How About Windmill(S) Stamps?

I just started collecting windmill stamps. Maybe you guys/gals could share your windmill stamps here.

I'll post mine from Greece later, scanner is not working at the moment.

Thank you.

Here's from Greece.

Welcome to the forum Windmill. With a name like yours I can understand your interest.
Here's a subtle Dutch windmill stamp.



Meanwhile, check out this previous thread on the same topic. I'm sure you'll appreciate it.

http://goscf.com/t/20021&SearchTerms=windmill

Windmill my wife has been a windmill(also watermills)collector for about 20 years...she belongs to a windmill society with a magazine called windmill whispers...she said when you an official member here she can help you..but I don't see any harm in suggesting you google Windmill Whispers...you just may want to join them !!

Hi windmill,

windmills is not one of my topics, but I happen to have a few.

Here is a first day cover from Finland, issued 26 January 1956, to commemorate the return of Porkkala to Finland. The area called Porkkala had been adminstered by Russia since the war between the two countries ended, and was officially returned to Finland on the issue date.
Stamp, cover and cancel all show the lighthouse at Porkkala.

Hi Jamesw,

Oh, is it very obvious that I like windmill stamps? BTW, I do collect worldwide stamps and it just happened that windmill stamps got my attention.

Thank you so much for the link and you are correct, I enjoyed watching it. I've been searching this forum for windmill stamps but I don't have luck (I use the search engine tools). I guess, i'm so new on this forum that I don't know much how to use it.

Windmill

Hi philb, thank you for your suggestion. I did search windmill whispers and while searching.... I found more windmill stamps to collect :D.

Hi KlausR, Thank you for sharing your stamp and also to DavidR. I'm amaze how you write the info about the FDC.

Got to have those stamps too :).

I can't wait for my windmill stamps collection to grow. I'll post here if I have some more, I just bought US windmill stamps on ebay :).

Thanks windmill. Amazing what you can find out on Wikipedia!
Welcome to forum, by the way!

Additional to my windmill stamps :).

Windmill,

two links to sites listing windmill stamps:

http://web.jet.es/plopezp/filatelia/molinos.htm
http://www.wind-works.org/photos/wind_stamps.html

You can further search in Delcampe.net with keywords:

Windmill
Windmühle (German)
Windmolen (Dutch)
Moulin à vent (French)
Mulino a vento (Italian)
Molinos de viento (Spanish)

Klaus

Hello Windmill,
We have a trains thematic collector in our club.
Also a butterflies, elephants and penny blacks[any stamps with an image of the first stamp ever] but no one saves windmills great idea.
I guess you have to be very patient, but also it keeps your costs down, well done.
Bear - YorkStCb.

Windmill,





How do you define the limits your collection?

Only those stamps where windmills are the topic of the issue, or also those where a windmill happens to be shown on the stamp?

In the latter case here's another windmill from the Netherlands, issue directed to the Dutch film festival, the stamp showing a 1 second movie (sequence of pics appearing when the stamp is moved). The movie can be viewed at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...=v8tbEyLbz08


Klaus

Thank you Bear - YorkStCb,

Hi Klaus, Hmmmm...any stamps that has windmills on it or even just background...I will collect.

Thank you so much for the link Klaus :).

Regards,

Windmill

I thought I'd throw in some pics of the real thing, where I'm living one can't drive 5 minutes without seeing one of those: