So, this was released today. My third stamp with Canada Post. Qarlinngua (The pants). And technically my second stamp with a family member in it, as the tiny figure in it is my son Travis. Now for one with Hilary in it.
I’ve very proud of all of these, beyond the cache. They are about my home, and family. And also my family has a long history with the Post Office, 101 years. My grandfather, father, and brother were all postmasters in Roblin. #Nunavut#Arctic#Stamps#philately#CanadaPost
Guten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut? Es sind die kleinen Dinge die zählen.
Hier: Der Mann kam gestern von der Post und hat verkündet er sammelt jetzt Briefmarken und ob ich mir nicht mit ihm seine Sammlung anschauen will. Die Briefmarken:
[2/x] the first bag of stamps was already "processed" by the original owner: the envelopes had been soaked in cold water, and then stamps carefully separated after some time. my only job was to colour-sort them as i admired the artwork.
the second, third and fourth bags were all unprocessed - corners of envelopes snipped off by the previous owner, waiting to be processed at a later date.
as i learned how to soak each stamp and peel it apart, i began to appreciate that... despite the stamps being 50-80+ years old... hundreds were left unprocessed. i had stumbled upon someone's unfinished hobby. did they get bored of stamps? run out of time due to life circumstances?
or perhaps - and more likely - they had died. and these stamps were shuffled off in a bag of old possessions to the thrift shop i found them at.
this stamp was one of dozens sent to Australia. i suddenly realize that i am picking up this person's hobby from where they left off. there is a dark continuity to this archival work. turning one person's collecting into art.
sometimes i worry about dying in the middle of art projects, and wondering at what will happen to it all. i guess this is one possible outcome.
this 200 gram bag of stamps from the 1960s was lovingly collected and curated by someone who loved international stamp art. i found it at a thrift store today, and will be turning it into physical pixel art in the coming weeks
Awesome fossil stamps I received from Canada! The conodonts one is so cool - they were jawless vertebrates kind of like hagfish. Parts of their "teeth" are found as fossils. #postcrossing#stamps#fossils#conodonts#biology
A 1-cent postage stamp from 1868 is going up for auction in June, and could fetch up to $5 million. It's one of only two known to exist (the other is owned by the New York Public Library) and features an image of Benjamin Franklin. Its "Z-grill" mark is what makes it particularly covetable for collectors. Smithsonian Magazine explains what that means.
Set of insects and spiders stamps released from the US in 1999. Interesting choices here as they included some less appealing ones, which is cool. Cant believe a bee wasnt included though! Props for including a Hemiptera and scorpionfly, which I don't see in media ever. #stamps#insects#bugs#entomology
Stamp Design Errors
compiled by Ken P #Newfoundland, 1910 Aug 15, Scott 92.
6-cent stamp depicts Sir Francis #Bacon, with "z" in "colonization" reversed. A correct version also exists. Also, Sir Francis Bacon became Lord Verulam, though Lord Bacon is sometimes used. #stamps#philately#stampcollecting
Ken P's Corner Stories #France, 3 francs, issued 1998 Nov 3.
50th anniversary (October 5) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Founded in Fontainebleau, France, with headquarters in Gland, #Switzerland. Has the membership of 1400+ organizations in 170 countries. #stamps#philately#stampcollecting
Stamp from China of the Chinese alligator, one of two alligator species in the world. The other is the American alligator. The snub faces are pretty cute. #stamps#postcrossing#herpetology
I don't know where I got this, but I absolutely love this album. Looks to be mid 50s, in great shape and completely empty. I'm considering filling it as a nice little project. @philately#Philately#PostageStamps#Stamps
#DungeonsAndDragons commemorative stamps (10 designs) are set for release by #USPS in 2024. Also planned: a gorgeous collection of #AnselAdams B&W photos (16 designs).
BTW, most of the U.S. #stamps planned for 2024 were announced back in October. These included some James Webb #Space Telescope images, a 10-design #UndergroundRailroad issue, interesting round "pinback button" stamps, a four-scene flower and #hummingbird release, and five adorable #horse stamps.
I've never really associated squirrels with winter, since they should be hibernating, but with the climate changes we're still seeing them out and about and, to commemorate this, the German post office has put squirrels out as its winter theme this year.
Earlier this week, a 24-cent stamp sold at auction for $2 million. Smithsonian Magazine has the story of how the "Inverted Jenny" was made, why it's so rare, and the incredible places some of the stamps have visited, from the Postal Museum in Washington to the inside of a vacuum cleaner.