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The Portuguese series I have to show today was one of the main reasons I bought that small world collection two weeks ago...it is a large series, difficult to achieve in it's complete form ,if you go buying one or two stamps each time...

In the other hand, the stamps from Taiwan were already in the blog's "waiting room" for a long time.. so this is a good opportunity to show them as well...

This is a beautiful series commemorating the life of Camilo Castelo Branco  (1825/1890) , one of the Greatest Portuguese Writers and Novelists...the Designs are of Alberto de Souza , with some works already shown here in the Blog,mainly for the Colonies of Angola and Mozambique ... the stamps are beautifully engraved by George R . Fairweather  and John Augustus Charles Harrison... The series has 5 different designs , each one presented in 6 values and there is a 6th Design that only appears once (The 20$00 value) ; the illustrations show us different aspects of the life of Camilo, and also some characters of his most Famous work , "Amor de Perdição". It is a Great Series not only by the Excellency of the Designs ,engravings and printing , but also due to the quality of the paper... it is a highly recommendable series...!

There isn't a great tradition in Intaglio printing in Portugal, but during the 1800's , the country had some very good engravers specially in the "wood engraving"tradition,.. their work is not available in postage stamps,but some of the Casa da Moeda Engravers have work to show in our hobby,like Arnaldo Fragoso , Renato Araujo and others....a usual practice during the beginning of the XX Century and in the 40's , 50's and 60's was to contract foreign Distinct Engravers , that  used foreign printing company's (perhaps by Contract specifications or just by imposition of the Artist...) and so we had several works of the 3 most famous British houses and also Curvoisier, the  Vienna Osterreichisch Staatsdruckerei , the Haarlem NV. Joh Enschedé & Zon, etc... Maxime Ferré , Karl Seizinger, Karl Bickel, and other famous engravers have worked for the Portuguese CTT...

1925 "Centenary of the Birth of Camilo Castelo Branco" (31) [Des (Alberto de Souza)][Engr ( George R . Fairweather  / Camilo's working Room )(John Charles Harrison / all the others)][Recess (Waterlow and Sons Limited, London)] Sc(346,...,376)

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Two more stamps of this series that commemorates some of the Leaders of Ancient China... The illustrations represent  Emperor Shun and King Tang , respectively... 

1972 "China Ancient Rulers"  (8) [Engr (Pao Lyang-Yu)][Recess] Sc(1792,1794)

the stamps represent the National Symbol of Taiwan : The Plum blossom... nice engravings, once more..

1979/1985 "Plum Blossom" (7) [Des (Chang chi-Ping)][Recess] Sc(2154,2155,2156)

A stamp representing Hsu Hsi-Lin... 

1988 "Famous Chinese Revolutionaries" (1) [Recess] Sc(2631)

very nice series, with great illustrations and a good printing...

1991 "International Camping and Caravanning Federation Rally, Fulung Beach" (4) [Litho] Sc(2807,2810)

I don't know why, but I like these illustrations...

 Now is the moment I would prefer not to have, because I will not say beautiful things about Japan's stamps... As You all know I like very much the stamps from Japan, but in recent times "Childish" designs invaded their stamps, and I really don't like it...there must be a reason for that and I will not question it, but I have my "tastes" and I prefer to have in my memories the Great and Beautiful Japanese stamps ( this is just a small remark , having nothing to do with Taiwan stamps...)...

1992 "Children's Games (2nd Series)" (4) [Des (Kao Szu-Sheng)][Litho] Sc(2840,...,2843)

nice designs and engravings.. I think there is too much white space in the design.. perhaps some clouds would be perfect...

1992 "Stone Lions From Lugouqiao Bridge" (4) [Des (Lee Kwang-Chi)][Miss chen Yu-Ling $5.00)(Chu Hann-yih)][Recess] Sc(2852,2853,2855)

Two series focusing in the Oriental tradition of the Lucky Animals... 

1993 "Lucky Animals (1st Series) 3.50, 10.00" (4) [Des (Lin Pan-sung)][Litho] Sc(2885,2887)

1993 "Lucky Animals (2nd Series) 1.00, 19.00" (4) [Des (Lin Pan-sung)][Litho] Sc(2920,2923)

Well, I should now work a while in my other blog , because it is stopped for a long time , without any activity...You know, my mind need "fuel" to work, and if sometimes, I've got enough to ignite some parts of my life , others rest cold , without the needed flame to ensure the new desired "start"...

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I am trying to impose a new rhythm , more paused and leisurely , to the blog with the intent of dispel the idea of the blog as a work... work is something that we must do .. it means stress, and for me stress is not a pleasure .. I am trying to do something , that in it's essence is a pleasure (stamp collecting..) but with a rhythm that brings me also displeasure..

After thinking a while about this , I have concluded that the solution is decrease the rhythm , to achieve only pleasure when I'm making a new post...

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Two weeks ago , I start working with stamps on paper ... some of them , from letters I received and others from a lot I have bought 5 or 6 months ago...

Here are some stamps from that lot... USA, India and Taiwan.

Here we have a complete series of 1939 "150th Anniv of Election of Washington as First President." ; at the [right] we have the same stamp but imperforated in the top, bottom and right side's.. I only present this stamps , because they appeared , with some paper attached.. and I though it was funny showing them.. I think the colors remain very good, after all the process... 

Perf: 11

SG(851) Sc(854)

Complete series 1939 "Golden Gate Int Exn, San Francisco"

I have noticed that in the USA stamps it is very frequent this "wavy" post Mark that it is a true "Godzila" of the Post Marks.. Born to destroy..!!! very beautiful stamp..

Perf: 10.5 x 11

SG(849) Sc(852)

Fortunately I already have the other stamp of this 1940 series (5) "Famous Americans : Educators" ; I felt surprised with the quality of the stamps in this lot, particularly these one's from the USA.. nice perforations, beautiful colors, etc..

The Personalities represented are :

$02 : Mark Hopkins $03 : Charles W. Eliot $05 : Frances E. Willard $10 : Booker T. Washington

Perf: 10.5 x 11

SG(867,868,869,870) Sc(870,871,872,873)

[Left] from the series (5) 1940 "Famous Americans : Artists"

Personalities : $03 Augustus Saint-Gaudens $05 : Daniel Chester French

Perf: 10.5 x 11

SG(883,884) Sc(886,887)

[Right] Complete series 1946 "Honourable Discharged Veterans of Second World War"

Perf: 11 x 10.5

SG(937) Sc(940)

I've had this stamps already cataloged, but I think that these trios are good additions to the collection.. the one from the right is not in very good shape [ and the "Godzila's claw "marks are well visible...] , but it will pass.

[Left] from a series (28) "Liberty Issue (1954/1968)"

Perf: 11 x 10.5

SG(1033) Sc(1035)

[Right]

from a series (3) 1940 "National Defense Issue"

Perf: 11 x 10.5

SG(896) Sc(899)

Now We have stamps from two series of Taiwan..

Now , some of you are already thinking "And now, this Post mark doesn't  bother him??" ; and the answer is "No"... No , because I am truly delighted with this post mark.. it is beautiful.. it remember's me the post marks from the early stamps from Japan.. they are beautiful!! I don't know what they say , but they are beautiful.. remarkable..!! I think that these post marks give value to the stamp.. (it is my way of thinking ..!!)

these are stamps from one of the issues of the "Chu Kwang Tower, Quemoy" Series.. this series starts in 1959 with the 1st issue and these are stamps from 1965 4th issue..This particular issue has 14 stamps ; 

Perf: 13 x 12.5

SG(496,499) Sc(1397,1400)

[Litho]

These are stamps from the series (9) 1976 "Major Construction Projects (2nd series)" ;

Perf: 13 x 12.5

SG(1122f,1122i) Sc(2014,2017)

[Litho] [Wmk]

Let us now begin with the stamps from India , found also in this "on paper" lot...

beautiful stamp from a large series of 16 issued 1949..You will see that most part of these stamps from India I present, have a bad overall aspect but some of them are from 2000 or more recent..,, strange...

I must remember that these are almost the 1st stamps i have from India.. I'm just a beginner in what concerns to India stamps..

Perf: 14

SG(309) Sc(207) [Wmk]

These are stamps from two different series, with the same designs... the first two stamps are from a series (18) 1965/1968 and the 3rd and 4th are from a series (21) 1975/1978... the main difference between these series is that in the 1965 series a currency label is presented and in the 2nd series, only the value is presented , without currency label.

The Perforations are the same ( 14 x 14.5) fot both series..

SG(506,512,729,731) Sc(408,414,670,672) [Wmk]

from the series (3) 2001 "Famous men"

Personalities Presented : (2r) Sardar Vallabhdhal Patel (3r) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Perf: 12.5 x 13

SG(1963,1964) Sc(1823,1872) [Wmk]

  

from the series (10) 2000 "Wildlife"

Perf: 12.5 x 13

SG(1929,1931) Sc(1826,1828)

[Wmk]

[Left] from a series (4) 2005 "Flora and Fauna of North East India" ; this series is originally presented in a block of 4 ... the quality of the stamps is much better than all the other stamps I present...

Perf: 13.5

SG(2262,2263) Sc(2101c,2101d)

[Right] I don't know nothing about this stamp, only that the person represented is Mother Teresa.. I cannot find nothing in the catalogs... [HELP!!.]

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from a set 3 1963 "Giant Panda" ...

Perf: 11 x 11.5

SG(2118)  Sc(710)

stamp from a set 6 1990 " 11th Asian Games, Peking (3rd issue)" ;

Perf: 11 x 11.5

SG(3699)  Sc(2299)

from the set 21 "Traditional Houses (1986/1991)" ; the stamp is from the 1st issue of 14 in 1986.

Perf: 13.5 x 13

SG(3441)  Sc(2055)

7 stamps from the set 24 "The Great Wall of China (1995/1999)" 

1) 01/09/1997 SG(4025) Sc(2792)

2) 01/04/1997 SG(4026) Sc(2755)

3) 05/10/1995 SG(4027a) Sc(2611)

4) 01/03/1999 SG(4027b) Sc(2937)

5) 01/09/1997 SG(4028)  Sc(2793)

6) 01/09/1997 SG(4031) Sc(2795)

7) 01/11/1998 SG(4038) Sc(2910)

The Perforation is the same for all stamps of the set.. (12 x 13)

set 8 "Birds (2002/2005)" ; these stamps are from 2002

Perf: 13

SG(4677,4683)  Sc(3177,3179)

Let us start this Taiwan section with two stamps from 1957 and from a set with 6 stamps.. these are Unwatermarked stamps, but the last 2 of the set are not... the chinese inscription in the meddle of the map means "Recovery of the Mainland"..

Perf: 12 x 12.5

SG(251)  Sc(1159)

the stamp represents General Chang Tzu Chung , one of the most important military leaders of the war against Japan..from the set 6 1975 "Famous Chinese. Martyrs of War against Japan"

Perf: 12

SG(1072) Sc(1954)

Complete set from 1992 "400th Birth Anniv of Johann Adam Schall von Bell (missionary astronomer)"

Perf: 11

SG(2100)  Sc(2872)

Complete set 1984 "Pine, Bamboo and Plum (1st series)" 

Perf: 13.5

SG( 1572,1573,1574)  Sc(2439,2440,2441)

from the set 20 1997 "Birds (1st series). Illustrations from the Ching dynasty Bird Manual."

I will not present catalog codes , because I am not shure which stamp is from which code..(!).

The Perforation is 11.2

Beautiful stamps..

Confucius is a figure of incontestable importance on  both China and Taiwan history...

from a set 8 1972 "China Ancient Leaders" ; this particular stamp is a little difficult to classify , depending on the color we say Confucius robes are ..if we say they are blue, it is a stamp from 1972.. if we say they are gray, then the stamp is from 1976..

In 1974 there was a reprint of this set.

Perf: 12

SG(900) Sc(1798)

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from a set 8 1971 "Famous Buildings"

Perf: 12.5 x 13.5 

SG( 793) Sc(1704)

2 stamps from the set 5 1992 "Forest Resources. Conifers"

Perf: 13.5

SG(2051,2052)  

two stamps from 2 differents issues of the same set..

1) set 9 1974 "Major Construction Projects (1st series)" ; issued in a paper of less quality than the other stamp presented.. it represents the implementation of some kind of Industry..

Perf: 12.5 x 13 SG(1020) Sc(1907)

2) set 9 1976 "Major Construction Projects (2nd Series)"

Perf: 12.5 x 13 SG(1022e) Sc(2013)

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