Tell US About Your Stamp Avatar

Many contributors to this forum have chosen a specific stamp image to use as an avatar to go along with their user name. I thought it would be interesting to find out how you came about choosing that particular stamp as your avatar.

Let me get the ball rolling....
Ever since I was a kid the Canada Goose stamp has been one of my favorite Canadian stamps..It was issued in 1952 the year after I was born.
Next to the beaver it is one of Canada's most iconic images....and where I live you can see them majestically flying in V formation with their unique bird call.




Canada-Issued Nov 3, 1952 Scott 320
Designed by Emmanuel Hahn..you can see the initial H on the stamp




Lots more info here...
http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot...-7-cent.html

Graphis, that is a beautiful stamp. But there is a problem On the stamp it says 1952, same as the first date mentioned in your post. But then you state the stamp was Canada-issued Nov 3, 1924. That must be a slip of the pen?


Peter

Petert4522...date edited and corrected...thanks for pointing it out.
So what's the story behind your avatar stamp?

When I was 7 years of age, a young lady whose father owned the family grocery store at the end of our street gave me a US Scott #958 (Swedish Pioneer Centennial). I found it interesting because most stamps seemed to be only 3-cents while this one was 5-cents. This was my first stamp. While I briefly considered using it for my avatar, I instead chose Scott #397 (1-cent Balboa). At around 9 or 10 years of age, I stumbled across this stamp on an old postcard that I found in an abandoned house across the road from my grandparents farm. It was this stamp that really stoked my interest in stamp collecting.

My collecting interest focuses on US airmail and aviation topical stamps and covers. The 20 cent US Parcel Post stamp depicting a Wright flyer over College Park MD was the first govt issued stamp to depict an aeroplane. One legend has it that the plane is being flown by Hap Arnold, then a Lieutenant in the the Army Signal Corp, who went on to lead the USAAF in WW II and is considered the "father of the US Air Force." But as I recall the stamp is an artist's creation worked up from photos of the Wright flyer on the ground, not flying.

Basil

Graphis, nice thread, your goose stamp is beautiful!
My avatar is Norway Mi# 741, a definitive issued 24 Feb 1977, artist is Knut Løkke Sørensen, depicting Torungen Lighthouses (Large and small Torungen). I chose that stamp because I can see these Lighthouses from my home, giving a local connection. My hometown Arendal's 'golden years' was in the era of large tall ships, and Arendal had at some point one of the largest fleets in the world of these beautiful sail ships, and Arendal was the richest town in Norway. The lighthouses were erected to reduce loss at sea, and it was also decided to erect two lighthouses outside Arendal simply to distinguish Arendals lighthouses from other ports which normally had only a single lighthouse. Now the sail ships are gone and Arendal is only a small insignificant town, but Torungen remains as a memory of the towns more glorious past. Being a sailor myself, raised in Arendal, the choice for my avatar was easy.

On another note I think the commemorative stamps seems to take too much attention from the definitives. I think the 'workhorses' should also be saluted. Often the beauty is in the simplicity.

Great stamp.....wish I could get some help putting one of mine in the Avatar....thks

Mine is US airmail Beacon Light and Airplane C11. Found it in an old desk and it got me started in collecting again.

Renden: Select "Stamp Community Support" in the "Support and Testing Area". It should be at the end of your list of forums. Then look for "Forum Topics" ... there you will find avatar requests. Which should give you an idea as to how to proceed.

I just think it is a beautiful engraved stamp that I happen to own, even though I don't particular focus my collecting on U.S. stamps.

My avatar is a "Bezirkshandstempel" from Soviet Occupied Germany. The handstamp is from a town that is almost identical to my last name, Sommerfeldt.

Dan

My avatar reflects my interest in Greek stamps, as well as a reminder of my time living in Greece on a work assignment. I also think the location of the sanctuary at the foot of Mount Parnassus is one of the most spectacular sites that I have ever seen.

Mine's a "Minerva" proof, produced by de la Rue around the turn of the 20th century. In 1894 it was suggested that the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal and Transvaal should issue stamps of equal colour and value. The Cape and Natal adopted the scheme, but agreement could not be reached with Transvaal and O.F.S. There are four different colour combinations (dull green and brown-orange, dull and bright purple, dull green and violet, and dull green and carmine), each on both uncoated ordinary and chalk surfaced paper.

I live in Mississippi , I know - boring.

Mine is a Scott #114 with a pre-printing paper fold. I have a pretty nice specialized collection which I continue to assemble. This was the first "exhibit worthy" stamp and remains my favorite, despite having added a number of mid/high-end fancy cancels and some nice multiples.

I love the early US imperforate stamps because they are a contrast of crude stamp separation methods and exquisite engraver workmanship. The Mobile, Alabama, postmark on my avatar, US Scott #17 doesn't show as well as I hoped in the tiny thumbnail. But the bright red CDS against a razor-sharp intense black printing give this stamp a stunning appearance, in my opinion.