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Zuzu - Well, I suppose the obvious answer may be correct. But they sure don't look like any of the kids in my neighborhood (American children tend to be rounder these days). - nethryk |
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It could be all of a young girl's bigger sisters and mother at Christmastime. Wild guess. |
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"Energy conservation," designed by German artist Karl-Heinz Bobbe (1927- ), printed by lithography, and issued by East Germany (DDR) on April 21, 1981, Scott No. 2178, Michel No. 2601. - nethryk  |
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| Edited by nethryk - 12/27/2013 10:49 am |
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Really? A stamp promoting arson for profit? Well, no. Here is an image of an airmail stamp merely publicizing Costa Rica's match industry, combined engraved and photogravure (vignette) and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued by Costa Rica in October, 1954, Scott No. C232. - nethryk  |
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| Edited by nethryk - 02/14/2014 07:56 am |
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Arson R Us! This one arrived recently on a postcard from The Netherlands. The topic didn't make me go "Huh?", it was the format. It is like an old photo slide stuck to a postcard. So far I didn't see anything about it on the Netherlands PO site.  The sender said it is for packages, and that you pull a tab on it and it will do something. I didn't want to pull the tab, just in case it would damage it. |
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I found them on Delcampe, two of them on a souvenir sheet. They are called by one seller 'Pop Up Stamps' for the Children's Book Week or Kinderboekenweek. Pictures from sellers on Delcampe as noted in photos:    |
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The sender said it is for packages, and that you pull a tab on it and it will do something. You know, I tried that trick on an old girlfriend of mine once. COMPLETELY different outcome ...  |
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Oh, I see now. So are mine in... well, I think I will keep my mouth shut... WAY to easy to say something with double meaning! |
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Admittedly, I didn't review all 11 pages of the previous posts for this thread, so if this has been posted before, I apologize. In any case, it certainly would qualify (in my opinion) as stamps that would make you go "HUH"!  Quote:
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'Finns have a passion for odd contests and even arrange World Championships in various weird sports. Stamp artist Bruno Maximus has picked six peculiar Finnish sports as the motifs of the Finnish Oddity stamp booklet: wife carrying, air guitar playing, anthill sitting, boot throwing, old-geezer carting, and swamp soccer. "The stamps show the hilarious side of this sometimes so serious-minded country," Mr. Maximus explains. He hopes that these humorous 1st class stamps will spread around the world and bring smiles on the recipients' faces. The graphic designer of the Finnish Oddity stamp booklet is Tero Jämsä.' |
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The Netherlands "pop-up" stamps look like Eric Carle illustrations. I like them. :) |
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These knocked me back a bit, until I finally grasped where they were going. Ten aerogrammes from the bargain box, all from Dusseldorf to Jamaica NYC, with a shared family name, with various postage combinations that all added up to DM 1.10. If I had a catalog, I could tell you the catalog numbers, which of the series I'm missing, etc. Remind me to not buy a catalog. Cheers, /s/ ikeyPikey       |
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The the first stamp from the workplace safety series from mid-70s Germany has always made me laugh. To me the take-home message is "Never climb a ladder while wearing a skirt and pumps." |
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