This blog features vintage and New Postage Stamps from Around the World. I collect stamped postcards and these are all attached to the backs of the cards. There are blog links on the right hand side to all of the postcards if you would like to see them.
Showing posts with label - Dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label - Dogs. Show all posts
Monday, August 19, 2019
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Monday, August 17, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Monday, October 8, 2012
USA 2011, Dog (Owney the Mascot) - Forever Rate
USA - Stamp 2011
Dog (Owney the Mascot)
Forever a first class rate
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Owney (ca. 1887 - July 11, 1897), was a stray mixed breed terrier adopted as the first unofficial postal mascot by the Albany, New York, post office about 1888. The Albany mail professionals recommended the dog to their Railway Mail Service colleagues, and he became a nationwide mascot for 9 years (1888–1897). He traveled throughout the 48 contiguous United States and voyaged around the world traveling over 140,000 miles in his lifetime.Tuesday, October 2, 2012
USA 1998, Bright Eyes Series, 32 c, Cat, Dog, Hamster, Parakeet and Fish
Five popular pets appear on a set of 32-cent Bright Eyes commemoratives.
The self-adhesive stamps, designed by Carl Herrman of Laguna Niguel, Calif., and illustrated by Bill Mayer of Decatur, Ga., are the latest additions among other youth-oriented issues.
Each Bright Eyes design has a hidden security image produced through a process called scrambled indicia. The dog design features a hidden dog bone and doghouse. The cat design has a paw and mouse, the parakeet a bird cage, the hamster an exercise wheel and the fish has bubbles coming from its mouth.
This encoding process scrambles, distorts and overlaps images and symbols that, when printed, will not be visible to the naked eye. The images become clear only when viewed through a specially manufactured decoder lens. The decoded images cannot be effectively reproduced or counterfeited, and many governments have used this process as a safeguard for printing items such as stocks, bonds, passports, banknotes and postage stamps.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
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