I could have posted this last week if only I had realised the USA's Celebrate the Century Series included a flag from Stock Car Racing.
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| USA - 26 May 1999 |
The first Daytona 500 race was held in 1959.
The 150th Anniversary of the RSPCA series of stamps included this -
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| Great Britain - 23 January 1990 |
Who could resist a puppy like that?
If you had a job like hewing coal you definitely would get very black. Stamps for Social Reformers included one for Thomas Hepburn and a man doing just that job.
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| Great Britain - 28 April 1976 |
I guess that no one does this job anymore as all the deep mines in the UK have closed.
For more black and white stamps just visit Edward at Sunday Stamps.
great stamps. That puppy is so cute.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness there's no more coal mines - that kind of blackness needed to be replaced. (though I'm sure those miners were proud of their work at the time)
ReplyDeleteThe checkered flag is a brilliant inclusion for this theme :)
A great set this week. I wouldn't have thought of a checkered flag for the theme.
ReplyDeleteThe choice of the flag is clever! :)
ReplyDeleteThat flag must have just been waiting for this week. Those Reformers stamps were very black and the detail looks much better when seen here.
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