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I decided to continue with the presentation of some US stamps, but this time mixed with some other new entries...

Two beautiful stamps from Greece, representing "The Tragedy of War"... there You can see a soldier dying in battle and a Feminine figure, that I think represents "Mother Greece", carrying out  the task of taking care of the young Orphan and his mother... it is also significant that the figure presents a large Cross in her chest, and this could represent the role of the Orthodox Church both in the state and in the Social cohesion of the Country... it is a series from 1914 and the stamps present a very good and clear [Litho] printing.... 

1914 "National Welfare Fund" (2) [Litho (Aspiotis Bros)] Sc(RA1,RA2)

As we know Geopolitics of the Balkans region is very complex, full of wars , disputes and Political and Religious Instability until our days ... all the countries of this region had invasion stamps, stamps of the invader, etc, and these stamps in particular are from a region that in our days belongs to Albania...Historically North Epirus  was heavily populated by Greek people and was under Greek control from 1912 to 1914...History is something that never stops and the events of 1914 in that  region led to the uprising of the Greek Population of North Epirus, who became an Autonomous Region in November 1914...curiously ,this series is exactly from that time and reflects all these changes that were taking place...the first two stamp issued (10l and 25l) have the Label "Epirus" and all the other 6 values have  a different label saying "Autonomous Epirus"...I only have 3 stamps of the 8 available, but fortunately we can see this difference... These are undoubtedly stamps full of history and to a better comprehension of all that was happening , I can advertise a little and say to you that if you collect Greek stamps You should have the 3 volume Greece Catalog of Karamitsos ... it is one of the best Catalogs I have and all these events are explained with great detail and clarity....

I could not find the Scott codes for "North Epirus" (they are there, just don't know where..) ,so I don't present them...

    1914 "Infantrymen" (8) [Litho (Aspiotis Bros,Corfu)] 

What can I say about these engraved series from Russia..??."I Love them..!!" .. the subject is a little over used during the years,but it is a comprehensible effort to maintain the cohesion of the complex map of what was Russia in those days..these stamps belong to the 1961 2nd and 1962 3rd series of  the Main series "Capitals of Autonomous Republics"... they were all designed by N. Krugov, but Engraved by several different engravers....

1961 "Capitals of Autonomous Republics 2nd Series" (7) [Des (N. Krugov)][Engr (I.Mokrousov 1)(V.Smirnov 2,5)(I. Sapronov 3)(T.Nikitina 4)][Recess] 

Well,let us start to show the US stamps I promised in the beginning of the post... I like very much these portrait series, and even more when they are designed by several Artists...these are stamps from the "Great Americans" series from 1980/1985... You don't have to be a US collector to know that there were across time , several President Issues, some of them really precious stamps, not only Artistically but also Economically..these series we are now talking about are basically the some thing but with people that one way or another distinguished  themselves during their life... 

there are various aspects we should note in this series... some of the values have perforation 11 and others 10.5x11... it is possible that some stamps appear without "tagging" , but this aspect is clearly detailed in all catalogs...the complete series has 26 stamps,so You know that 5 of them are still missing (I think that now that the classification is done, I will end these two series next month...)

1980/1985 "Great Americans" (26) [Des (Bernie Fuchs 1)(Bert Silverman 2)(Ward Brackett 3,12,20)(Richard Sparks 4,7,8,17)(Paul Calle 5)(Dennis Lyall 6,14)(Robert Anderson 9)(Brad Holland 10)(Bradbury Thompson 11)(Jim Sharpe 13)(Christopher Calle 15,16,18,21)(Roy H. Anderson 19)][Recess] 

stamps from the 1986/1994 "Great Americans" series...

1986/1994 "Great Americans" (28) [Des (Ron Adair 1,2)(Christopher Calle 3,4,5,11,12)(Juan Maldonado 6)(Robert Anderson 7,15)(Jack Rosenthal 8)(Dennis Lyall 9)(Richard Sparks 10)(Bradbury Thompson 13)(John Berkey 14)(Tomm Broad 17)(Arthur Lidov 18)][Recess] 

Great, Great engraving....

1973 "Harry Truman Issue" (1) [Design (Bradbury Thompson)][Recess] Sc(1499)

Great Art work to represent a Great Man...

1979 "Albert Einstein Issue" (1) [Des (Bradbury Thompson)][Recess] Sc(1774)

These are stamps of individual series, so they do not belong to the same series.. I show them together because I think they are intimately related... 

The place of "old People" is with their families and not in places prepared to segregate them..We all must live together..! We all have a place in life, even in old Age....

1979 "International Year of the Child" (1) [ Des (Paul Calle)][Recess] Sc(1772)

1982 "Aging Together" (1) [Des (Paul Calle)][Recess] Sc(2011)

Next time I'll have stamps from Venezuela...

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From time to time I need to make a post with US stamps, because I have hundreds of them to classify,from very different time frames...As we all know US stamps are among the most collected stamps in the world, so they are almost all very common (exception made for some of the classics, that are real "pearls"...)...the selection I made today,bring us some series from the beginning of the XX century and a group of commemorative stamps  from the 40's ,50's and 60's...to end the post  ,I have a group of sheets from the 70's and 80's...there is not much to tell about these stamps, but I will try to say something when I feel the moment is adequate... 

 This first series to be presented is from 1907...it is about the Jamestown Exposition...in previous posts I have showed other stamps,about Expositions in other parts of the country,trying to promote the Natural beauties or Industrial Capabilities of those regions...
The 1c stamp show us Captain John Smith,the 2c the Founding of Jamestown and the 5c the Native Indian Pocahontas...

1907 "Jamestown Exposition" (3) [Des (G. Rose and Edward M. Hall][Engr ((Marcus. W. Baldwin)][Recess] Sc(328,...,330)

These are stamps from the 1913 'Panamá-Pacific Exposition' series..this exposition celebrates the end of the construction of the Panamá Canal and the Rehabilitation of S. Francisco after the Powerful 1906 Earthquake...represented in the stamps are Vasco Nunez De Balboa, the Panamá Canal , the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Discovery of  S. Francisco Bay...the design of the frames is identical in all the 4 stamps and this is new if we look to the previous series presented  , where each stamp has it's own frame design...originally a yellow 10c stamp was issued but the design was not clearly seen , so a new orange stamp was then issued to replace it ...

1913 "Panamá-Pacific Exposition" (5) [Des (C. Aubrey Huston)][Engr (J. Eissler 1c)(Marcus Baldwin 2c)(L. C. Schofield 5c)(Marcus Baldwin 10c)][Recess] Sc(397,...,400)

These are parcel stamps issued in 1912/1913 .. the complete series is designed by C. Aubrey Houston and engraved by several different engravers....I have many spare stampsbut I decided not to present them .. I could have better centered stamps (aspect with great importance for these stamps...) but I present those who have the design in clear conditions (without larger interference from Postmarks...)... the stamps present wmk but it is of very difficult  'naked eye' visibility...the higher values are still missing....

1912/1913 "Parcel Stamps" (12) [Des (C. Aubrey Houston)][Engr ( J. Eissler 1c,2c,5c, Marcus W. Baldwin 1c,4,, Edward M. Hall 1c, 2c,3c,4c,5c,15c,20c,25c,  E. Myers 4c ,5c,15c,25c,  J. Benzing 3c,4c, 15c,20c,  H. Charlton 3c,4c,20c, 25c  C. Chalmers 5c,10c, L. S. Schofield 15c,][Recess] Sc(Q1,...,Q9)

 

 

In this small group of Commemorative stamps,I like to highlight the two 1969 Space stamps...Reaching Moon Landing was a great achievement for Humanity and these stamps became important stamps...of course,they are also very beautiful...!

1) 1948 "100th Anniversary of the American Turner's Society" (1) [Des (A. Meissner)][Engr (A. W. Dintaman)][Recess] Sc(979)

2) 1949 "Bicentenary of Alexandria, Virginia" (1) [Des ()][Engr ()][Recess] Sc(C40)

3) 1949 "First Gubernatorial Election in Puerto Rico" (1) [Des (C. R. Chickering)][Engr (G. A. Gundersen)][Recess] Sc(983)

4) 1952 "Women's Services Commemoration" (1) [Des (W. K. Schrage)][Engr (C. A. Brooks)][Recess] Sc(1013)

5) 1955 "Armed Forces Reserve" (1) [Des (Charles R. Chickering)][Engr (C.A. Brooks)][Recess] Sc(1067)

6) 1961 "Kansas Statehood Centenary" (1) [Des (Charles R.Chickering)][Engr (M. D. Fenton)][Recess] Sc(1183)

7) 1969 "Moon Flight of "Apollo8"" (1) [Des (Leonard E. Buckley)][Engr (E. R. Felver)][Recess] Sc(1371)

8) 1969 "Air Mail/First Man on the Moon" (1) [Des (Paul Calle)][Recess/Litho] Sc(C76)

9) 1970 "150th Anniversary of Fort Snelling,Minnesota" (1) [Des (David K. Stone)][Engr (E. P. Archer)][Recess] Sc(1409)

Now I have a small part of a sheet with all the stamps from the 1973 series "Postal Employees"... the stamps are [Photo] Printed and they have a nice design with plenty of color... they have the particularity of being printed in the back, each one of them with a different text...

1973 "Postal Service Employees" (10) [Des (E. Vebell)][Photo] Sc(1489,....,1498)

These are important stamps in the History of the US Postal Service , because they were the first "Mini-Sheets" to be issued in the United states...35 deceased US presidents are represented in the stamps...
1986 " "Ameripex 86" International Stamp Exhibition, Chicago (2nd issue). U.S. Presidents." (36) [Des (Jerry Dadds)][Litho/Recess] Sc(2216a,....,,2219i)

I had more 14 stamps prepared for today's post , but I think this way it is enough..
Hope you like the post as it is...

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Last Friday  26/06 I was preparing a new post about the 1922 US series...there are 23 stamps in that series plus some spare , coil stamps and color variations so it was a very troubled weekend classifying the stamps.. then , on Monday when i was actually writing the post, the idea that I was not ready to do the post, with little to say about the series and few of the many possible variations, began to grow...at the end of the afternoon, with the post almost done , I began a last read and a final view , and I didn't liked what I saw... I began to be very worried, stressed and nervous ...time was running and I had no responses to my problem...then suddenly the "Hulk" within me took the controls, for sure to take revenge on Philately that keep's him so far away from me must of the time, and in a Flash the post was deleted!.. well, "what is done , is done" and i took a week off (Yes, the Add in the Blog's Home page..) to prepare another post, this time a more relaxed one.. I continued to think in a post with US stamps , because i have many to present from very different periods of time from 1860 to 1980...I choose stamps from 1901 to 1959..many commemorative's  from the 40's and 50's , a great series from 1901 and other good stamps should be sufficient for a nice post... well let's do it..!

The series is not complete , with the last stamp of 10c missing... the 3 stamps presented separately are spare stamps... All the stamps seem to be in good overall condition, with reasonable centering (except the 4c, that is a badly centered stamp, and the 8c that is a Very good or even excellent stamp in what concerns it's Centering..).. the colors are still good... This series is one more excellent Designing work of Raymond Ostrander Smith... 

The Pan American Exposition was idealized to publicize the Region of the Niagara Falls , already a touristic Destination of Excellency...the stamps represent some of the Major developments of the last years in the country.. a few moments ago I was talking of how good or badly the stamps are centered.. this is one very important aspect in US stamps from this period , and their value could be increased , sometimes by 50% or 60% by having  a good Centering..

1901 "The Pan American Exposition" (6) [Des (Raymond Ostrander Smith)][Engr (Vignette: 1¢ - G.F.C. Smillie )(Frame: 1¢ - Robert Ponickau)(Vignete and Frames / others : Marcus Baldwin and Lyman F. Ellis)(Lettering and Numerals / all : Lyman F. Ellis)] [Recess (BEP)] Sc(294,...,298)

 This is an individual series issued to publicity another Exposition , this time with the goal of showing the latest Developments in the Northwest Provinces of the US... the personality represented in the stamp is William H. Seward, responsible for the Purchase of the Alaska Province..

1909 "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition" (1) [Des (Clair Aubrey Houston)][Engr (M. W. Baldwin, Edward M. Hall and R. Ponickau)][Recess] Sc(370)

Another individual series celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Discovery of the river Hudson and the 1st actual prototype of a steamship... so in the stamp two ships from different times appear navigating in the river Hudson.
1909 "Hudson-Fulton Celebration Issue" (1) [Des (Marcus W. Baldwin)][Engr (Marcus W. Baldwin, E. M. Hall and R. Ponickau)][Recess] Sc(372)

I like to have some words about this Wavy Postmark.. In other posts I had the opportunity of say " as loud as I can" that I don't like them... I don't know the history of these cancel's but they really prevent stamps from being re-used... The problem is that they smash, destroy, kill the stamps.. a collector don't have any special joy in having these ..wild things..! I think that it is very strange that collectors from those days didn't had a word about the shape and form , the final result of these cancel's..Collectors were , in majority, important and wealthy people, if they want they should be heard..it is strange that these terrible "Godzila claw marks" have arrived to our days.. they shouldn't have existed in this form.. this was an attack to the present ( of those days..) and future (Now) Collectors...

Here we have 3 different designs , but similar stamps.. they are Air Mail stamps issued in several different dates, I'm going to leave here the data starting by the top left stamp

1)1930 "Winged Globe" (1) [Des (A. R. Meissner )][Engr (Frederick Pauling -vignette)(E. M. Hall -lettering-)][Recess] Sc(C12)

2) 1934 "Winged Globe" (1) [Des (A. R. Meissner)][Engr (Frederick Pauling -vignette)(E. M. Hall -lettering-)][Recess] Sc(C19)

3) 1932 "Winged Globe" (2) [Recess] Sc(C17)

4)1926 "Map of US" (3) [Des (C. A. Huston)][Engr (J. C. Benzing -vignette, frame-)(E. M. Hall -lettering, numerals-)][Recess] Sc(C7)

5) 1926 "Map of US" (3) [Des (C. A. Huston)][Engr (J. C. Benzing -vignette, frame-)(E. M. Hall -lettering, numerals-)][Recess] Sc(C8)

6) 1927 "Map of US" (3) [Des (C. A. Huston)][Engr (J. C. Benzing -vignette, frame-)(E. M. Hall -lettering, numerals-)][Recess] Sc(C9)

7) 1939 "Winged Globe" (1) [Des (A. R. Meissner)][Engr (C. A. Brooks & Frank Pauling -vignette-)(E. M. Hall & J. T. Vail -lettering-)][Recess] Sc(C24)

8) 1927 "Lindbergh Transatlantic Flight" (1) [Des (C. A. Huston & A. R. Meissner)][Engr ( Hein, Benzing, Wells and Edward M. Hall)][Recess] Sc(C10)

This is a two stamp Air Mail series from 1928 celebrating the Voyage of the Wright Brothers and a International Aeronautic conference...

1928 "Civil Aeronautics Conference and 25th Anniv of Wright Brothers' First Flight" (2) [Des (Clair Aubrey Huston and Alvin R. Meissner)][Engr (Schofield (vignette) - Hall (frame & lettering))][Recess] Sc(659,650)

this is a series issued to celebrate the Olympics of 1932 in Los Angeles.. it is a series of two stamps, but I present also 2 spare stamps and a pre-Canceled..these pre-Canceled 

stamps are one more attractive of the US stamps.. they have the names of many different cities and villages in the US, and they could be printed with small lettering, medium lettering or large and bold lettering.. this one is the Medium... there are collectors of these pre-cancels and, if the town is relatively unknown the stamps increase it's value, while if we have a New York pre-cancel, it don't affect the value, because it is very common.... 

1932 "10th Olympic Games Issue" (2) [Des (V. S. McCloskey, Jr.)][Engr (J. Eissler -vignette- & E. M. Hall -lettering-)] Sc(718,719)

I'm going to start showing now a group of Commemorative stamps from the 30's to the 50's.. some of them are very beautiful.. I will not present the data from the Engravers of these stamps, because it will increase significantly the size of the post, 

1934 "Wisconsin Tercentenary Issue" (1) [Des (Victor E. McCloskey Jr.)][Recess] Sc(738)

 1944 "50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures" (1) [Des (William Roach)][Recess] Sc(926)

1948 "California Gold Centenial Issue" (1) [Des (Charles R. Chickering)][Recess] Sc(954)

1948 "Four Chaplains Issue" (1) [Des (Charles R. Chickering)][Recess] Sc(956)

1948 "Francis Scott Key Issue" (1) [Des (Victor E. McCloskey Jr.)][Recess] Sc(962)

1950 "Boy Scouts Issue" (1) [Des (Charles R. Chickering)][Recess] Sc(995)

1952 "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Issue" (1) [Des (Charles R. Chickering)][Recess] Sc(1006)

1952 "Grand Coulee Dam Issue" (1) [Des (Charles R. Chickering)][Recess] Sc(1009)

1952 "Lafayette Issue" (1) [Des (V. S. McCloskey, Jr.)][Recess] Sc(1010)

1953 "Opening of Japan Centenial Issue" (1) [Des (Charles R. Chickering)][Recess] Sc(1021)

1953 "Sagamora Hill Issue" (1) [Des (Wm. K. Schrage)][Recess] Sc(1023)

1953 "Trucking Industry Issue" (1) [Des (Wm. K. Schrage)][Recess] Sc(1025)

1953 "300th Anniversary of New York City" (1) [Des (Charles R. Chickering)][Recess] Sc(1027)
   

1956 "Nassau Hall Issue" (1) [Des (V. S. McCloskey, Jr.)][Recess] Sc(1083)

1959 "Artic Explorations Issue" (1) [Des (George Samerjan)][Recess] Sc(1128)





I guess this is the end of the post, hope you like it,... it is a little different from the others with many videos and Wikipedia pages , but in the end it has many beautiful stamps to see, and that is what really matters..

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