To Mr. Heinz (II)

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This post is once again a tribute to Mr. Heinz.. I must remember that all the stamps and other Vatican items showed in this blog were in the past from this gentleman that I know nothing about , but from who I am deeply Grateful..

This first series is a 'classic' among Vatican stamps.. it is about Lourdes (France) , it's Sanctuary and the Apparitions of the Virgin Mary..

1958 "Centenary of Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes" (6) [Des (C. Dabrowska)][Engr (S. Vana - 5l,25l -)(F.Pagani - 10l,35l -)(V. Nicastro - 15l,100l -)][Intaglio] Sc(233,...,238) Wmk

1959 "Coronation of Pope John XXIII" (4) [Des (Grassellini)][Photo] Sc(250,...,253) Wmk

2 FDC from 1965 "Pope Paul's Visit to the U.N., New York" (4) [Photo] Sc(416,...,419)

FDC from 1965 " 700th Anniv of Dante's Birth" (4) [Des (C. Dabrowska)][Engr (A. Quieti)][Intaglio][Photo] Sc(410,...,413) Wmk

FDC and simple cover from 1972 "Bramante Celebrations" (3) [Des (R. Di Giuseppe)][Engr (R. Di Giuseppe)][Intaglio] Sc(515,...,517) Wmk

1973 "Millenary of Prague Diocese" (4) [Photo] Sc(541,...,544)

[Left] Cover from 1974 "The Bible" (5) [Photo] Sc(550,...,554) 

[Right] 1974 "Centenary of UPU " (2) [Litho] Sc(558,559)

1974 "700th Death Anniv of St. Bonaventura of Bagnoregio" (3) [Des (T. Mele)][Photo] Sc(558,...,560)

1983 "Holy Year" (4) [Des (G. Hajnal)][Photo] Sc(721,...,724)

As you could see , I was somehow in  'Silent mode'.. there was no talking..

Perhaps next time I'll be more 'In the mood' to talk...

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Mercedes Benz

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some Vatican FDC's and MS's from North Korea, Afghanistan, Cape Verde Islands and Belgium Congo are part of today's "Menu"...

MS's are part of the Philatelic item's that have increased importance during last years, and we have reached a point where almost every series that is issued come with a Souvenir Sheet...

I don't give great "attention" to these items , but I recognize that some of them are very beautiful and collecting them could open "New Worlds" to Philately... I think that the appearance of this items in postal issues is normal and only represent an additional field of interest to the collectors (Postal Services have recognized this fact and they bet , some early than others ,in this new product..); so, we can say that SS's are part of the normal flow of things [The Economic perspective of the Postal company's, and the collectors needs and like's...].. What I consider to be "against" the flow , are two recent (the 1st beginning in the 80's until now and the 2nd beginning in the last decade...) Philatelic events : the "Explosion" and growing of "Empty stamps" (My last post...) and the incomprehensible appearance of Photography as main source of pictures , instead of the old, correct and desired bet in Art ... both of them are killing Philately by killing the collectors interest in collecting ...

How can We understand this Global Suicide of Postal Services??...[an analogy can be made with the sad pictures we often view of large groups of wales that suddenly direct themselves to land.. and die..!] ..I think that to reach objectives totally extra Philately, Postal Services are being obliged to follow this way ...( they should know that Today's Good Economic Result could lead to Tomorrow's Bankruptcy if not consistent with the market's demands ..) It is imperative that something is done to change this... 

two FDC's from 1978 "Pope John Paul I Commemoration" ; the FDC's  present the 4 stamps of this series..

SG(708,...,711)

Two FDC's, one SS and one Large Envelope of the 1972 series " UNESCO "Save Venice" Campaign "

SG(574,...,579,MS580)

Two FDC's with complete serie 1964 "UNESCO Campaign "Save Nubian Monuments""

SG(423,...,426)

Now we have 3 MS from the Afghanistan 

1) from a series (3+MS) 1985 "115th Birth Anniv of Lenin"

SG(MS1015)

2) from a series (7+MS) 1985 "Birds"

SG(MS1069)

3) from a series (7+MS) 1984 "World Aviation and Space Navigation Day"

SG(MS957)

MS with complete series 1992 "Birds from Korea" and Extra stamp [Left] SG(N3154,..,N3160)

SG(MS3160) [Right]

MS of the series (5+MS) 1986 "History of the Motor Car (2nd series)"

SG(MSN2567)

from Cape Verde, a MS from 1993 "Brasilliana 93 International Stamp Exhibition, Rio de

Janeiro, and union of Portuguese-speaking Capital Cities." SG(MS717)

MS from the series (4+MS) 1991 "Tourism. Ruins of Ribeira Grande, Santiago Island"

SG(MS678)


Now , from Belgium Congo:

[Left] MS with block 4 of the stamp of 4F50 from the series (6) 1937  "Promotion of National 

Parks" ... these stamps from the block 4 are printed in Black and Red  [SG(MS219a)]

[Right] MS 1938 with complete series (6) 1937 "Promotion of National Parks" ; all the stamps 

are printed in Blue and Brown .

This MS was presented at the " Tourism Congress, Costermansville." . [SG(MS225a)] 


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Victory

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Today's post is shorter than usual, and fewer stamps are presented...not because of a casual lack of time , but due to the fact that today a complete series of 9 stamps is presented, and that is , I think the first time in the short history of the Blog. 

The series presented here today is , as I said before, a series 9 1946 "Victory : War Scenes" : It was issued in 15/11/1946 , after the end of the II World War..

Little is to tell about this series... The set had initially 8 stamps , but in 1948 other 1000d stamp was issued ; The initial 8 stamps were printed by "Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd" and the 1948 (15/09/1948) stamp by "Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd"; this last stamp has slightly different dimension than the others ( as we can see in the picture...[2nd stamp from 2nd row]) and different perforation.. 

Perf: 12.5  (13 x 13.5 for the 1948 stamp)

SG(646,647,648,649,650,651,652,653,682)

Two different Vatican FDC of the series 1973  "500th Birth Anniversary of Copernicus".. In each one of them, 2 of the 4 stamps of the series are present.
In the back side of each FDC , a resumed history of Copernicus.
SG(597,598,599,600)


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