as the cover of Walkabout magazine in 1936. In 1950 that photograph was used to make philatelic history. Australia Post issued two stamps - 8 pence and half a crown - called "Aborigine". For the first time an actual portrait of an indigenous person had been used on an Australian stamp.

Ricolo · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2008 23:29:48 pm

Some beards from GDR (DDR)going to be a part of this great collection of beards.

:lol:

DCP23 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2008 04:05:47 am

Maybe a rather timid beard, but definitely a very prominent stamp:

harrydebruin · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2008 20:43:44 pm

MargoZ wrote:

Some great Oz beard stamps too (as well as Ozstamps, of course).

What about One Pound Jimmy...what a great stamp!

Background:
Gwoya Jungarai, born in 1895, apparently gained his nickname from his catchphrase. Whenever a white man asked how much he wanted for one of his boomerangs, he would reputedly reply, "One pound, boss".

He first came to public attention when a photographer, Roy Dunstan, took a striking portrait that was used as the cover of Walkabout magazine in 1936. In 1950 that photograph was used to make philatelic history. Australia Post issued two stamps - 8 pence and half a crown - called "Aborigine". For the first time an actual portrait of an indigenous person had been used on an Australian stamp.

Here's an article about One Pound Jimmy from The Philatelic Bulletin, June 1965. Volume 12 No.6

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 15:55:37 pm

Thanks Margo and Harry. Must admit I've always like the clean design of the one pound Jimmy stamp.

Here are a couple of neat beards from Finland:

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 16:45:38 pm

Margo and Harry,

Thanks for sharing that background on One Pound Jimmy.
Have this stamp in my collection but with the background about this stamp,
it always adds a whole new dimension to the stamp
- I think this is what I like most about stamps - the story behind it.

Cheers
Andrew

gavin-h · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 18:45:17 pm

harrydebruin wrote:

Here's an article about One Pound Jimmy from The Philatelic Bulletin, June 1965. Volume 12 No.6

I bet those letters/covers with his thumbprint are worth a pretty penny

MargoZ · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 17:22:18 pm

Here's a famous American beard not included to date

MargoZ · **Posted:** Thu Apr 03, 2008 01:09:48 am

New stamps (from Kosovo) of an old beard...

For more about Kosovo stamps see:
http://stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=5321
from which this image was borrowed

bobonism · **Posted:** Thu Apr 03, 2008 01:40:50 am

MargoZ wrote:

This thread would not be complete without Uncle Karl

...in RED, of course

I wonder is he the same person??

GlenStephens · **Posted:** Thu Apr 03, 2008 01:46:08 am

Are those icicles in Mr Mawson's beard??

Glen

Ricolo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 03, 2008 02:35:45 am

@bobonism: Yes, our old friend Karl, the same person.

kennywkt · **Joined:** Tue May 01, 2007 15:47:12 pm **Posts:** 67888

I am wondering whether Glen will put himself on personalized stamps? Then this will create another "beard on stamp"

german · **Posted:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 15:03:45 pm

Beards of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. A bearded communist
:lol:

kennywkt · **Joined:** Tue May 01, 2007 15:47:12 pm **Posts:** 67888

I am wondering is there any Saddam Hussein on stamp? I know Iraq's bank note depicted him during his administration, but not sure about stamp! but his beard was not bushy before he was down.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 19:12:13 pm

german wrote:

Beards of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. A bearded communist
:lol:

Many communists are bearded...

...it's because they don't fancy sharing someone else's razor :idea:

(and that's just the women)

Kaygeevee · **Posted:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 21:54:23 pm

Well this post has been going for a week and this one hasn't been put up yet.

I can't hold back any longer.

THIS IS FOR ALL KGVers

Best regards to all of you.

David

mstary1 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 21:58:40 pm

more beards!!

DCP23 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 22:03:48 pm

Kaygeevee wrote:

I can't hold back any longer.

Neither can I !!

Kaygeevee · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 06:42:35 am

Hi DCP23,

Good on ya

All the best David

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 01:06:07 am

Another 'king with beard' stamp
(King James I flogging his Bible)

arls1 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 12, 2008 16:01:21 pm

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sat Apr 12, 2008 18:49:18 pm

Confucius say, "Don't point that beard at me, it might go off"

(Well he would have if he'd thought of it!)

admin · **Posted:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 22:31:34 pm

I was loading this up just now on my rarity page.

Poor old bearded Karl Marx would be most uneasy HIS sheets are these days worth $300!

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 22:57:32 pm

There are a lot of nice beards out there - here are a couple from Guatemala...

MargoZ · **Posted:** Tue Apr 15, 2008 23:43:42 pm

The one on the right looks like it was painted on afterwards for a dodgy ebay sale (possibly by vtoledo??) :shock:

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 16, 2008 09:00:43 am

You may be right - it could almost be a merkin :lol:

The scary part is that it is from a set of "famous Guatemalan Physicians" issued in 1962. Does that Doctor give you confidence or would you run from the room?

petercollects0 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 17, 2008 14:03:46 pm

Abe has been included before, but here he is (complete with beard of course) in this issue from Nicaragua:


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