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...and now for something completely different. My favourite stamp doohickey, doodad, widget or doojigger. Don't ask me where the image came from, looks like the end of an adjustable shower curtain rail. Ideal filler for "popular mechanics" magazine.   |
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Jubilee, that stamp belongs in my collection,
I have a gap pining for it.
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Is that a Pine Gap?  I bet you've got a picture of that as well! It is lovely, and FWIW, although forgeries exist, I think it is genuine |
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"tis a thing of beauty, Jubilee. Are you able to tell the forum a little about this stamp? I am aware of the IEF, but Mafia I have no knowledge. A bit of journalism, please |
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If I recall, Mafia Island was part of German East Africa. Listed in Gibbons I think but not Scott. |
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I suppose I should have thought about more info, shouldn't I?
Mafia Island is one of the Spice Islands off southern Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika, which is where this is catalogued in SG).
In 1915 it was captured from the Germans by the British. It had been part of German East Africa.
Stamps of the Indian Expeditionary Force - Indian stamps overprinted "IEF" - were subsequently overprinted for use on Mafia Island. This is SGM35 1 anna aniline carmine MH if it's genuine. As this is worth more used than MH (£85 to £55), a forger would surely have added a postmark.
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GR post Mafia Mafia Island GR = Georges Rex (King George)  just under dar es salam Note: look also for Nossi Be   |
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Don't grumble that the roses have thorns, be thankful that the thorns have roses |
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That's one I do not have unfortunately. I would scan it at depth and post if for you. It is on the sand but the kind of mirage effect is interesting isn't it?
I will, perhaps, have to make my own if it does not turn up soon. First I will have to learn how to build a castle as good as that, years of study involved no doubt.
Hard work in the warm climes of Bermuda or some such would suit I would think. Then there is getting the just right castle and the right lighting and the props (bucket), oh and a good photographer will be needed also. All this takes time. It is a quest of sorts.
No one has made any (that I have seen) space stamps on the Picture Postage format yet. Again another quest to ponder.
I have seen the Taj Mahal on one but lost the bidding on it. The pyramids of Egypt will do I suppose. It's fun. |
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Posted 06/04/2010 11:16 pm
. Sorry not all are sized correctly.
