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All Forums Category: General Philatelic Discussions (Non Country Specific) Forum: Main Stamp Collecting Forum

Postage Stamps As Propaganda (Mechanix Illustrated Oct 1938)

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Posted 12/19/2011 3:46 pm

Just happened to find on the internet this article from the October 1938 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. While quite dated to pre-World War II, I thought SCF members might find it to be an interesting look as to how people viewed postage stamps back in that day:

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Edited by wt1 - 12/19/2011 3:46 pm

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Posted 12/19/2011 8:01 pm

the author seems like a miserable jerk

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Posted 12/19/2011 8:02 pm

but I guess I would be pretty bitter if my name was Montgomery Mulford

actually just googled his name and he wrote several books about stamps too. Maybe he was just having a bad day

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Edited by Mike33 - 12/19/2011 8:04 pm

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Posted 12/19/2011 8:46 pm

An interesting article that really brings to life the Hawkish sentiment of 1938.

Ironically, many of the points that the article makes about so-called "propaganda" stamps can also be said of US postage issuances.

For those who don't already know, you can browse and search the Modern Mechanix Blog, which includes other articles related to stamp collecting here:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/

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Edited by panda.bear - 12/19/2011 8:48 pm

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Posted 12/20/2011 06:02 am

If he were alive today (I am assuming he has died) he would no doubt be appalled at the number of new issues.

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Posted 12/20/2011 3:26 pm

Short cut to stamp articles.

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/index.php?s=Stamps

Chimo

Bujutsu

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