Odd stamps : 08 Stamps with special cuts - 01 j

What's the best way to post an Easter article...
with eggs of course.

In this series of 'round' stamps, I also included some oval stamps before.
Since 'eggs' tend to be more oval, the following two sheets deal with oval stamps.

Let me situate the origin of the stamps.
They come from a tiny island 'Bequia'.
To find it, we go to the Caribbean :

Map of the Caribbean

We zoom in into Saint Vincent and Grenada islands :

The island below Saint Vincent is Bequia Island.
It's not really a country, but part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
This island emits its own stamps.
The stamps are good quality, but as there are less then 10,000 people living on the Islands, and Saint Vincent issues its own stamps, it's an emission that can be discussed.

However, the article of today is about the odd stamps :

sheet 1 :

Full sheet - 3 eggs

 

3 eggs - Bequia

Egg n° 1 : Ruff
Egg n° 2 : Spotted Sandpiper
Egg n° 3 : Sharp-Shinned Hawk

sheet 2 :

Full sheet - 1 egg

1 egg - Bequia

Egg of Great Crested Flycatcher

Happy Easter

Odd stamps : 08 Stamps with special cuts - 01 e

Round in Japan,

Japan always was quite traditional in issuing stamps.
The last years however more and more odd shapes appeared from Japanese post.

Just a glimp of what has been issued.
I took a self-adhesive sheet from 2008. In fact it's a set of two sheets depicting 'hello Kitty'.
All pictures of 'Kitty' are in traditional japanese clothes, on various backgrounds.
The first sheetlet has 10 'normal' stamps. Each row shows 2 connecting stamps.

On the second sheet, the topic of today can be found.
Next to again 5 rectangle stamps, not less then 4 round, perforated stamps are placed on the sheet.
at the bottom, there's even a more special stamp.

First to the 4 round stamps.

I only posted 3 out of the four, for the simple reason, one of them is missing in my cancelled collection so far.
The top stamp shows Kitty in spring.  The pink blossoms are out on the threes, and Kitty has flowers on her dress. The second one shows Kitty assumingly in summer. A waterfall is shown and Kitty is sitting in the green grass. On the third stamp, the one that is not shown in detail, but that can be found on the large pic of the sheet, Kitty is sitting outside, while the wind is blowing strongly. Finally, Kitty appears in a winterscene on the fourth stamp. Snowflakes are falling down on Kitty.

Finally the last stamp on the sheet. This toppic is about 'round' stamps, and the last stamp on the sheet isn't quite 'round'.
Japan is one of the few countries that has issued 'oval' stamps so far.
Since there aren't that many oval stamps, I suppose it's ok to add them to the topic of 'round' stamps.

Japan has issued more sheets with round and now and then oval stamps.
It will be an item for another topic on this blog for sure.