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Weeds in Your Collection #11 - North Ingermanland & Karelia
by Nelson Laviolette
Both Karelia & North Ingermanland were short lived break away states from Russia with ties to Finland in the period of 1920-22.
Ken Boll’s Classic First Day of Issue Cachets
by Steve Swain
Going well beyond simply enhancing the cover by complementing the newly issued stamp, well-designed, attractive, colorful cachets are considered as a true art form by many people both in and outside of philately.
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Dear Authors,
Outstanding stuff guys, and I don't even collect that area.
Dear members.
If you haven't read the articles, you are all missing out.
To Ralph- as always, you are a gem. Thank you.
Best,
Dan C.
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I appreciate that a lot of effort goes into creating a cachet for a particular issue but to me they overpower the stamps. I would rather have a plain FDC than the colourful to garish ones that seem to prevail today.
Another pet hate is the sheer volume of commercial covers that did not actually get carried mail wise but were bulk stamped and franked, often in advance, by the postal authorities and invariably have no addressee.
Appreciate the articles though and yes I do read and try to understand others viewpoints, the literary efforts do not go unnoticed.
Rant over, back to normality,
the dried frog pills seem to be working now.
Vic
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Steve, thanks for the well-illustrated article on FDCs. I found those designs attractive and marvel at the very creative use of the color YELLOW in the designs. My wife, an artist, taught me that yellow is the color that spreads the most, which is why it's so much more effective as a drop-out on black than white is and why it's so penetrating on these covers. I probably wouldn't have noticed, except they were presented as a group where one could see artistic patterns.
David
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would that I collected Karelia and North Ingermanland; I'd have everything at my fingertips. These are marvels of clarity and precision; thanks Nelson
David
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David.
Yes, Yellow is a marvelous and intriguing color for all forms of art. If you get a chance, take a look at my article posted on SOR about the elusive color yellow used for stamps as a primary color.
steve
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I'm happy to report that we have several new offerings in the articles section from two of our favorite authors - Steve Swain and Nelson Laviolette. Thanks as always to those that work so hard to contribute articles to the site!
Weeds in Your Collection #11 - North Ingermanland & Karelia
by Nelson Laviolette
Both Karelia & North Ingermanland were short lived break away states from Russia with ties to Finland in the period of 1920-22.
Ken Boll’s Classic First Day of Issue Cachets
by Steve Swain
Going well beyond simply enhancing the cover by complementing the newly issued stamp, well-designed, attractive, colorful cachets are considered as a true art form by many people both in and outside of philately.
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Dear Authors,
Outstanding stuff guys, and I don't even collect that area.
Dear members.
If you haven't read the articles, you are all missing out.
To Ralph- as always, you are a gem. Thank you.
Best,
Dan C.
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I appreciate that a lot of effort goes into creating a cachet for a particular issue but to me they overpower the stamps. I would rather have a plain FDC than the colourful to garish ones that seem to prevail today.
Another pet hate is the sheer volume of commercial covers that did not actually get carried mail wise but were bulk stamped and franked, often in advance, by the postal authorities and invariably have no addressee.
Appreciate the articles though and yes I do read and try to understand others viewpoints, the literary efforts do not go unnoticed.
Rant over, back to normality,
the dried frog pills seem to be working now.
Vic
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re: New Articles from Steve Swain and Nelson Laviolette
Steve, thanks for the well-illustrated article on FDCs. I found those designs attractive and marvel at the very creative use of the color YELLOW in the designs. My wife, an artist, taught me that yellow is the color that spreads the most, which is why it's so much more effective as a drop-out on black than white is and why it's so penetrating on these covers. I probably wouldn't have noticed, except they were presented as a group where one could see artistic patterns.
David
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re: New Articles from Steve Swain and Nelson Laviolette
would that I collected Karelia and North Ingermanland; I'd have everything at my fingertips. These are marvels of clarity and precision; thanks Nelson
David
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re: New Articles from Steve Swain and Nelson Laviolette
David.
Yes, Yellow is a marvelous and intriguing color for all forms of art. If you get a chance, take a look at my article posted on SOR about the elusive color yellow used for stamps as a primary color.
steve
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