BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Postal Museum -- Exhibit (Gross Gallery 6): Stamps Around the Globe

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1. STAMPG_131026_005.JPG: Stamps Around the Globe: Stamps record the histories and cultures of all nations, connecting people and places worldwide. They show how people from different cultures have depicted themselves and others over time. Stamps also reveal how different countries have represented universal themes, such as the wonders of the natural world, in both unique and surprisingly similar ways.
2. STAMPG_131026_014.JPG: A Stamp for Every Country: These frames contain almost 800 stamps -- one from every country in the world that has produced stamps, including many countries that no longer exist. Find the continents that interest you, and go to the appropriate frames to locate specific countries and other stamp issuing entities. Look for stamps from your ancestral homelands, countries you have visited, or countries you want to visit. Trace the history of a country or region. Consult frames 1 and 2 for an alphabetical index of countries and other stamp-issuing entities. These panels are also available online to help you begin your own worldwide collection.
3. STAMPG_131026_025.JPG: Congo Free State: Inverted Waterfall: This 1895 stamp features Stanley Falls [now Boyoma Falls], a famous natural wonder. A single sheet of 100 stamps was printed with the waterfall inverted. Of those 100 stamps, only about 40 survive today.
4. STAMPG_131026_033.JPG: Brazil: Bull's-Eyes: These 1843 Brazilian "Bull's-eyes" were the first national postage stamps issued in the Western hemisphere. They were engraved and printed on a press that was confiscated by Brazilian customs officials and given to the nation's mint. The elaborate engraving behind the numerals made forgery difficult.
5. STAMPG_131026_041.JPG: Canada: St. Lawrence Seaway Invert: Canada and the United States jointly issued a stamp to honor the 1959 opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. During the printing of the Canadian stamp, a few sheets were fed into the press upside down -- inverting the image. The inverted stamp here is one of only 24 that were actually used.
6. STAMPG_131026_051.JPG: Switzerland: Swiss Cantonals: Before Switzerland established a uniform postal system in 1849, its 26 cantons were allowed to issue their own stamps for local use. Three did so. The stamps of Zurich were the first in continental Europe. Basel produced the world's first multicolored, embossed stamp, often considered one of the world's most beautiful.
7. STAMPG_131026_075.JPG: Greece: World's First Stamp? Some experts believe this stamp was issued in 1831, making it [not Great Britain's Penny Black] the first stamp. But all four known covers date from after 1840, and the stamps did not seem to have been used for postage. One theory is that the proceeds went to a charity or public project.
8. STAMPG_131026_084.JPG: Jamaica: Unissued Abolition Stamp: In 1921 Jamaica planned to release this stamp marking the abolition of slavery. It was cancelled at the last moment when falling sugar prices led to unrest among sugar and dock laborers, who were mostly black. The following year a stamp showing Port Royal in 1853 replaced the original stamp.
9. STAMPG_131026_090.JPG: Mauritius: Impressions of Queen Victoria: In 1848 Mauritius, then a British colony, issued stamps showing Queen Victoria at age 18. The soft copper plates wore down quickly, resulting in changes visible in this group of early to late impressions. Some stamps contained an engraver's error, "PENDE" instead of "PENCE".
10. STAMPG_131026_098.JPG: Mexico: One of Mexico's Rarest Stamps: Victoriano Huerta seized Mexico's presidency in 1913, and the state of Sonora became a stronghold of northern opposition forces led by Alvaro Obregon. Revolutionary postage embossed with the word Constitucional demonstrated Senora's anti-Huerta sentiments. This example, one of two known unused copies of this variety, is among Mexico's rarest stamps.
11. STAMPG_131026_103.JPG: French First Empire: Napoleon's Retreat from Russia: In 1812, an Italian soldier in Napoleon's multinational Grand Armee -- the largest fighting force Europe had ever seen -- wrote this letter home from Prussia during the army's retreat from Russia. Only a third of the men survived. The brown military postal marking, used during the retreat, is rare.
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Description of Subject Matter: Stamps Around the Globe
September 22, 2013 – Permanent
International stamps make up more than half of the museum's collections. See some of the rarest and most famous stamps from 24 countries on six continents. Browse more than 700 stamps, one from every country that has ever produced stamps—including many countries that no longer exist. At interactives, explore how stamps reflect their countries of origin and connect people, places, and cultures worldwide.
On view May 3-11, 2014, is an extremely rare philatelic item, referred to by stamp experts as the “genesis of philately.” The May 2, 1840, cover shows the earliest known use of two different philatelic elements: the Penny Black, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp, and the Mulready One Penny letter sheet.
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2013 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000 and Nikon D600. Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Memphis, TN, Jackson, MS [to which I added a week to to visit sites in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee], and Richmond, VA), and my 8th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Nevada and California). Ego Strokes: Aviva Kempner used my photo of her as her author photo in Larry Ruttman's "American Jews & America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball" book. Number of photos taken this year: just over 570,000.
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