Definitives From Around The World

Thailand

Just took a stroll through 15 pages of definitives. Amazing! What a great thread and wonderful selection of stamps.

A couple of things I'd like to raise.
phil, do you still have a $2 Prexxie to trade? Send me a scan.

BeeSee, give me a sign which admirals you need and I'll take a look at the varios.

Also, on page 7 of the thread BeeSee showed his terrific collection of 1973-77 Canadian 'caricatures' depicting the Queen and several of our Prime Ministers.



I know that Unitrade describes these a caricatures but really they're not.
A caricature is a drawing (or description) which ludicrously exaggerates the characteristics of the thing described or shown, usually for comic effect.
These certainly do not do that. These, while conceptual, are pretty honest depictions of the people shown. At best they can be described as loose contour drawings. Certainly portraits. But not caricatures.
Well, anyway, that's it.

Bundi: the 2 Rupees Sacred Cows



and the Coat of Arms set, which followed the Sacred Cows, in 1941:



What a come-down!

We could call them the "Prime Ministers who haven't combed their hair" set. Pearson has a particularly bad case of bed head!

Ryan

Perhaps, "Prime Ministers who haven't combed their hair and a Queen who has" set.

. . . also known as the Line Drawings. Drawn in a similar style to caricature drawings but without the comedy that this style usually has.

Malaya, Straits Settlements



Steve

Some Early Canada







Dianne

A few more




Dianne

And before I head off to work

A few Japan

And one last one



Dianne

Nice pages, Dianne.

Here is an example of the 1927 design for Tanganyika:



The set is bicolor, with black portraits:



(I've put some of the larger-sized high values in another KGV thread.)

The 30-cent ultra and black pictured above is the one to look for. It was issued later than the rest, in 1931, and has a much higher catalogue value compared to the rest of stamps sharing this design. Keep an eye out for it in small lots of Tanganyika. It is probably a common assumption that the lower values catalogue a buck or three per stamp.

Continuing the British Africa theme...



East Africa and Uganda Protectorates
1912-18 10c yellow orange "George V"
SON cancel "Mombasa"

I had forgotten about this thread and since there is a flurry of
activity (no flurries here yet but hopefully at Xmas) I like to join.

I really like the Japanese from Dianne and those bicoloured Tanganyika
from Cjd

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Norway's Post Horn design is the longest (oldest) running continuous stamp design.
First issued in 1872 and still going strong today although there have been minor changes over the years.

1872 Skilling currency , print Typography

1877 ore/Krone currency

1893 Antiqua fonts

1937 printing process changed to Photogravure

1962 printing process changed to single colour Steel Engraving

1991 printing process changed to bi coloured Steel Engraving

1997 printing process changed to Offset (bi coloured & 2001 multicoloured)

I only have a few examples but if you care to see the whole series
check out this site.http://home.online.no/~jdigrane/nor...thorn_08.htm br /

I believe we have a couple of members from Norway here on SCF,
perhaps they could add additional info.




TYPOGRAPHY

The ones below issued between 1909 - 1920

Norway Post Horns

PHOTOGRAVURE

Issued in 1937 and 1950