Unknown Cinderellas:

Rats!
the value tablet should have flagged it.
It was found B.O.B and there was no "bundespost", I put 2 and 2 together,and got 5
Thanks LaSwab.

Two Monaco prints:
Are these "black prints" although they have 2 colours?
Printing Works propaganda?

Both up close are breathtaking in their illustration
of the genius of Slania.
The building entrance up the hill, the right hand gate post
has strange engraving that may be one of Slania's "hidden messages"
I presume the monogram is (G)race and (R)ainier.
Both damaged through poor housekeeping.

The lower sheet (Princess Grace) is SG MS1611(1983), Michel B22.
The upper sheet is not in SOTW 2009, but is probably SG MS1829, in Michel B37.

Thanks 22crows, Onya
I confess, I didn't check SOTW first.

The Chicken or the Egg?

More testing labels, or printers propaganda?
Joh Enschede en zonen

Swiss colour test print,
previously discussed on this forum, anybody remember what thread please?



Unknown:

The 3 lower stamps, depicting David, were trials issued by the now defunct Swiss company, PTT Stamp Printing Works (found on Ryan's earlier link of stamp printers).
If you google the company name you can find some information on these and other colour versions.

Thanks 22 crows.

(hope your name does not refer to the AFL,
the crows got thumped today by carlton)

We are the navy blues, we are the old dark navy blues.......

Come on, Rodney, you know it doesn't!
It must have been a relief to see the Weagles win last night.

Hehehe good win today, Old Juddy played like he never missed a game.

I heard a whisper 22crows barracks for the Saints, who may just get whupped by the Dockers, who are on a roll
Golly, It's good to be back into the footy season.

Yet my footy collection is disgraceful, I don't think I have one MUH.

Recovering this old topic. I think that the personage that Rod wants to identify is Charles/Karl/Carlos/Carles V of Hapsburgh (Ghent, Belgium, 1500 - Yuste, Spain, 1558). Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, King of Castille, Count of Barcelona(1516-1556)...
Among many other titles. The leading figure of the European 16th century. By the way, he got the news of being elected emperor, while being in Barcelona, as he was also our own Count: Carles Ist.

Cursus
your reply captured and placed alongside the stamp.

1978 Christchurch Pigeon Post

Greenpeace has for several years issued cinderella or local post stamps for use on their campaign support vessels and also in the earlier years from their Antarctic Base situated in the Ross Dependency.

These stamps pay the cost of postage (or local carriage) on postal articles from the vessels concerned to the nearest regular postal collection point. These stamps also raise funds for Greenpeace conservation tasks as well as publicising their projects. Stamps are denominated in New Zealand Dollars and have been issued through their Auckland Headquarters. Sheets have 4 different $1.25 stamps giving a face value of NZ$5.

This is the only one I have currently, but you can see more here
http://www.newzeal.com/steve/greecind.html




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