Hidden Tales in Stamps Part - 1 Rajkumar N 12 th July 2020 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Hidden Tales in Stamps

Part - 1

Rajkumar N 12th July 2020

Nicaragua’s Loss, Panama’s Gain

• Nic

Nicar arag agua, 19 1900 00

• Stam

Stamp depi depicts ts Mount t Mom

• moto

tombo in in Nic Nicaragua, , wit with vol volcanic c acti activity ity

• Panama Canal – Wate

ter Passage betw tween Atl tlanti tic & Pacific; Land Bridge betw tween North th and and So South th Am Americ erica

• In

In 18 1881 81, French decided to to build a can anal al that at pas asses thru Pan anam ama an and sta tarte ted work but hit majo ajor road ad-blocks an and cost escal alat

• ations. Chan

angi ging han ands in in 189 894, th the French kept th the

• p
• per

erati tions goi going

• In

In 19 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became Americ rican an President an and one of

• f his to

top priority ty was as to to ease ease trad trade from from Wes este tern Coa

• ast of
• f US

USA to to Eur Europe

• French saw an

an opti tion to to sell th their eir proje ject to to USA, but America wan ante ted to to build a can anal al of

• f

their their ow

• wn in

in Nic Nicaragua

• Am

Amer erica ica wit with majo ajority ty sen senat ate ti tiltin lting tow towards Nica Nicaragu gua goi going to to vo vote te on

• n Nica

Nicaragu gua

• Philippe Jean

an Bunau-Var arilla, a, French Engi gineer of

• f th

the Proje ject, t, sent sent a note te to to al all American an Sen Senat ators pas pastin ting thi this stam stamp wit with a not note that that volc volcan anoes es were were sti still ll acti active in in Nic Nicar aragu gua

• Am

Amer erica ican Sen Senat ate Vot Voted 42 42-34 34 in in fav favor of

• f Pana

anama & bo bough ght the the cana canal $50 50m

Oosh … Top Secret !!!

• Chin

hina, , 195 1953

• The

he Blu lue milit ilitary sta stamps wer ere iss issued for for Chin hinese sold soldiers and nd arm rmy per personnel

• The Chin

inese government soon rea ealiz ized th that th these sta tamps were dr draw awin ing to too much att ttenti

• tion. It

It was becomin ing easy to to recogniz ize a pie iece of

• f army mail

il th that could ha have confi fidentia tial in info format atio ion insi inside

• The were immedia

iate tely wit ithdr draw awn and nd reca called, so so th that con confi fidenti tial inf info cou could be be hidd hidden

Secret Mission

• USA

SA, 1962 1962

• Sta

tamp to to commemorate te th the fir irst mann nned spac ace fl flig ight of

• f an

an Americ ican an as astr trona naut, t, John John Gle Glenn nn

• Su

Surpris ise sta tamp release - fo for th the fi first an and only ti time in in th the country try's 's posta tal hist history

• Engra

ravers an and Desig igners gave an an im impressio ion th they were on

• n leave and

and worked nig night hts or

• r week

eekends ds

• The sta

tamp was revealed and and im immedia iate tely pu put on

• n sale in

in 305 305 post offi fices im immedia iate tely afte after Gle Glenn nn's tri triumpha hant retu return rn to to Ear arth th

• No

No cou count ntry na name in in the the stam stamp – crea create ted ru rumors of

• f stam

stamp may aybe be wit ithd hdraw awn

• Out of
• f th

the 305 305 Post Off ffic ices in in US US at at th that ti time, 20 20 of

• f th

them do do not have a fi first da day ca canc ncell ellat atio ions du due to to com communic icat ation err error or

• r ti

time zon zone diffe differenc nces

• Pr

Proje ject ct Mercu ercury ry stam stamp is is a sp speci ecializ ized US US col collect ction

Even Forgery needs Knowledge

• Pri

Private sta stamp by by FLT , 194 1948

• The first sta

tamp of

• f the new service was issued with a face value of
• f 2 Pfennig in

in bla black ck colo color and nd fea featuring the the Fra rank nkfurt coa coat of

• f arm

rms

• Later, a second stamp with same face value, this time in

in blue color, was issued. This second stamp, due to to its color

• r and the stamp cliche closely resembled the

20 20 Pfen Pfennig sta stamps of

• f the

the na natio tional “Reichs hspost”, cir circulating at at the the tim time

• Due to

to the likelihood of

• f confusion between the stamps, the use of
• f the blue

Fra rank nkfurt sta stamp was for forbi bidden by by Reichpost

• To

To avoid id confu fusio ion, th the blue Fr Fran ankfu furt sta tamp was re re-is issu sued wit ith a pr pron

• nounce

ced red red “2” ove

• verprin

int.

• Forgerie

ies of

• f this

is sta tamp becam ame popula lar & fo forgers wit ithout adequate te kn knowledge overp rprin inte ted bla lack ck sta tamps of

• f th

the fir irst is issue, wit ith a colored “2”, which hich neve never exis existe ted

• This

his beca became an an eas easy forg forgery iden identi tifi ficat atio ion proc process ss

We are the Queen

• GB,

, 199 1999

• Roy
• yal

l Mail il iss issued sta stamps com commemorating Fred reddy Mer ercury, the the dec eceased lead singer of the rock band “Queen”

• The Queen & Royal fa

famil ily, are th the only liv iving people allowed to to be be fe feat atured on

• n stam

stamps ps of

• f Gr

Grea eat Br Brita itain in

• In

In th the ba back ckground of

• f th

the sta tamp a small sil ilhouett tte of

• f th

the drummer Rog

• ger Tay

aylor, who ho is is still still aliv alive, is is vis visib ible

• It

It crea eate ted an an iss ssue in in phil ilate telic ic cir ircles in in London. Aft fter a long deba bate te, Royal Mail il decid ided not to to wit ithdra raw th the sta tamp as as only a sm smal all silh silhouett tte is is visi visible in in the the stam stamp

• But th

then, th there is is no no violati tion of

• f th

the lett tter of

• f th

the rule – Roger Tay aylor, r, after after all, all, was as a pa part rt of

• f Queen

een ☺)

You need a CIA to spot the error

• USA, 1979

1979

• Colon
• lonial rus

rushlight ho hold lder sta stamp, Defi efinitive iss issue

• In

In 19 1986 86, one CIA IA empl ploye yee noti ticed a sheet sheet th that at was printe ted inverte ted in in th the mai ail room. The he sheet sheet had had 95 95 stam stamps in in whic which one

• ne was

was da damag aged

• He

He told told 8 of

• f his

his fri friends abo about thi this and and they they deci decided to to make ake a qu quick ick buc buck

• The

hey went to to th the post office, e, bought a regular full shee eet and replaced it it for th the inverte ted shee sheet

• The

hey to took one stam amp eac ach for th them as as souvenir an and sold th the 85 85 remai ainin ning to to a sta tamp dea dealer in in New New jer ersey for for $25 25,000 000

• But when th

the deal aler went public with th th the inverte ted pan ane, Unite ted state tes post office was miffe iffed and and lau launched ed a full full-fledge ged inv investi tiga gati tion, that that led led the them to to CIA IA

• CIA

IA th then launched an an inte ternal al investi tiga gati tion an and ruled th that at th the stam amps were th the property

• f
• f CIA

IA an and ordered th the 9 employe yees to to return th the sta tamps – 4 returned, 4 refused an and were were fir fired fro from the their job

• bs and

and 1 cla claim imed to to have have los lost it it – and and kep kept his his job

• b

America and Russia are Mirror Images

• Nor
• rth

h Kor

• rea,

, 197 1970

• North Korea issued a mini-sheet with 10

10 diff fferent stamps com commemorating the the 5th th Kor

• rean Workers’ Pa

Party Con

• ngress.
• The sta

tamp on

• n th

the lower rig ight sh shows an an Americ ican an soldier getti ting beat beaten by by the the rev revoluti tionar arie ies

• But th

the sta tamp ha had spelled "US" spelled bac ackwards ds as as "SU." There was a fe fear th that th the “SU” would mean Soviet Union (whic ich was at at th the ti time ban ankr krollin ing Korea's 's developmen ent an and defe fense) and and that that the the Sov Sovie iets ts wou

• uld take

take offen

• ffense at

at this this

• As

As soon as as th the err rror was as sp spotte ted th the North th Korean government rec ecalled th the sheets ts of

• f sta

tamps ps, deta tach ched th the offe fendin ing lower rig ight stam stamp, p, and and then then re re-releas ased the the rest rest of

• f the

the sh sheet eet

The man who can count more?

• Mon
• naco,

, 194 1946

• In

In mem emory of

• f Fra

rank nklin D. Roo

• osevelt

lt

• The President’s hand has six fingers in his left hand

No passing off as fake

• GB,

, 199 1990

• Roy
• yal

l Mail il iss issued sta stamps com commemorating 150 150th

th Ann

nniversary of

• f Pen

Penny Blac lack

• The

he Penn enny Black in in the the MS MS Shee heet has has the the pla plate te pos positi tion valu values are are S & W

• Howev

ever, r, th the origi ginal Penn nny Bla lack ck was print nted in in she heet ets of

• f 240

240 each in in a 20 20 x 12 12 fo formati

• tion. The le

left ft hand hand side de le lett tter was the posi siti tion of

• f the Row

positi ition wit ith A bei eing 1st

st Row, B bei

eing 2nd

nd Row and

and so so on

• n. The

he let lette ter on

• n the

ri right hand hand side de lett etter is is the the Colu lumn posit ition with with A bei eing 1st

st Column and

and B bein ing 2nd

nd Colu

lumn and and so so on

• n. So, the

he she heet et st started wit ith a st stamp wit ith AA AA let lette ters and and en ended wit ith a st stamp wit ith let lette ters TL TL in in the ot

• ther en

end of

• f the

diag

• diagonal. There

here was as no no SW SW plat plate posi positio tion in in the the orig

• riginal pe

penn nny bla black

• Ini

Initi tially ly it it was thought this this was an an error by by Royal Mail but la later Royal Mail cla larifi fied that this was done on

• n purpose so

so that the he st stamp would ld not be be sold ld

• ff
• ff as

as an an orig

• rigin

inal Penn enny Black to to any any unsu nsuspec ecti ting bu buyer er

They all came together

• Chin

hina, , 198 1980

• Zod
• diac Sta

Stamp for for Yea ear r of

• f the

the Mon

• nkey
• Firs

First ever ever Zo Zodia iac stam stamp fro from Chin hina

• Red

ed col color was as con consid idered au ausp spic icio ious by by Chine hinese

• Number 8 is

is con consi sidered to to by by luc lucky by by Chine hinese

• The pic

ictu ture was pa pain inte ted by by a well-known arti tist Huang Yongyu, who was as an an ac acclaim imed Chines ese ar arti

• tist. The Tim

imes devoted six ix pages to to report his is lif ife stor story and and ar artwo twork

• Huan

ang said id it it was only to to commemorate te Yiwo, a lit ittl tle monk nkey who liv ived wit ith Huan ang and and kept him im compa pany when he he was as dra rawin ing, g, br brin ingin ing Huang a lot of

• f jo
• joy. Huan

ang was as sad addened by by it its pass ssin ing, but he he immorta taliz ized it it thro through the the im imag age on

• n the

the stam stamp

• Most
• st sou

sought after after Chin hinese con conte temporar ary stam stamp

Thank You