Mickey Mouse : 2023 Switzerland

2023-Nov

Disney celebrates 100 years! Its world-famous characters have enchanted generations, making them laugh and sing. In its anniversary year, Disney is paying tribute to fans and creative artists who have made this dream possible over the past century. Mickey and Minnie are among the most famous cartoon characters ever.

In 1958, during shooting of “Third Man on the Mountain”, Walt Disney travelled to the town of Zermatt, where he had the idea for the “Matterhorn Bobsleds” rollercoasters, which are now at Disneyland in California. 

The Art of Disney : 2008 Imagination

 

2008-Aug-07 Disneyland Resort Anaheim CA

The Postal Service™ issued The Art of Disney: Imagination commemorative stamps in four designs. With the help of some of Walt Disney’s famous characters, these four stamps illustrate the theme of imagination. Mickey Mouse as Steamboat Willie; Princess Aurora and her helpers Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty; Pongo and one of his pups from 101 Dalmatians; and Mowgli and Baloo from The Jungle Book. This is the fifth stamp pane honoring the art of Disney to be issued by the Postal Service. Designed by David Pacheco

Digital color postmark:

Commemorative postmarks:

2008-Nov-18 Burbank CA

Disney - Mickey Mouse : Football

1934-Pasadena CA - Tournament of Roses

The Pigskin Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Anaheim Stadium from 1990 until 1994, and continued from 1995 to 2002 at various stadiums. It was initially created as a west-coast counterpart of the Kickoff Classic and hosted by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

Laurel & Hardy first day cover - Collins hand-painted cachet

Hand drawn envelopes : 1930s

 Two examples of handrawn mail from the 1930s offered at auction as part of a group. The artist is unknown, the owner of the piece had them in a frame in which  envelopes had not been removed. Therefore any information on the back was not noted in the auction

Worthpoint

Mickey Mouse - The Band Concert - Romania

The Band Concert is a 1935 animated short film produced in 3-strip Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The 73rd short film in the Mickey Mouse series and notable as the first in the series to be produced in color

Directed by Wilfred Jackson, with music adapted by Leigh Harline, the action follows a small music band, conducted by Mickey Mouse, which struggles through a distraction-filled public performance. Clarence Nash provides the voice of Donald Duck, the only speaking character. The film remains among the most highly acclaimed of the Disney shorts.

Band Concert - Czyl's  Penny Post (local post) stamp

Mickey Mouse : 1988 Italy

 

1988-Apr-13 Milan Italy

The Art of Disney : 2004 Friendship

2004-Jun-23 Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California

The Art of Disney: Friendship - The U.S. Postal Service® issued The Art of Disney: Friendship postage stamps featuring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, and a host of Disney friends from Lion King, Pinocchio and Bambi.

Commemorative postmarks:

Disney : 2004 France

2004-Mar-06 France - 2004 Stamp Festival

 

Walt Disney : 1970 San Marino

1970-Dec-22 San Marino

Disney 100th : 2023 Australia

2023-Oct-03 Sydney

Generations of Australians have grown up with Disney. In this exciting collaboration between Australia Post and Disney, four postage stamps have been issued to celebrate a century of our favourite iconic animated characters. Inspired by Disney’s timeless magic, these stamps have been designed to embrace Disney’s history, but with a decidedly Aussie flavour. In these vignettes we see popular Disney characters explore the wonders of our big, beautiful continent, from the tropical north to the southern coast – Australia Post

Nemo in Sydney Harbour, NSW (Finding Nemo ©Disney/Pixar)

Ariel at the Great Barrier Reef, Qld.(The Little Mermaid ©Disney)

Mickey and Minnie Mouse on the Great Ocean Road, Vic. (©Disney)

Kanga and Roo in the Red Centre, N.T. (©Disney - ©2023 Disney. Based on the “Winnie the Pooh” works by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard)

Walt Disney : 1901-1966

1968-Spe-11 Marceline MO

(1901 – 1966) American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.

In the early 1920s and set up the Disney Brothers Studio (now the Walt Disney Company) with his brother Roy. With Ub Iwerks, he developed the character Mickey Mouse in 1928, his first highly popular success; he also provided the voice for his creation in the early years.

As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards won (22) and nominations (59) by an individual. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress and have also been named as some of the greatest films ever by the American Film Institute.

First Day Cover with hand-drawn, hand-painted cachet by Dave Dubé, based on Paris Match magazine cover - Yesterland

Scrooge McDuck drawn by Carl Barks at age 97 - Yesterland

While postal regulations at the time stated that any non-presidential individual honored on a commemorative stamp must be dead for ten years, the support for a Disney tribute was overwhelming. The Office of the Postmaster General corresponded with hundreds of Americans requesting a Walt Disney stamp, receiving letters from private citizens as well as the Walt Disney Studios, Governor Ronald Reagan, actors Fess Parker and John Wayne, and a number of United States Congressmen.

Smithsonian National Postal Museum