TRIBES OF ISRAEL. Issued March 27, 1973 (the first six values) and August 21, 1973 (the last six values).

From my collection:

And a representative display of the above:

Here's another page from my 1912 Schaubek album.

Denmark.

Quiet day, light rain. Good day to clean up the old album pages.

Dorothy and Toto were from Kansas.

So were many other great people.

The jazz clubs in Kansas City at the legendary Kansas City jazz district of 12th Street and 18th and Vine will mesmerize you.

Many great jazz musicians called Kansas City home.

Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, and others played the nights away in Kansas City.

Home of the "Red Delicious Apple", originally know as the Hawkeye Apple, Iowa developed and added this great delicacy to the homes of America in the 1880's.

You really ought to give Iowa a try !

(verse from Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man").

Brooklyn and Long Island Stamp Exhibit Association Brooklyn, New York April 5th-8th, 1934

Brooklyn, New York, 1934, Third Annual Stamp Exhibition, B. & L.I. S.E.A., red and black poster stamp, cinderella label.  The vignette shows the Brooklyn Bridge with the New York City skyline in the background.  Size:  40 mm. x 56 mm.  Full gum, hinged.

BROOKLYN & LONG ISLAND STAMP EXHIBITORS ASSOCIATION, N.Y.
(BALISEA) BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

1934 APRIL 5-8; 3rd ANNUAL EXHIBIT; LABELS: BROOKLYN BRIDGE.

Printed by author John W. Nicklin for the exhibit, this is the set of four poster stamps depicting the Brooklyn Bridge issued for the Brookland and Long Island Stamp Exhibit Association's Third Annual Stamp Exhibition. The Association's exhibition was held in conjunction with the centennial celebration of the chartering of the city of Brooklyn, New York which occurred on April 7th, 1834.

SET OF 4. BLACK CENTERS & VIOLET; GREEN; RED; BLUE FRAMES,
ON WHITE PAPER. PERFED / GUMMED. 55mm X 41mm

Badly toned is Nicklin's inverted Brooklyn Bridge

New York is groovy !

Poster stamps commemorating the 1940 Olympic Games were produced by the American Bank Note Company.


The Games were scheduled to be staged from July 20 to August 4, 1940.

The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, originally scheduled to be held from 21 September to 6 October 1940 in Tokyo, Japan, were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.

The Olympic Games were suspended following the outbreak of World War II until the London Games of 1948.

These stamps represent the Helsinki-St.Moritz Olympic games that were never held.

More information in addition to other stamps and labels related to the 1940 Olympics may be found at this link:
POSTER STAMPS AND LABELS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Here are a few more links for you, too:

Starting a Collection
How to Begin Stamp Collecting
Starting a Stamp Collection (PDF)
Tips for Collecting Stamps
Preserving and Conserving Your Collection
How to Collect Stamps
Reasons to Start Collecting Stamps
10 Philatelic Exhibiting Tips (PDF)
Topical Stamp Collecting
Exploring the Fascinating World of Stamps (PDF)

Exploring the World of Stamps in Your Classroom (PDF)
Smithsonian Kids: Stamp Collecting
An Introduction to Stamp Collecting
Postage Stamp Terminology
Glossary of Philatelic Terms (PDF)

The United States Stamp Society
Nashville Philatelic Society
Metro Louisville Stamp Society
Welcome to the World of Stamp Exhibiting
The Collector’s Club History
British North America Philatelic Society
Omaha Philatelic Society
Singapore Philatelic Museum
Central Florida Stamp Club
Utah Philatelic Society
Postal History Foundation History
Is Stamp Collecting for You?

This stamp was printed between 1855 and 1858 in South Africa from the Cape of Good Hope.

It appears to be cancelled with what was know as the BTO or "Barred Triangle Obliterator".

It's part of my collection.

After years of abuse, Congress abolished the franking privilege in 1873 and authorized official stamps to be prepared for the Executive Office and its sub-ordinate departments. In less than three months, the Continental Bank Note Company adapted the designs of the regular issues to produce 90 different stamps by July 1. A distinctive frame design and color was assigned to each department.
This was by far the most elaborate series of official stamps ever produced by any government: the expedient solution elsewhere was to produce a generic set or simply overprint the regular issues. Two supplemental 24¢ values for Treasury and Agriculture were issued later that year. Stamped envelopes were also also prepared for the Post Office and War departments. The
stamp agent sent Post Office stamps directly to postmasters across the
country but the other departments requisitioned their stamps on a quarterly basis and then distributed them to the field offices. Official stamps were valid only on government mail and were never sold to the public, so stamp-gatherers found assembling this long series a challenge. They could
however purchase the special printings of 1875, which were ungummed and overprinted “Specimen” to discourage postal use.

Between 1873 and 1877, official stamps accounted for 4.3% of the postage
sold in this country. The original projected needs for many of these
stamps was drastically overestimated. In 1877, Congress authorized the
use of penalty franks, which was expanded to include field offices in 1879.
During the transitional period when penalty franks and official stamps
were valid concurrently, the use of official stamps declined steeply, and
they were finally declared obsolete on July 5, 1884. Surplus stamps were
supposed to be returned to the Post Office Department for destruction, but
not all departments complied, and these remainders are the main source of
unused stamps in collector hands today. At least 73 of the ll7 stamps
printed by Continental Bank Note Company and American Bank Note Company are rarer used than unused.
The period in which the official stamps were valid was 1873-1884.

Here are some from my collection:

The Department of Agriculture

 

 

Got this page of 1851 to 1862 United States classics from a junk dealer.

Some faulty, but rare.

You pros know the numbers.

I bought this at the stamp club last night.

It appears to be Scott's #11 A7 Die A Confederate States 10 cent Jefferson Davis.

It was issued in April of 1863.

It's a beauty.

More from the beautiful old handmade album I discovered in Mississippi.

Natal is on the southern coast of Africa and borders the Indian Ocean.
Natal is a former British Crown Colony.
It's Capital is Pietermaritzburg.
Natal united with the Cape of Good Hope, Orange Free State and Transvaal in 1910 to form the Union of South Africa.

Here's a page from an old handmade album I purchased from a junk dealer in Southaven, Mississippi.

Morocco is a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population.

It achieved independence from France in 1956.

The stamps from Morocco are part of an old British Commonwealth collection.

Tangier is a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibralta, and mind-blowing beautiful.

Labuan is a federal territory of Malaysia off the coast of Borneo in East Malaysia. It is made up of the homonymous Labuan Island and six smaller islands, and is located off the coast of the state of Sabah. Labuan's capital is Victoria and is best known as an offshore financial centre offering international financial and business services via Labuan IBFC since 1990 as well as being an offshore support hub for deepwater oil and gas activities in the region. It is also a tourist destination for people travelling through Sabah, nearby Bruneians and scuba divers. The name Labuan derives from the Malay word labuhan which means harbour.en.wikipedia.org ·

From my collection:

Listening to music, etc.

Stamp club meeting Thursday night.

Why do we call Indiana the "Hoosier State" ?

Shawnee Indians used the word "hoosier" as a greeting.

The word "hoosier", in their language, means "who's here".

Indiana is also became the home, in 1911, of the very first long-distance automobile race known as the "Indy 500".

The circular date stamp tied to the flag stamp represents the anniversary of Indiana statehood.

With four state forests and 72 state parks, Illinois may be said to be quite beautiful.

The circular date stamp cancel tied to the flag stamp represents the anniversary of Illinois' statehood.

See Chicago, like Frank Sinatra says, "That toddlin' town...betcha bottom dollar you lose the blues in Chicago" !