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here's a couple mourning cards I picked up at stamp club auction tonight     the first one has a Pan American Exposition cancel on it. Some of the members were getting excited that it was a mckinley assassination card. Too bad its 7 months too early Richard |
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Great finds Ziggy Love all the different cancels. Dianne  |
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Very nice!
I am a member of the mourning stamps and covers club. E-mail me if you need some help, or post here!
Cheers!
David |
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A mourning stamp is a stamp, often black-bordered issued shortly after the death of a prominant person. Often there is an official or prescribed period of mourning, usually reserved for heads-of-state. Look at the black-bordered stamps from 1934 with Paul Von Hindenburg (Germany) and those from 2002 of H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Great Britain).
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Thanks for the info! I have some of them and didn't even know what they were.
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Here's the Germany Hindenburg Memorial set David was talking about. It may be hard to see, but note the black borders:  |
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| Edited by laswabbie - 10/02/2008 11:37 pm |
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Here is a handmade mourning cover. The sender made it by running a felt-tipped marker along the edge of the envelope. The recipient trimed off the right edge to open the envelope, but included the message, typed on a 3x5 card, inside. Any interest, David?  |
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Hey David - how's the psycho business going? Is PhilB sharing any of his secrets with you? |
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| Edited by bobgggg - 10/20/2008 11:30 am |
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I never realized this
Does a black border around a stamp usually mean a death??? Something else I'll have to look for
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Does a black border around a stamp usually mean a death??? Yes, come counties printed black borders around stamps of their deceased leaders, like the German and Jugoslav stamps shown. Greece even did it around stamps of Franklin Roosevelt. |
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Posted 10/01/2008 10:13 pm
