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Europe/Germany : German David Bowie Stamp

 

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09 Mar 2022
02:36:27pm
I'm finding something strange about this David Bowie stamp issued by Germany. Anyone else notice? I've been trying to find the source image on Google with no luck.

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09 Mar 2022
07:45:57pm

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The only thing I notice is that he's playing the guitar left handed, he was ambidextrous so either way should be OK, other than that everything seems right with the stamp that is.

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09 Mar 2022
08:06:04pm

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i better not tell my daughter about the Bowie stamp...it would end up in a frame on her wall. Happy

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09 Mar 2022
10:47:01pm
re: German David Bowie Stamp

I'm a huge Bowie fan, but far from an authority. That being said, I understand he was naturally left-handed, and wrote with his left, but learned to play the guitar right-handed.

The image is from a Getty copyright (an acrylic print is available through the link below for those who want something larger on their daughter's wall).

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/davi ...


Interestingly, in the song Ziggy Stardust is the lyric about his most famous stage persona...

"He played it left hand, but made it too far"



The most interesting thing about the guitar in the picture is that he is holding it "upside down". That's how Hendrix played it, because there were virtually no left-handed guitars around back then.

If he was to swing it counter-clockwise (the top moving left-right in the picture) to play it right-handed it would be in the proper position (the white semi-circles are fret-markers which the guitarist would see at the top when they looked down).

OK, now I know what I'm playing on Spotify on my morning walk tomorrow.

Dave.

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29 Mar 2022
07:49:14am
re: German David Bowie Stamp

Official description of the BOWIE stamp :

In German :
Ausgabetag: 03.01.2022
Verkaufspreis (in Cent): 85 Cent
Motiv: David Bowie mit Gitarre 1984
© 2022 The David Bowie Archive
®Under license to Perryscope Productions, LLC/Epic Rights, Inc., Photo by Greg Gorman
Entwurf Postwertzeichen, Bogenrand und Stempel: Thomas Steinacker, Bonn
Druck: Mehrfarben-Offsetdruck der Giesecke + Devrient Currency Technology GmbH, Leipzig
auf gestrichenem weißem und fluoreszierendem Postwertzeichenpapier DP 2
Größe / Format: 55,00 x 30,00 mm
Konfektionierung
Zehnerbogengröße: 130 x 170 mm
Anordnung der PWz: 2 PWz nebeneinander, 5 PWz untereinander

In English :
Date of issue: 03.01.2022
Selling price (in cents): 85 cents
Motive: David Bowie with guitar 1984
© 2022 The David Bowie Archive
®Under license to Perryscope Productions, LLC/Epic Rights, Inc., Photo by Greg Gorman
Draft of postage stamps, sheet edge and stamp: Thomas Steinacker, Bonn
Printing: Multi-color offset printing by Giesecke + Devrient Currency Technology GmbH, Leipzig
on coated white and fluorescent postage stamp paper DP 2
Size / format: 55.00 x 30.00 mm
assembly
Ten sheet size: 130 x 170 mm
Arrangement of PWz: 2 PWz next to each other, 5 PWz below each other


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29 Mar 2022
10:19:50am
re: German David Bowie Stamp

And here is a photo from the serie photos that was used for the stamp :

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Photo by Greg Gorman

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29 Mar 2022
10:22:53am

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I must say that even for a left handed player using a normal (right-handed) guitar upside down, this is a very peculiar way of playing. On the other hand, it is a nice picture and I think that was the main objective of this photo :-)

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bobgggg

Past President Cortlandt Stamp Club

01 Oct 2022
11:22:37am
re: German David Bowie Stamp

What I did notice about the stamp , is a question I was about to ask.

Is there any reason as to why Germany is cancelling their stamps with blue ink ?


I have noticed this on all my cancelled stamps from 2022

Thanks in advance

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01 Oct 2022
02:33:46pm
re: German David Bowie Stamp

Blue ink cancels because black ink would obscure the bar codes on the newer German stamps.

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bobgggg

Past President Cortlandt Stamp Club

02 Oct 2022
11:11:32am
re: German David Bowie Stamp

Thanks Josh

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Immediate Past President - West Essex Philatelic Society www.wepsonline.org
09 Mar 2022
02:36:27pm

I'm finding something strange about this David Bowie stamp issued by Germany. Anyone else notice? I've been trying to find the source image on Google with no luck.

Image Not Found

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09 Mar 2022
07:45:57pm

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re: German David Bowie Stamp

The only thing I notice is that he's playing the guitar left handed, he was ambidextrous so either way should be OK, other than that everything seems right with the stamp that is.

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philb

09 Mar 2022
08:06:04pm

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re: German David Bowie Stamp

i better not tell my daughter about the Bowie stamp...it would end up in a frame on her wall. Happy

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"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"
HolocaustStamps

Collecting one stamp for each of the 1.5 Million children murdered in The Holocaust.

09 Mar 2022
10:47:01pm

re: German David Bowie Stamp

I'm a huge Bowie fan, but far from an authority. That being said, I understand he was naturally left-handed, and wrote with his left, but learned to play the guitar right-handed.

The image is from a Getty copyright (an acrylic print is available through the link below for those who want something larger on their daughter's wall).

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/davi ...


Interestingly, in the song Ziggy Stardust is the lyric about his most famous stage persona...

"He played it left hand, but made it too far"



The most interesting thing about the guitar in the picture is that he is holding it "upside down". That's how Hendrix played it, because there were virtually no left-handed guitars around back then.

If he was to swing it counter-clockwise (the top moving left-right in the picture) to play it right-handed it would be in the proper position (the white semi-circles are fret-markers which the guitarist would see at the top when they looked down).

OK, now I know what I'm playing on Spotify on my morning walk tomorrow.

Dave.

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HockeyNut

29 Mar 2022
07:49:14am

re: German David Bowie Stamp

Official description of the BOWIE stamp :

In German :
Ausgabetag: 03.01.2022
Verkaufspreis (in Cent): 85 Cent
Motiv: David Bowie mit Gitarre 1984
© 2022 The David Bowie Archive
®Under license to Perryscope Productions, LLC/Epic Rights, Inc., Photo by Greg Gorman
Entwurf Postwertzeichen, Bogenrand und Stempel: Thomas Steinacker, Bonn
Druck: Mehrfarben-Offsetdruck der Giesecke + Devrient Currency Technology GmbH, Leipzig
auf gestrichenem weißem und fluoreszierendem Postwertzeichenpapier DP 2
Größe / Format: 55,00 x 30,00 mm
Konfektionierung
Zehnerbogengröße: 130 x 170 mm
Anordnung der PWz: 2 PWz nebeneinander, 5 PWz untereinander

In English :
Date of issue: 03.01.2022
Selling price (in cents): 85 cents
Motive: David Bowie with guitar 1984
© 2022 The David Bowie Archive
®Under license to Perryscope Productions, LLC/Epic Rights, Inc., Photo by Greg Gorman
Draft of postage stamps, sheet edge and stamp: Thomas Steinacker, Bonn
Printing: Multi-color offset printing by Giesecke + Devrient Currency Technology GmbH, Leipzig
on coated white and fluorescent postage stamp paper DP 2
Size / format: 55.00 x 30.00 mm
assembly
Ten sheet size: 130 x 170 mm
Arrangement of PWz: 2 PWz next to each other, 5 PWz below each other


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HockeyNut

29 Mar 2022
10:19:50am

re: German David Bowie Stamp

And here is a photo from the serie photos that was used for the stamp :

Image Not Found
Photo by Greg Gorman

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Jansimon

collector, seller, MT member
29 Mar 2022
10:22:53am

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re: German David Bowie Stamp

I must say that even for a left handed player using a normal (right-handed) guitar upside down, this is a very peculiar way of playing. On the other hand, it is a nice picture and I think that was the main objective of this photo :-)

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bobgggg

Past President Cortlandt Stamp Club

01 Oct 2022
11:22:37am

re: German David Bowie Stamp

What I did notice about the stamp , is a question I was about to ask.

Is there any reason as to why Germany is cancelling their stamps with blue ink ?


I have noticed this on all my cancelled stamps from 2022

Thanks in advance

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joshtanski

01 Oct 2022
02:33:46pm

re: German David Bowie Stamp

Blue ink cancels because black ink would obscure the bar codes on the newer German stamps.

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bobgggg

Past President Cortlandt Stamp Club

02 Oct 2022
11:11:32am

re: German David Bowie Stamp

Thanks Josh

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