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Or he could be very tired (he was 65 years old then), not be bothered to mirror letters, just engrave his name normal, which makes it mirrored when printed?? Indeed, That would be my explanation, Tomoko. Those strange blobs at the bottom of the Pylons possibly indicates concrete footings, with "re-bar" Reinforcing steel. |
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| Edited by rod222 - 06/22/2022 3:41 pm |
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Sorry - poor ability of my maths  ... Mr. Piel was 75 years old when he engraved the stamp with mirrored name, and the database your referred told me that his last work was issued on 1966, when he was 84 years old!! Amazing engraver!!! I found that I have his work from 1964 on Philatec Paris, and admiring his matured precision right now. |
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Up to now, for many years, I wasn't aware what is painted. What was I looking at... Finally today I am nominating this stamp to the thread!! Japan 26 February 1981 / Modern Art Series 9th issue / "Power Station in Snow" by Shikanosuke Oka (1898-1978)   |
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And new one had arrived! Very large and prominent insulators  . Bulgaria 10 August 1969 / National Economic Achievement Exhibitions, Bucharest / design: V. Stolanov  |
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| Edited by tomonakaazu - 07/15/2022 1:50 pm |
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Nice catch Tomoko.  The Power Station stamp can be explained as an "Artist's Impression" It would be difficult to find enough water on top of such a mountain to run a hydro power station. |
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Finland Sc# 334 1955 25 Markka. Bib: Visualising Finland: Postage Stamps as Political Messengers Pauliina Raento and Stanley D Brunn Thematic : Morse Code on Stamps  |
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It would be difficult to find enough water on top of such a mountain to run a hydro power station. That is true, Rod... maybe the painter omitted a few more mountains behind, to paint the nice blue sky... The Finnish stamps are great! Another snow-on-insulators. And then Quote:
Thematic : Morse Code on Stamps I checked if that has been existed in the Stamp Community already.. not yet, is it right? Are you starting it? Sounds great, please do! I have checked my images and already found 5 to contribute, in case so. One of them is here; https://wellcentred.wordpress.com/2...449;#27231;/ |
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Hi Tomoko, Morse Code on Stamps.... No, just saw it as a subsidiary thematic If you want to start a thread, go ahead  I am too busy with my Steiner pages. Nice Japanese stamp, I have not seen that before! |
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Hi Rod - yes, I started the new thread Morse Code and Keypunch Tape on Stamps!! My very first one on the SC. Thank you for your suggestion! And please do post your Finnish stamps above , here https://goscf.com/t/81460Here a couple of townscapes, top one has insulator, but not sure the second one..? Canada 6 July 1978 / Streets of Canada: Atlantic Coast Street Scene & Prairie Street Scene   |
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but not sure the second one..? I'd give that an OK pass. Romania 1958 Sc#1208 A449 1Lei75  |
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Australia 1972 Sc#526 7c One of the earliest Insulators.  "Song of the talking wire" Henry Francois Farny 1847-1916  |
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I'd give that an OK pass. Thanks Rod! This set is ... enormous in size (35 x 55 mm) ! I added the comparison image on the bottom, the largest insulator stamp I have next to the smallest (18 x 26 mm). Albania 25 October 1975 / 5th Anniversary of Electrification of Albanian countryside / design: S. Toptani     |
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I finally got one of the largest depiction of Telegraph Insulator, featured on Linn's Stamp News page link on the page 1 of this thread https://www.insulators.info/go-withs/linns.htm, but not posted here yet. Two more stamps following it are the largest and the second, both are posted already in this thread - re-posting to compare. Mozambique 1982  ++ + ++ + Argentina 1954  South Korea 1960  |
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