Sylvain and Sylvette : 2007 France

2007-Aug-09

Sylvain et Sylvette is a French comics series created in 1941 by Maurice Cuvillier. The most popular and successful series relating the adventures of Sylvain and Sylvette were drawn by Jean-Louis Pesch and are currently published by Dargaud. 

Sylvain et Sylvette, are Orphans, they live alone and autonomously in a house that they call their "cottage", in the middle of the forest. They live with several animals referred in the series as their "friends" and have a very simple way of life. Sometimes they pass to Laville (literally "Thetown" in French), a small village near their house, when they need a doctor or a veterinary for example. However, four starving animals, the "comperes", who live in a cavern not far from the cottage, seek to catch their animals or to steal their food. The atmosphere of the series is largely humoristic and the so-called villains' attempt to catch animals always fails. In some albums, Sylvain and Sylvette live more adventurous situations than the usual fight against the Comperes, particularly when Tartalo, a scientist, intervenes in the story.

Music faux stamps

Growing up I found many of my contemporaries made fun of my stamp collecting. Therefore I was intrigued to find rock music album covers that utilized postage stamps as part of their cover art, which was meant to attract the buyer. 

Most collector know about the playable record stamps of Buhtan. Now several Stamp Agencies have adopted entertainment as part of their stamp programs, many of which have features rock music acts, such as the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Rush and numerous others.

JJ Barnes and Steve Macha : Rare Stamps 1969 Volt Records : Climax Blues Band : Stamp Album 1975 Sire Records : Brownsville Station : Air Special 1978 Epic Records

Justice : Helix EP - 2013 Ed Banger Records : Oh Hellos : Dear Wormwood 2015 - Elektra Records : Burial Etiquette - Undermark : Post Marked Stamps #1 - 2022 Soul America Records

Greensky Bluegrass : XXV - 2025 Thirty Tigers Records

There are many others that utilize faux postage stamps, that I am surprised that stamps and letters still hold recognition in our society when letter writing has lost it's appeal in favor of texting and e-mail. 

Star Trek - Gold Key Comics : 2019 Grenada

Comic book version of the original Star Trek TV series that starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy.

First issue 1967, cover price $0.12, ending with issue 61 in 1979. Comics shown on the stamps are issues 8, 9, 11, 15, 18 and 25 (painted covers by George Wilson). Many of the stories were written by Dick Wood, Len Wein,  Arnold Drake, John David Warner, Allan Moniz with art by Nevio Zeccara, Alberto Giolitti,  Alden McWilliams, Angelo R. Todaro

Gold Key Comics was an imprint of American company Western Publishing, created for comic books distributed to newsstands. Also known as Whitman Comics, Gold Key operated from 1962 to 1984. It was then revived and taken over by Gold Key Entertainment LLC which holds the trademark today.

#1 Oct 1967 The planet of no return - Kirk, McCoy and Rand explore a planet where plants are the highest link in the food chain, and the plants are hungry. Stardate 18:09.2

Comics : 1996 Spain

1996-May-10

El Jabato (The young wild boar) is the hero of a series of Spanish comic books, created in 1958 by the writer Víctor Mora and illustrated mainly by Francisco Darnís. El Jabato's themes and cast of characters were similar to those of the other series created by Mora, Capitán Trueno, although El Jabato is set in ancient Rome, while Capitán Trueno was a knight-errant of the Middle Ages.

The Tribulete Reporter - Guillermo Cifré Figuerola (1921–1962), known by his first name, Cifré, was a Spanish cartoonist, illustrator and animator, creator of some of the most representative characters of the "Bruguera school", such as El repórter Tribulete, about an incompetent journalist and his tyrannical boss

Smurfs : 2013 Switzerland

 

Spike and Suzy - 100th Anniversary of ‘Heide’ Train Station : 2011 Belgium

 

2011-Jun-05

Heide in Belgium has been serviced by its railway station for a century, and NMBS/SNCB celebrates this by issuing a railway stamp Miniature Sheet denominated EUR 8.00. In Belgium the national railways carry both parcels and letters, and their Philatelic Office regularly issues railway stamps. The official day of issue is 5 June 2011, but an advance sale in Heide Station will take place the day before.

The miniature sheet features the popular Belgian comic book characters Spike and Suzy (Suske en Wiske / Bob et Bobette) created by Flemish cartoonist Willy Vandersteen. The main characters are shown on the stamp, but on the selvedge you will see a black cat on a little locomotive.

Halloween - Local Posts

 

Jack O'Lantern - Halloween

A jack-o'lantern is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday. Its name comes from the phenomenon of strange lights flickering over peat bogs, called jack-o'-lanterns (will-o'-the-wisps). It is suggested that the name also has ties to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a drunkard who, after deceiving people throughout his life and even Satan, is doomed to roam the Earth with only a hollowed turnip to light his way.

Cartoon Cats and Dogs - Local Post : 1982

HNLP 1982 - Cartoon cats and Dogs stamps

Hideaki Nakano Local Post - Detroit MI

Top row: Felix the Cat, Toby the Pup, Bonzo the Dog , Top Cat, Sylvester, Huckleberry Hound

Bottom row: Jerry, Droopy dog, Deputy Dawg, ==, Scooby-Doo, Sandy (Orphan Annie)

Comic Stamps : 1995 Spain

1995-May-04

Honoring classic Spanish comic characters and capturing the bold, adventurous spirit of post-war Spanish pop culture.

Carpanta Hambrón, or as better known, Carpanta, is a Spanish character featured in the comic strips and comic books of the same name created in 1947 by José Escobar. The comics focus on Carpanta's perpetual hunger and his usually failed attempts of satiating it. Escobar created Carpanta to symbolize the misery in postwar Spain.

El Capitán Trueno, a legendary comic book hero created by Víctor Mora and illustrated by Ambrós. Featured prominently in his medieval armor with sword in hand, Trueno is flanked by his loyal companions Goliath and Crispín.

Cartoon Series : 1995 S Korea

1995-May-04   S Korea Cartoon Series #1

Kochuboo aka Kojubu (big nose) is a famous political and satirical comic character created by pioneering Korean cartoonist and illustrator Kim Yong-hwan. The character debuted in a newspaper in 1942, originally created to enlighten Korean expatriates living in Japan during the colonial period.

 

Kim Yong-hwan (1912-1998) was one of the best Korean comic artists of the 1940s and 1950s. He made his debut in Japan under the name Gita Koji, but returned to Korea after the Liberation. He started out working for the Seoul Times, a magazine in the English language, founded in 1945. He created the 'Kojubu Samgukji' character, which became the first popular Korean comic character. He founded Manhwa Haengjin tabloid in 1948: the first magazine entirely devoted to comics in Korea. During the Korean war, Kim Yong-hwan produced 'The Soldier Todori', in which he described the courage of the South Korean soldiers- Lambiek

Disney*Pixar - Send A Hello : 2011

2011-Aug-19 Anaheim CA - Send A Hello

The Postal Service™ issued 5 Send a Hello commemorative stamps, utilizing images from Disney•Pixar films, which offer exciting, contemporary characters and strong themes involving family and friends. Designs feature the characters Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars (2006); Remy the rat and Linguini from Ratatouille (2007); Buzz Lightyear and two of the green, three-eyed aliens from Toy Story (1995); Carl Fredricksen and Dug from Up (2009); and the robot WALL*E from WALL*E (2008). Art directors Terrence W. McCaffrey and William J. Gicker worked with Disney•Pixar to design the stamp art.

Tove Jansson - Moomins : 2014 Finland

 

2014-Jan-31

Tove Marika Jansson (1914 – 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943. Over the same period, she penned short stories and articles for publication, and subsequently drew illustrations for book covers, advertisements, and postcards. She continued her work as an artist and writer for the rest of her life.

Jansson wrote the Moomin novel series for children, starting with the 1945 The Moomins and the Great Flood. The following two books, Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, published in 1946 and 1948 respectively, were highly successful. For her work as a children's author she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966; among her many later awards was the Selma Lagerlöf Prize in 1992.