Ace Jet 170

Abraham's Games

 

More superb sporting stamps from Israel. See them bigger and better on Flickr.

Je ne vous imposerai plus de famine

Israeli Freedom From Hunger stamp from 1963: 

'The Freedom from Hunger Campaign was a focus for cooperation of international organizations, governments, and various citizens' groups. This effort to create informed and active awareness culminated in the World Food Congress in Washington DC, held in 1963 under FAO auspices. This stamp was issued in 1963 in commemoration of the World Freedom from Hunger Campaign. A symbolic picture depicts an outstretched hand offering food to a small bird. The Hebrew inscription reads: "No more hunger" and on the tab Yehezkel 36:29 is quoted: "...And I will not burden you with famine.".'

Safe

Israeli road safety stamps from 1966.

  

A vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites

It's 1962, Bulgaria...and the bugs are biting.

 

10

Commemorative issue marking the re-structuring of Australia's Government-run postal and telecom services in 1975. The "P" motif is still in use today but sadly, the Telecom identity appears to have been replaced around 1994 by an unremarkable new design. Worse was to come with a name change and some turd polishing.

Please note: The opinions expressed here are based solely on shoddy and probably inaccurate research of dubious value.

Safety

Why oh why those crazy East Germans thought it appropriate to drink a glass of beer before racing an ambulance on a motorcycle I'll never know. And why oh why they'd celebrate such irresponsibility on a stamp is beyond me. Thankfully, we now all live in more enlightened times. Even the East Germans.

  

The Pope's Revenge

In 1969, the erection of a new televisual transmissioning mast thingy must have been pretty damn exciting, especially in East Germany, hence the two excellent stamps I posted a few weeks ago and this more recently discovered Mini Sheet.

[Update: Special thanks to Chris for the WikiLink].

 

Interflug

I'm way behind with blog posts; have a pile of stuff to upload. Lots to do at the day job, I've one or two side projects on, a plot to prep for spring and, to be honest, am having loads of fun on the Interweb's best waste of time, Twitter. Wozza showed me Twitter about a year or so ago and i just didn't get it at all. Then a little while back I got an invite to sign up (thanks Vicki) and just haven't looked back. Haven't blogged much since either (yeah, thanks Vicki) so am determined to get back on track.

Philatelically speaking, I've been spending quite a bit of time exploring Germany and amongst my finds are these excellent flat coloured flight stamps that take me right back to my early days as a technical illustrator.

  

Earth Science

From 1972.

  

Fernseh-und UKW-Turm

Televisual Deutsche Post lovelies.