Personal Stamps: Tuvalu

Tuvalu now has personal stamps, the sheets were placed on sale June 15, 2011.

Of course Tuvalu has to be different - the sheets are blank, so you have to print your own images.

I decided to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Gilbert and Ellice Islands stamps and made a design, and ran it through my b&w laser - I only have an inkjet for colour but was worried it would run.

The results were good - though the design shifted to the left a bit.

Notice how I had to add a turtle

Nice!

Thanks for the update, BeeSee (turtle dude).

Thanks Smauggie.

This stamps is great for collecting postmarks

Nice! But you've made me wanna go back there now...

I just got a bunch more blank sheets from Tuvalu in the mail Friday - now to design away

Cool.

Do they come with software or do you have to use your own?

Can you print a different design on each stamp of the sheet?

BeeSee I just would not know how to do what you have achieved. Totally amazing! Thanks for sharing. John.

Puzzler, no software is included, we are on our own. I will send you a cover; I received your Canada NS NE planters cover last week, thanks, it is great! I did my design in AutoCAD, and yes, I could include different designs on the same sheet.

Thanks John, glad you liked it - email me your address and a cover is yours. I do have FDC's now and they are KGV!

I forgot to mention, I based my design on these Gilbert and Ellice stamps:





Update: I put the wrong image of the pandanus stamps, I meant to put the above set.

Sorry I don't have abetter scan, got this off Wiki collecting or something.

East Africa Uganda telegraph KEVII



Good for hexagon collectors!

Beautiful design BeeSee! Are these for sale?

Just placed an order for blank sheets

Thank you Bee See that would be very special piece for many reasons.

Email sent Marius.