Just starting a collection...

Hello Makanudo, I may be wrong but I think you may have problems finding stamps with the main theme as Crowns. The only ones that I can think of are the "Three Crowns" of Sweden and the Crown and Posthorn series also from Sweden.




there are many thousands of stamp designs that include a crown, almost any monarch's head below a crown.

Will someone will take the challenge and prove me wrong?

Regards James.

 

Just a few...

 

bingo... Bingo... and BINGO!!!

 

I had forgotten about some of these, I have them of course in my UK collection. The Staffa card? I have not seen before.
For Makanudo, I do not have direct access to my UK collection, so cannot trade.
Regards, James.

 

Maybe you can consider those stamps with crowns on a person like beauty queens stamps and also on some religious figures.

 

I have a couple sets of the Crowns from Sweden...

 

Looking at the 50th Anniversary page again: I have been to Edinburgh and Holyrood House and Stirling castles many times... surprised the latter is not on this page???

Pleasant little pub on St. James... Jester's Court or Court Jester... Just a little way down the hill from the castle. Been a little while since I have been there, but I go there every time I am in Scotland. Wife and her sister want to go this next summer and I will probably get the tickets to make that happen...

Postscript: I have a business card from that pub... it is/was called the Jolly Judge...

 

Hello SATX, I've not been for a while but I think St., James is nearly all shopping centre now, The Jolly Judge is on the Royal mile, Castle Hill and very close to Camera Obscura. I think Camera Obscura and World of Illusions may be worth a couple of hours visit, a bit like an indoor fairground with panoramic views of Edinburgh.
Regards, James.

 

You are quite right: there are very few stamps
showing crowns as main theme,but still there are some.Unfortunately I have no scanner to show
them.The oldest I have are from Denmark.All
issues,except one,from 1851 to 1864 show a crown
over swords.
A nice one is from Hannover,issued imperf.1860
and rouletted 1864,(I have the latter only),showing
a crown and a posthorn.
Aquite similar motive was issued in Hungary 1871 as
a newspaper-stamp.Slightly different reissued in
1872.I do not collect Hungary,but there are several stamps showing the St.Stephan´s crown till the
monarchy was abolished in 1945.
Spain issued in 1872,1873 and 1877,(the latter was printed again and again till about 1920) stamps of
4/4 of a Cent.Each quater Cent could be used seperately.Again not my country.
From Austria the five lowest values of the 1916
defintives show the imperial crown.
From Liechtenstein there are two sets of service
stamps form 1950 and 1968 showing the Princes
Crown.
Liechtenstein also issued a commemorative in 1971
and there is also one from Germany,issued 1988.
Apart from the classical issues I like most the
1957 defintive series of 12 from Nepal.It shows the
Nepalese Kings Crown,what looks quite different from the crowns,we know from Europe.

 

Interesting to see how crowns on other countries differ from each other.

 

Makanudo,
I took a quick look through my bags of kiloware and only found a few and none as the main them. You are welcome to have these if you send your address

 

Any stamps from any country will be fine as an exchange