I thought I had shown all my 'shaped' stamps before so I went looking for more this week.
The Republic of San Marino, in Italy, first issued stamps in 1877 but I do not know when these sporting triangles were issued.
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| San Marino |
In 2003 Great Britain issued a set of Fruit and Vegetables which could be regarded as shaped stamps. Here's one I showed earlier.
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| Great Britain pair with a Pear on the right |
I have another stamp that I couldn't identify for years.
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| A Great Britain Lemon |
Apparently the Fruit and Vegetable set was printed in sheets of 10 with the stamp pane accompanied by a pane of self adhesive labels with ears, eyes, mouths and hats etc intended for attachment to the fruit and vegetables depicted. That's why the answer is a lemon!
In looking for Australian stamps this week I've learnt a little history about Tasmania.
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| Australia - Bay of Fires, Tasmania |
The Bay of Fires (indigenous name larapuna) on the north-east coast of Tasmania was given that name in 1773 by Captain Tobias Furneaux who saw fires of Aboriginal people on the beaches. Furneaux was on the ship Adventure; an English navigator and Royal Naval officer he accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration.
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| Australia - Maria Island, Tasmania |
The entire island is a national park. It was named in 1642 by the Dutch Explorer Abel Tasman after Maria van Diemen, the wife of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Tasmania was once called Van Diemen's Land.
This is a post linked to Sunday-stamps-ii-6.
