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It wasn't until I got home after the show and started to research my acquisitions, that I discovered it to be one of Gerald King's Snark Island fantasy pieces. I assume it was made in the 1980s.
Looking through current and completed eBay listings, I was surprised as to how collectible these things are. The stamps by themselves are not expensive, but a lot of them sell. The covers and "proofs" sell for US$30 to US$150 depending on the design. I did not find any examples of parcel fronts being offered for sale or sold.
Also, this particular parcel front design is not shown on the AskMeAboutStamps Snark Island web pages:
http://www.askmeaboutstamps.com/?page_id=1747
I'm adding it to my world cancel collection as a fantasy piece.
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i love that it was sent to the Snark Expeditionary Force; and the second-hand dagger-proof coat is priceless
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12:38:12pm
"second-hand dagger-proof coat is priceless"
"Only one small hole, some minor staining".
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Re the second-hand dagger-proof coat, you will remember that the Beaver has been threatened with death, from "the last of the crew", who
"... came as a Butcher: but gravely declared,
When the ship had been sailing a week,
He could only kill Beavers. The Bellman looked scared,
And was almost too frightened to speak.:
"But at length he explained, in a tremulous tone,
There was only one Beaver on board;
And that was the tame one he had of his own,
Whose death would be deeply deplored.
"The Beaver, who happened to hear the remark,
Protested with tears in his eyes,
That not even the rapture of hunting the Snark
Could atone for that dismal surprise!"
...
"The Beaver's best course was , no doubt, to procure
A second-hand dagger-proof coat -
So the Baker assured it - and next, to insure
His life in some Office of note:
"This the Banker suggested, and offered for hire
(On moderate terms), or for sale,
Two excellent Policies, one Against Fire,
And one Against Damage From Hail.
"Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day,
Whenever the Butcher was by,
The Beaver kept looking the opposite way,
And appeared unaccountably shy."
from Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, 1876
Martin Gardner's The Annotated Snark (USA Bramhall House, 1962) is indispensable, but I can find no reference to the date "27 September 1884" and assume it is random.
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I purchased this yesterday at the local show without knowing what it was. It was apparent at a glance that the stamps were bogus. I showed it to several dealers and no one knew what it was, although several offered to buy it as is, as it has great visual appeal.
It wasn't until I got home after the show and started to research my acquisitions, that I discovered it to be one of Gerald King's Snark Island fantasy pieces. I assume it was made in the 1980s.
Looking through current and completed eBay listings, I was surprised as to how collectible these things are. The stamps by themselves are not expensive, but a lot of them sell. The covers and "proofs" sell for US$30 to US$150 depending on the design. I did not find any examples of parcel fronts being offered for sale or sold.
Also, this particular parcel front design is not shown on the AskMeAboutStamps Snark Island web pages:
http://www.askmeaboutstamps.com/?page_id=1747
I'm adding it to my world cancel collection as a fantasy piece.
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i love that it was sent to the Snark Expeditionary Force; and the second-hand dagger-proof coat is priceless
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12 Oct 2015
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re: Neat Snark Island fantasy/cinderella piece
"second-hand dagger-proof coat is priceless"
"Only one small hole, some minor staining".
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re: Neat Snark Island fantasy/cinderella piece
Re the second-hand dagger-proof coat, you will remember that the Beaver has been threatened with death, from "the last of the crew", who
"... came as a Butcher: but gravely declared,
When the ship had been sailing a week,
He could only kill Beavers. The Bellman looked scared,
And was almost too frightened to speak.:
"But at length he explained, in a tremulous tone,
There was only one Beaver on board;
And that was the tame one he had of his own,
Whose death would be deeply deplored.
"The Beaver, who happened to hear the remark,
Protested with tears in his eyes,
That not even the rapture of hunting the Snark
Could atone for that dismal surprise!"
...
"The Beaver's best course was , no doubt, to procure
A second-hand dagger-proof coat -
So the Baker assured it - and next, to insure
His life in some Office of note:
"This the Banker suggested, and offered for hire
(On moderate terms), or for sale,
Two excellent Policies, one Against Fire,
And one Against Damage From Hail.
"Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day,
Whenever the Butcher was by,
The Beaver kept looking the opposite way,
And appeared unaccountably shy."
from Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, 1876
Martin Gardner's The Annotated Snark (USA Bramhall House, 1962) is indispensable, but I can find no reference to the date "27 September 1884" and assume it is random.
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