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Chile Mint Christmas Card
Recent
offers online reminded me that I had an unusual stamp on stamp Christmas
card in my collection. Being the season, I decided to share it with you all. Many
posts around the world sent/send season's greeting cards to collectors who
had yearly new issue subscriptions, and several have reproductions of stamps
on them. I have acquired several, but this Chile card is my
favorite. 1968, the
year this card was sent out, was also the year that the Chile
mint celebrated its 225th anniversary, with a set of four
stamps--one reproducing the first coin minted in Chile, and another, a
stamp on stamp, reproducing the first stamp printed by the mint in 1912 (Sc #C288-C289) The card
is on cream colored stock and the face, with burgundy imprints, has a large
seal, "CASA DE MONEDA" in an ornate scrollwork and the date,
"DECIEMBRE 1968" in smaller typeface. The
message page is what makes the card special. The two stamps mentioned above
are imprinted imperforate, from the same plates and in the issued colors.
They are unique. The
greeting is below, in pretty lettering: "La Casa de Moneda
le desea Felices Pascuas y Prospero Ano Nuevo". My barely
remembered high school Spanish, and later Google search, translated
"Felices Pascuas"
to "Happy Easter", which did not make sense to me as I expected
"Feliz Navidad",
but I figured it couldn't be an error. Recently,
I showed this card to Club member, Michael Merritt; he whipped out
his I-phone, typed in translate "Felices Pascuas" and got a message that said it was also a
shortened version of "Felices Pascuas de Navidad"--"Merry
Christmas". I
remember being a bit reluctant when buying the card, as I was then, a
new stamp on stamp collector, and the price would have bought
a lot of needed issues, but I was always drawn to the unusual over the
normal. It turned out to be a good buy, as the two offerings were for four
times what I paid! Happy
Holidays and Happy SoS Collecting in the New year! Lou Guadagno |
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Stamps on stamps The topic
of stamps on stamps is one of the most diverse of all topicals.
Ever since Sir Rowland Hill first advocated the use of prepaid pieces of paper
to be adhered to letters to expedite their delivery, the postage stamp has
fascinated people. It should come as no surprise, then, that the postage
stamp is being used as a stamp motif, and that topical collecting of stamps
on stamps is popular. The topic of stamps on stamps is an interesting one in
that it covers many different areas and avenues while still being true to the
stamp topic. Michael
Merritt |
SoS SIGNAL - Old issues
I would like to invite you all to visit the SOS SIGNAL page, i added Signals from the early
2000's. |
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DO NOT SEND DUES!
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the members sites
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on Stamps Italian Group
Rammy Molcho's site - Stamps on Stamps Virtual Collection
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