Sunday, November 15, 2020

Odd stamps: 01i Perfumed stamps

Writing this article, the end of the year is getting closer.
Time or some typical rituals that people like to maintain, when the darkest days are passing by.
Houses get overwhelmed with lights and f(l)aked christmas trees are draged into our houses.

Not only objects and music are typical for this time of the year, also some typical smells seem to have a preference for December and January.

It's the smell of cinnamon that also appears on two stamps of Estonia, one of the Baltic countries.

The highest value shows a pile of people and animals, forming a christmas tree with lights.
The second value is a cinnamon cookie in the shape of a snow flake.

The smell of cinnamon is strongly present, but in order to keep it like that, it's better to store the stamp in a separate holder. The stamps were issued in 2016 already, but are still spreading their fragrance.

The days that only love letters were perfumed is over, although I don't know many people who sniff their letters...

Sunday, November 1, 2020

China Republic stamps : 04 Dr Sun Yat-sen 7

In this last post on the first set of Dr. Sun Yat-sen stamps, there are also 15, 20 and 25 cents, and 1, 2 and 5 dollar.
Here there are no subtypes, but still there are some differences between the 'narrow' stamps and the 'wide' stamps.

The 15 and 25 cent for example comes in two versions (narrow and wide).
The 20 cents is only in the wide version.

wide and narrow version of 25 cents

For the dollar values, the differences are easier to find, as the 'narrow' stamps come with perf. 13 - where the 'wide' stamps have a 11 1/2 by 12 1/2 perforation.

1 $ - wide version

to be continued ...