Comments on: "The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job." - N Hill

"The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job." - N Hill

anastasiav — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:57:17 -0800

Dan's Topical Stamps

By: Uppity Pigeon #2

Uppity Pigeon #2 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:00:37 -0800

For such a teen heartthrob, Martin Luther sure looks grumpy.

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:38:36 -0800

sigh... Bogie...

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:41:16 -0800

Incunabula are usually defined as books printed before the beginning of the sixteenth century. However, in this section, I will use the term to refer to printed books of whatever age which were designed to imitate the illuminated manuscript. Then you and me are going to have to rumble.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:56:09 -0800

Diebold Schilling page: Pope Callixtus III excommunicated the comet as an instrument of the devil. Apparently that's a myth, but this stamp page isn't the only place that repeats the story. New Scientist, for example: "in 1456, Pope Callixtus III is said to have excommunicated it."

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:08:00 -0800

Why does Sierra Leone have a stamp depicting the Bayeux Tapestry? Can someone please explain?

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:41:44 -0800

The stamp commemorates the flyover of Halley's Comet (1985)...as does that section of the tapestry. There are many 1985 commemorative stamps for Halley's Comet that year. For example, check out the Marshall Islands Halley's Comet commemorative stamp (1985).

By: Xurando

Xurando — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:49:10 -0800

I can tell my grandkids that I once spent twenty minutes of my life, on the web, looking at a collection of South Dakota stamps, few of which had anything remotely to do with South Dakota. They'll ask me why I did this and I'll say "I don't really know."

By: the aloha

the aloha — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:01:38 -0800

philately, i have had the strangest feeling with this unique site on my mind.

By: rageagainsttherobots

rageagainsttherobots — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:44:42 -0800

This post reminded me of the great graphic design on stamps.

By: sexyrobot

sexyrobot — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:29:34 -0800

way too many topics, there...

By: Twang

Twang — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:09:15 -0800

Ah, stamps. Long before computers, when I was a kid, growing up in the frozen north, where civilization was only a rumor ... I collected them. The earliest were just outlines of famous people, more like charcoal outlines of shadows. But slowly they began to tell of heroic feats, heroic peoples. Stamps were my Google Earth. I didn't know any better, so it wasn't sad at the time. They were narcissistic as hell, and so ... full of insights. If tourist aliens came to find out about us, and were looking for something to take home that would help convince their kind to believe their amazing stories ...