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Topical/All : Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

 

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JohnnyRockets
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11 Apr 2020
02:33:35pm
Hi all,

If your main collecting interest can be calculated by the number of stamps that you seek, acquire and look at the most in your collection, than Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale topical collecting is my main collecting interest.

I always seem to come back to this part of my collection and seek to acquire these stamps the most.

I guess it combines two interests into one. I have always enjoyed folklore and fairy tales, etc.

Anyway... I thought I'd share some interesting ones in this thread.

Here is an interesting stamp regarding Austrian Folklore and "Carrying the Samson".

It is an interesting tradition that has a long history.

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More to come... Happy


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12 Apr 2020
04:15:15pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Today's stamp is of the "Lady of the Lake" of King Arthur lore and story.

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Very interesting character that appears so very many times throughout history in many forms and bodies of literature.

The lake that she is said to inhabit is also in question, but has been narrowed somewhat to about eight or so possible locations.

Very interesting to ready about.


JR

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TribalErnie

12 Apr 2020
04:56:30pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Cool JR, I think they're finding that more and more "myths" are actually grounded in fact. It wouldnt surprise me if they did find some evidence of this.

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JohnnyRockets
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12 Apr 2020
06:29:47pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Yes, it is all very interesting!

Thanks for viewing!


JR

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12 Apr 2020
09:34:03pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

My one and only Topical collection is Mermaids:

http://www.larsdog.com/stamps/topical.htm

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JohnnyRockets
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13 Apr 2020
02:02:46pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Hi Lars,

Very cool! Very impressive!

I have those exact blank pages to use if I want to.

I'm still deciding if I like my topical collection in a stock book or an album.

Did you run your pages through a printer to get the additional text on them?


GREAT JOB!



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13 Apr 2020
04:49:17pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Yes, I just use a normal printer and some image processing software I have. I use a printer with a direct feed (the paper goes in the back and comes out the front). I have found that to work better with thicker paper, and yet any time I say that there is always someone that wants to argue about it. It's my experience. Period. Full stop.

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13 Apr 2020
06:47:03pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

I found the same thing about my printer... so here's somebody that agrees!

Did you print some test shots before you went for the real thing? I'm sure you must have. Makes sense.

Now ya got me thinking more about using the album pages... rather than just stock books... It would look cooler and then I could categorize more.

Hmmmm... it would be an undertaking, because I have quite a few stamps of this topic... (and growing more each week! I'm impressed with how many exist!).

Anyway, all good things to think about. Happy


Thanks!


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JohnnyRockets
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21 Apr 2020
06:23:15pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Hi all,

Today's entry is a frightening one to be sure!

The dreaded Basilisk!


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Although to me this looks a lot more like a combination of Basilisk and Cockatrice to me!


Basilisk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk


Cockatrice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice


Seems like in general, that you just don't want to run into either one! Nail Biting



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21 Apr 2020
10:03:00pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

"Did you print some test shots before you went for the real thing?"



Of course, and you can then make marks on the page and do some rough calculations how many pixels to move stuff each way to make it look right. I usually printed a rough copy on plain paper, fine tuned it, printed another on plain paper, held it up in front of the White Ace blank to check alignment, and only then put it on a White Ace page.

"Now ya got me thinking more about using the album pages... rather than just stock books"



I still use both. The pages you can't see are still on stock pages. I haven't made a final determination yet how to lay them out. Don't be in a hurry! I may even still be debating whether or not to include something. I don't print the pages until I'm sure I like the layout.

There are large sections that I have most pages printed but may be collecting some additional issues on stock pages. For me the most likely would be the Little Mermaid. I have 6 pages dedicated just to the Copenhagen Statue, but if another stamp is issued tomorrow it will probably live on a stock page until it is joined by enough similar stamps to warrant an additional page. I don't reprint pages very often. Waste of pages, ink, and mounts!

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HockeyNut
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22 Apr 2020
07:48:54am
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Well JohnnyRockets,
If your in for Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tales then take a look at the stamps from the former East Germany.
Fairy Tales in German is Märchen. And there are plenty of them.

Below some examples :

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Pogopossum

22 Apr 2020
12:54:11pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

I've just started collecting the country, but I have noticed Norway has several folklore/fairy tale issues.

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Strider
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22 Apr 2020
04:15:04pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Jonny - have you seen these from Sweden - 1982? They're illustrations from various Swedish tales - the little girl is Princess Tuvstarr. I got that info from the Facit catalogue.

Here they are.

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JohnnyRockets
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22 Apr 2020
07:52:32pm
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Hi Hockeynut!

Those are some great ones and a couple that I do not have.

Let me know if they ever come up for sale!

Especially the Puschkin group or the last group posted (showing a fish in each frame), those are very nice! Happy


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HockeyNut
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23 Apr 2020
05:54:29am
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

JohnnyRockets,

maybe this site (from the USA) helps.
They give a description of the fairy-tale in English.

https://thephilately.com/topic/fairy-tales

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TribalErnie

23 Apr 2020
09:29:14am
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Hockeynut, those are really neat. I had never seen those before. Some of those are real head scratchers. Haha

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HockeyNut
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24 Apr 2020
10:16:55am
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Weil es so viel Spass macht ... / Because it's so much fun ...

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Märchen 1966

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Märchen 1967

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Märchen 1968

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Märchen 1969

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Märchen 1970

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Märchen 1971

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Märchen 1972

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Märchen 1973

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24 Apr 2020
10:22:00am
re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Weil es so viel Spass macht ... / Because it's so much fun ...

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Märchen 1974

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Märchen 1975

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Märchen 1976

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Märchen 1977

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Märchen 1978

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Märchen 1984

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Märchen 1985


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JohnnyRockets

11 Apr 2020
02:33:35pm

Hi all,

If your main collecting interest can be calculated by the number of stamps that you seek, acquire and look at the most in your collection, than Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale topical collecting is my main collecting interest.

I always seem to come back to this part of my collection and seek to acquire these stamps the most.

I guess it combines two interests into one. I have always enjoyed folklore and fairy tales, etc.

Anyway... I thought I'd share some interesting ones in this thread.

Here is an interesting stamp regarding Austrian Folklore and "Carrying the Samson".

It is an interesting tradition that has a long history.

Image Not Found


More to come... Happy


JR



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JohnnyRockets

12 Apr 2020
04:15:15pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Today's stamp is of the "Lady of the Lake" of King Arthur lore and story.

Image Not Found

Very interesting character that appears so very many times throughout history in many forms and bodies of literature.

The lake that she is said to inhabit is also in question, but has been narrowed somewhat to about eight or so possible locations.

Very interesting to ready about.


JR

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TribalErnie

12 Apr 2020
04:56:30pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Cool JR, I think they're finding that more and more "myths" are actually grounded in fact. It wouldnt surprise me if they did find some evidence of this.

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12 Apr 2020
06:29:47pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Yes, it is all very interesting!

Thanks for viewing!


JR

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larsdog

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12 Apr 2020
09:34:03pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

My one and only Topical collection is Mermaids:

http://www.larsdog.com/stamps/topical.htm

Lars

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JohnnyRockets

13 Apr 2020
02:02:46pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Hi Lars,

Very cool! Very impressive!

I have those exact blank pages to use if I want to.

I'm still deciding if I like my topical collection in a stock book or an album.

Did you run your pages through a printer to get the additional text on them?


GREAT JOB!



JR

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larsdog

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13 Apr 2020
04:49:17pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Yes, I just use a normal printer and some image processing software I have. I use a printer with a direct feed (the paper goes in the back and comes out the front). I have found that to work better with thicker paper, and yet any time I say that there is always someone that wants to argue about it. It's my experience. Period. Full stop.

Lars

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JohnnyRockets

13 Apr 2020
06:47:03pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

I found the same thing about my printer... so here's somebody that agrees!

Did you print some test shots before you went for the real thing? I'm sure you must have. Makes sense.

Now ya got me thinking more about using the album pages... rather than just stock books... It would look cooler and then I could categorize more.

Hmmmm... it would be an undertaking, because I have quite a few stamps of this topic... (and growing more each week! I'm impressed with how many exist!).

Anyway, all good things to think about. Happy


Thanks!


JR

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JohnnyRockets

21 Apr 2020
06:23:15pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Hi all,

Today's entry is a frightening one to be sure!

The dreaded Basilisk!


Image Not Found


Although to me this looks a lot more like a combination of Basilisk and Cockatrice to me!


Basilisk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk


Cockatrice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice


Seems like in general, that you just don't want to run into either one! Nail Biting



JR

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larsdog

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21 Apr 2020
10:03:00pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

"Did you print some test shots before you went for the real thing?"



Of course, and you can then make marks on the page and do some rough calculations how many pixels to move stuff each way to make it look right. I usually printed a rough copy on plain paper, fine tuned it, printed another on plain paper, held it up in front of the White Ace blank to check alignment, and only then put it on a White Ace page.

"Now ya got me thinking more about using the album pages... rather than just stock books"



I still use both. The pages you can't see are still on stock pages. I haven't made a final determination yet how to lay them out. Don't be in a hurry! I may even still be debating whether or not to include something. I don't print the pages until I'm sure I like the layout.

There are large sections that I have most pages printed but may be collecting some additional issues on stock pages. For me the most likely would be the Little Mermaid. I have 6 pages dedicated just to the Copenhagen Statue, but if another stamp is issued tomorrow it will probably live on a stock page until it is joined by enough similar stamps to warrant an additional page. I don't reprint pages very often. Waste of pages, ink, and mounts!

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HockeyNut

22 Apr 2020
07:48:54am

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Well JohnnyRockets,
If your in for Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tales then take a look at the stamps from the former East Germany.
Fairy Tales in German is Märchen. And there are plenty of them.

Below some examples :

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Pogopossum

22 Apr 2020
12:54:11pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

I've just started collecting the country, but I have noticed Norway has several folklore/fairy tale issues.

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Strider

22 Apr 2020
04:15:04pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Jonny - have you seen these from Sweden - 1982? They're illustrations from various Swedish tales - the little girl is Princess Tuvstarr. I got that info from the Facit catalogue.

Here they are.

Image Not Found

Image Not Found

Image Not Found

Image Not Found

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JohnnyRockets

22 Apr 2020
07:52:32pm

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Hi Hockeynut!

Those are some great ones and a couple that I do not have.

Let me know if they ever come up for sale!

Especially the Puschkin group or the last group posted (showing a fish in each frame), those are very nice! Happy


JR

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HockeyNut

23 Apr 2020
05:54:29am

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

JohnnyRockets,

maybe this site (from the USA) helps.
They give a description of the fairy-tale in English.

https://thephilately.com/topic/fairy-tales

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TribalErnie

23 Apr 2020
09:29:14am

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Hockeynut, those are really neat. I had never seen those before. Some of those are real head scratchers. Haha

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HockeyNut

24 Apr 2020
10:16:55am

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Weil es so viel Spass macht ... / Because it's so much fun ...

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Märchen 1966

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Märchen 1967

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Märchen 1968

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Märchen 1969

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Märchen 1970

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Märchen 1971

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Märchen 1972

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Märchen 1973

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HockeyNut

24 Apr 2020
10:22:00am

re: Myth/Folklore/Fairy Tale - My main collecting interest

Weil es so viel Spass macht ... / Because it's so much fun ...

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Märchen 1974

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Märchen 1975

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Märchen 1976

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Märchen 1977

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Märchen 1978

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Märchen 1984

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Märchen 1985


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