Do you like ORCHIDS ?

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  1. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    A new thread away from the crowded Stamp Chat forum.
    I hope Bickerstonehall will not mind,if I poach in "his realm" !
    O Anguilla 70.jpg In this set,issued June 10th,1969,the only orchid is shown on the 50 C.
     
  2. Molokai

    Molokai Moderator Moderator

    I spent $9 in 1968 on a top-shelf prom orchid for my date. I wished I had my $9 back the next day. :shy:

    But here's another pretty orchid stamp:

    StampOrchid.jpg
     
  3. DonSellos

    DonSellos Moderator Moderator

    $9 was still a fair amount of money in 1969 It would have bought a nice stamp or two.

    Don
     
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  4. Molokai

    Molokai Moderator Moderator

    Yes, it was and it would have - I think a VF-S Blackjack was around $9 at the time. I was fortunate to have a job with very good tips - made close to $100 a week salary & tips. But its ok. I heard she's been married and divorced x3 so I sort of lost my ticket to the Titanic.
     
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  5. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    O Barbados 317.jpg
    Issued Aug.24th,1970.One orchid only: 10 C.
     
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  6. Werner Salentin

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    O Antigua 1330.jpg
    issued April 17th,1990; part I of 2
     
  7. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    O Antigua 1334.jpg
    part II; s.s. to follow
     
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  10. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    O Barbados 365.jpg
    Definitives (wmk. "Multiple Crown CA Diagonal") issued 1975/1979
    (part I of 4)
     
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  11. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    O Barbados 366.jpg
    part II
     
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  12. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    O Barbados 371.jpg
    (part III) No 8 C. & 20 C. in this set;both values exist with
    "St.Edwards Block AC" watermark only.
     
  13. Werner Salentin

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  14. Werner Salentin

    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    The following set from Belize shows illustrations from the
    Reichenbachia,a four volume book about Orchids by Frederick
    Sander from 1880´s and 90´s.Sander,a German living in England,
    named his work after Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach,the most
    eminent orchid-authority of the 19th century.Most paintings
    were done by Henry George Moon from England.
    As far as Orchid-stamps are concerned,the reproductions from
    the Reichenbachia are my favourites.
    This set contains fourteen stamps and two souvenir sheets.
    I will show two values per post,so that they will not be to big.
    O Belize 973.jpg
    O Belize 974.jpg
    issued Dec.16th,1987 (part I of 7)
     
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    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    O Belize 983.jpg
    O Belize 984.jpg
    (part VI)
     
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    Werner Salentin Well-Known Member

    O Belize 985.jpg

    O Belize 986.jpg
    (Part VII)
     
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