Sunday Stamps - December 15, 2024
Sunday Stamps' theme this week is The Color Red.
First is this USA 1964 embossed cut square for the New York World's Fair 1964-1965.
Norway c1922-1926, Lion Rampant (standing on its hind legs, forelegs raised, unsheathed claws, ready for battle)
South Africa 1964
Red in two ways, the background and the bird, a Crimson Breasted Shrike.
Japan 1914-1925
Text at top translates as "National Fish Day."
Not a postage stamp, this is a telegraph stamp from Switzerland from the 1880s. These stamps were used to prepay for telegraphs, showing they'd been paid, or were exempt from payment. In many counties telegraphs were paid with regular postage stamps. In 1860 India produced the first government issued telegraph stamp.
Germany 1923, showing the hyperinflation affecting the currency of the Weimar Republic between 1921 and 1923. In April 1921 this stamp would have cost .60 marks. By October 2, 1923 it was 2,000,000, and October 10 (when this was overprinted) 5,000,000, and only continued to rise. We think we have inflation?
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Next week is Christmas stamps! 🎅
Some lovely vintage stamps - red seems to have been a common color for those. The overprinted Deutches Reich stamp is fascinating.
ReplyDeleteThe world fair stamp is a beauty. Who knew there was a national fish day.
ReplyDeleteThe telegraph stamp - I hadn't heard of these before.
ReplyDeleteAll great red stamps. The first one is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteYou have some interesting vintage stamps! I think the Japanese have a 'national' day for pretty much everything. The first one is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteOh yea, inflation in 1920s Germany... I read about that. Scary stuff.
ReplyDeleteYou found some interesting red stamps. I have some similar to the Japanese one. I need to check if they are exactly the same one. I didn't know "National Fish Day" was on them!
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