tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post7317652135624862622..comments2024-03-23T04:12:08.762-07:00Comments on Big Blue 1840-1940: Newfoundland PictorialsJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-64706279693641184572016-05-19T02:45:26.103-07:002016-05-19T02:45:26.103-07:00Thanks Gerben.
Sure, absolutely no problem with a...Thanks Gerben.<br /><br />Sure, absolutely no problem with a post link.<br /><br />About the non functioning link for Bill Claghorn's forgery site about the Newfoundland 4p Spiro forgery- alas, the site seems to be gone.<br /><br />I will have to delete the link - darn! Thanks for alerting me to the no longer active link.<br /><br />All the best<br />JimJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-47041713955041932432016-05-19T01:05:28.177-07:002016-05-19T01:05:28.177-07:00Great post Jim. You have this really inspiring way...Great post Jim. You have this really inspiring way of writing about stamps. Mind if I link to this post from my upcoming profile on Newfoundland?Gerben van Gelderhttp://www.stampworldhistory.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-75572338562823512782014-06-27T14:56:38.431-07:002014-06-27T14:56:38.431-07:00Fantastic Letterpress blog Gary!
I love books tha...Fantastic Letterpress blog Gary!<br /><br />I love books that were printed in various letterpress type, especially the books where the letterpress is essentially art.( Perhaps that is why I am also drawn to engraved stamps.)<br /><br />The "red" album- the Scott "Modern Postage Stamp Album " ,with an airplane flying over a skyscraper scene, was my father's album, and I remember being drawn to the contents as a kid.<br /><br />I hope you do succumb eventually to our little hobby too: after all, stamps are little pieces of art ( and history and propaganda).<br /><br />Thanks for the comments, and I will keep an eye on your blog posts too.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-36961480501049114752014-06-27T12:48:54.200-07:002014-06-27T12:48:54.200-07:00Jim, this is one of the most enjoyable pages on yo...Jim, this is one of the most enjoyable pages on your blog. Heh, I might even consider collecting stamps again! Nearing the 60 mark, I left serious collecting back in high school. Oh, to be sure, I still have my collection in my 1936 "red" book, the ultra common world wide book that was given me back in the '60s. Obviously my rather thin collection concentrates on the ultra common stamps from the late 19th century to ww2. I have Scotts green United States book, but a high school kid could hardly afford those spaces from the 1850s, and the Columbian Expo issues were unobtanum for us beyond the very inexpensive low denom issues. But I never lost my love for philately, it stayed with me as a commercial artist and now owner of a custom letterpress shop! All my designs are influenced by the awesome exacting examples of classic postal ephemera that I fell sonin love with frome age five, through my serious collecting years in school in Germany and later here in the United States. In fact, in 2007 my shop released a centennial Christmas Seal honoring Emily Bissel's first 1907 design, released via the post office at the Florida Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts! Good Providence to you as you continue your journey via the Big Blue, and I will continue to vicariously enjoy the journey with you. You might see some of our letterpress work, including the Centennial Christmas Seal at my educational blog at www.gjohanson.blogspot.com . Gary Johansonhttp://www.gjohanson.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-36234182327162988942014-05-22T06:34:42.013-07:002014-05-22T06:34:42.013-07:00Hello Nicole
Jkjoregon is the first part.
@com...Hello Nicole<br /><br />Jkjoregon is the first part.<br /><br /><br />@comcast.net is the second part.<br /><br />Look forward to your request, Nicole.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-52928312110416051722014-05-22T04:54:51.605-07:002014-05-22T04:54:51.605-07:00OT- Jim, I tried to contact you via an email addre...OT- Jim, I tried to contact you via an email address but could not find one. I would like to request the permission to use some of the images on your website for an academic journal. How can I contact you outside the comment box?<br />Thank you and kind regards from Germany<br />NicoleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-82424926164737953182014-05-17T07:02:06.219-07:002014-05-17T07:02:06.219-07:00Peter - welcome ( and thank you) to a fellow class...Peter - welcome ( and thank you) to a fellow classical era collector.<br /><br />The Newfoundland stamps- aren't they something?<br /><br />I see you are from Australia - one of my favorite places too, and i've been lucky enough to have spent some time in the outback looking at your incredible southern dark skies and constellations.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-26946376262390476002014-05-17T05:03:12.273-07:002014-05-17T05:03:12.273-07:00Thanks for the great blog and great post Jim. Lik...Thanks for the great blog and great post Jim. Like you I collect stamps of the classic era. More than any others in my collection the stamps from Newfoundland really give me a strong sense of place, none more so than those early seal and codfish issues. I'd love to make the trip from Australia some day but in the meantime at least I have the stamps! Thanks again.Peterhttp://www.rainydaystamps.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-55315773580479674792014-05-12T06:34:53.401-07:002014-05-12T06:34:53.401-07:00Good to hear from you Keijo
The choice of unused/...Good to hear from you Keijo<br /><br />The choice of unused/used was made for me when I had the opportunity to obtain a Newfoundland collection several years ago. LOL<br /><br />Newfoundland is a popular "dead' country to collect, both in Canada and the U.S. I don't doubt that most of the material is on this side of the pond.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024632082262694589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190925726844102948.post-70513504154663874692014-05-11T21:55:02.128-07:002014-05-11T21:55:02.128-07:00Like it, like it, like it.... Your Newfoundland co...Like it, like it, like it.... Your Newfoundland collection is definitely much more comprehensive than mine. But I noted that most of these (as well as the ones from the previous post) appear mint/unused. Is that by choice, or is it simply a fact that most of these are easier to find/collect that way. <br /><br />All in all stamps of Newfoundland are somewhat uncommon to find in Europe. Same applies for classic US as well, so likely most copies are circling in the American continent. <br /><br />-k-keijohttp://www.stampcollectingblog.comnoreply@blogger.com