Show And Tell Anecdotes - Just For Fun!

How about a thread to just post something fun or has some personal interest to you. Just an item that has a little irony, humor or anecdotal interest.

Here is my contribution - if it catches on it should be fun.

An air mail cover from a Newfoundland fish exporters to the Sheaffer Pen Co in Ft Madison Iowa! Interesting enough - but what's with the mystery face??

These two covers are unrelated at first glance, but together they show a little of the narrative of the life of Queen Elizabeth II.


The first celebrates happy times. King George VI, who had been on the throne since his brother's abdication in 1936, celebrating the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Phillip, which took place on the 20th November 1947. At first I read the letters as "ER" for Elizabeth's royal monogramme, then I reminded myself that she was not yet Queen, and the initials are of course "EP", for Elizabeth and Phillip.



The second is a little sadder. Following her Father's death in 1952, Elizabeth was crowned Queen in 1953. The juxtaposition of the King's head still on the stamp, overlaid with with the words, "Long Live the Queen", is an poignant illustration of this moment of change in the monarchy.

The second cover is indeed a sad one. Just give it a moment to sink in what is represented.

Hi stampgal,

Those are fine KGVl covers, and way, way better than the over decorated covers produced for the collector market. The Second World War not long over and an Aldershot postmark too, home of the British Army. The Salesian College is in Farnborough and not far from where I live. I am green with envy.

Terry

Thanks Terry, they are two of my favourites. I enjoy this period of history, its one my Grandparent's generation lived through, and I feel a connection through them, and items of theirs I have inherited.

Great pieces of history there stampgal.
Thanks for showing.

Ram

The mystery face on the first envelope reminds me of the tiger heads on the very early Afghanistan stamps.