Thematic : Elephants.

So in the above case can we take it as 55c Postage rate and 20C charity, am I right, ie the customer pay 75C for stamp but can use it for 55C worth postage only.

That's right. Here's another semi-postal stamp, one I noticed the other night while sorting some German stamps.

Ryan

I saw this block for sale on ebay, is this a real postage stamp, any idea, have not seen it before, couldn't locate it in catalogue.

It's not a postage stamp. I believe it is a label for Vietnam Women's Day.

Here are some stamps on elephants. A lady from Melbourne creates artwork and jewellery from stamps.

http://cache0.bigcartel.com/product...age_760h.jpg

Philately is really a huge source of information.. even though I have been after elephants for long time, I never knew that African elephants were so extensively used by men, of course its an official issue , pre-stamped postcard.
Belgium Congo , Fist series postcard (1912-1922)

Hi Friends! I got this scanned image long ago, a one frame exhibit on elephants, very interesting, if any one of you know any details of this exhibit or about the owner of this exhibit, please let me know.

Any idea about the above exhibit and its owner..??
Slovenia Proof of circus elephant

I searched on Google Vietnam, but couldn't come up with anything. I found a couple of interesting items, however.

Mary Ann Owens had a very large collection of elephant stamps and competed in international exhibitions, winning 3 Large Gold prizes. Her collection was sold after her death, here are a couple of auction catalogues.

http://stampwants-stamps.bidstart.c...46813/a.html
http://stampwants-stamps.bidstart.c...46817/a.html

This article from a Singaporean magazine was written by the curator at the Singapore Philatelic Museum, who were hosting an elephant philatelic exhibit in conjunction with Singapore's Elephant Parade 2011.

http://www.spm.org.sg/exhibition/im...Stampede.pdf
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...15124&type=3
http://www.spm.org.sg/exhibition/pa..._2011_2.html

Ryan

Thanks Ryan for this valuable info, I got a xerox copy of the award winning exhibit of Mrs.Owens, Her exhibit of "elephants on stamps" was the first thematic exhibit to win gold and large gold.
I am sure that this auction catalogue will have lot more materials than the exhibit, These items were sold by her, the auction was on 2000 and she died on 2005.

Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting an elephant monument, a Buddhist temple, and the entrance to Thao Cam Vien, the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden, designed by Lao Van Mui, and issued by (South) Vietnam on December 2, 1964, Scott No. 247.

- nethryk

Elephant, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by Congo (People's Republic) on March 15, 1965 as one of three stamps in a "Folklore and Tourism" set, Scott No. 124.

- nethryk

22 pages and I didn't see this one...



...but I don't know. There were quite a few elephants, and it's like not seeing the forest for the trees. And there were certainly a lot of trunks!

African elephant, designed by British-born South African artist and stamp designer A.H. Barrett, printed by lithography, and issued by for use in Bophuthatswana (South Africa) on December 6, 1977, Scott No. 18.

- nethryk