Flags On Stamps.......new Additions !

Expo 67 Senegal

Sorry about the spray on cancel but nice flag used out of state flag series - Maine

I need to find someone who collects UN material - In the meantime londonbus1 here's a flag

Why so ? Are you looking to offload those lovely blocks/sheets ?



timbres667....love those Korea Miniature sheets. they made quite a series of them and some are not cheap. The one you showed is absolutely delightful. The expo stamp was nice too.....notice the poor printing caused a colour variation !

Here are a few more of those Korea sheets:







Londonbus1

If I were to put them up for sale what should I be starting them at?? :)

Lovely scan there Timbres667,
any reason you save as a *.bmp ?
If you save as a *.jpg it goes from 1.1Mb to 60Kb.
May save you some HDD space
but loss of quality .

CEYLON

Ceylon gained it's Independence from Britain in 1948. In 1949, to celebrate the 1st Year of Independence, a set of stamps was issued, two of them with the National Flag.
The 15c issue is shown below.
The Golden Lion and Sword on a Red Field was taken from the Flag of the Kingdom of Kandy [Sinhalese]. The flag proved unpopular with some minority groups and in 1951 the design was changed to include Green and Red bands on the left side to represent the Muslim and Tamil communities.
In 1972, Ceylon became Sri Lanka, and again the Flag was changed to include the Buddhist symbols of Pipul leaves in the 4 corners of the Red field



Londonbus1

Catalogue value is minimum for both values. Strangely, an inscription block is valued at less than the single stamps in the Scott Specialized

I cannot tell from the scan if they are sheets or blocks. Thewy look like large Inscription blocks.

Londonbus1....will buy or bid !

i just found a Danish semi postal I needed in an APS circuit book...i will put it under the flag theme but it also has a nice cancel !

Londonbus
Yes, I love those Korean sheets. I once bid on a Korea collection with many lovely sheets but it went to high I didn't follow. I guess Korea too is in demand among Asian countries; not only China is. Good explanations about Ceylon flag.

Rod
I thought I only save so far in jpg. Never heard of bmp. Anyway I just scan for the Forum so I don't worry for space.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

The Carribean Island of Antigua achieved Associated Statehood in 1967 prior to becoming Independent within the Commonwealth in 1981.
A competition was held to design the Islands' Flag, and the winning entry is still in use today in Antigua & Barbuda [a dependency of Antigua].



Shown above is the set of stamps issued to commemorate Statehood in 1967.
The two red triangles express the strength of the people; The Black stripe for the soil and the Peoples African heritage. The blue stripe represents hope. The triangles and stripes form a 'V' which stands for Victory.
The golden sun rising over the stripes represents a new era for the Island and it's people.
The colours in the design also promote the main attractions of Antigua and Barbuda, Sun, Sea and Sand......Gold,Blue and White !

At various times during the last 40 years or so, Barbuda have issued both their own stamps and used the stamps of Antigua overprinted or Inscribed....ot both. More on that another time.
Below is an example of the Flag on a sheetlet of Barbuda for the Queen's Jubilee visit of 1977.
The Jubilee issues of Antigua showing different designs were also used in Barbuda, overprinted 'Barbuda'! It's complicated



Londonbus1

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela :
(I recognised only 6 flags)

Interesting map Rodney! It shows in red and white stripes the large part of Guyana that is claimed by Venezuela. This is everything east of the Essequibo river so is well over over half of Guyana.

Ahhhh! I see,
I couldn't quite work out what that was,
Venezuela has claimed that for years,
wiki
Venezuela and Great Britain accepted the award by treaty in 1905, but Venezuela raised the issue again at the time of Guyana's independence and continues to claim Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela calls this region "Zona en Reclamación" (Reclamation Zone), and Venezuelan maps of the national territory routinely include it, drawing it in with dashed lines.

not sure this counts lb1 but thought I would put it up - jeff