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Actually baby boy #2... the older brother is 2.5 - will be 3 in April. Thanks everyone. |
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Canada 2010  No sparkly snowflakes this year but Canada and the ornaments kind of shine when the stamp is on an angle to the light. |
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Gord & Puzzler! Wanted to say THANKS! yes, held to the light the Canadian ornaments are glinting.... and I appreciate the stamps you, Gord sent for my holiday collection. I certainly didn't know how much there was when this thread started. Here's another Christmas seal  |
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In the early sixties when only a few countries issued Christmas stamps I used to look forward every year in purchasing the newest ones from New Zealand. At the time because of their multicolour photogravure printing I thought they were the most beautiful ever issued. 1960 1961 1962 |
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litho, I have several of those NZ stamps that have come in accumulations over the years, but I never absorbed how great they look...they sure benefit from your snappy scans. |
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Well thanks Kirk and Cjd, like I said fifty years or so ago
I thought they looked fantastic compared to most stamps but now of
course compared to modern photo/litho printing they look just ordinary.
I believe they were all printed by Harrison & Sons who at that time
were the premier printers for photogravure and maybe Courvoisier |
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Lovely scans,
one can imagine the whirring of the scanner
deep into the night at Lithograving's house.
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Lithograving, Now I'm gonna have to become collector of something beyond American. Those are beautiful! And yes, the color and imaging far beyond.... Here's todays'  |
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