Peace and War
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Warren, Connecticut. While the snow built up outside yesterday I was warm and cozy inside browsing through my stamp collection which I inherited from my late father and his brother and which they inherited from their father and his brother in law. For what it’s worth (generally, not on eBay) I have a decent collection of US stamps and a fascinating collection of stamps from the rest of the world which I loved looking through as a kid. The colors, shapes, geography, history and the idea that these stamps were used (I also have many unused stamps) and traveled around the world long before there was an internet, many of them long before there was a telephone.
This merchant marine stamp, designed by V.S. Closkey, Jr. was issued on February 26, 1946. It shows a Liberty ship loading cargo.
A tip of the hat to Chris Gordon for the inspiration.
Note: I’m not happy with the lighting or processing of this image and once I have both of those wired I’m going to do a lot more of this, both stamps, money, and various printed ephemera that I enjoy looking at.
