Wilhelm Busch - Max and Moritz : 1958 Germany

1958-Jan-09 Germany

Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908) German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day.Busch drew on the tropes of folk humor as well as a profound knowledge of German literature and art to satirize contemporary life, any kind of piety, Catholicism, Philistinism, religious morality, bigotry, and moral uplift.

Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks is a German language illustrated story in verse. It was written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch and published in 1865 and has since had significant cultural impact, both in German-speaking countries, where the story has been passed down through generations, and in the wider world, after translation into many languages. It has been adapted for film and television, as well as inspiring comic strips and children's TV characters. Many familiar with comic strip history consider it to have been the direct inspiration for the Katzenjammer Kids

Disney World - Epcot Center

1965-Florida FD with 2003 Epcot Center Italy rubber stamp

1987-Oct-31 Disney World

During my family's visit to Disney World, Epcot Center, I brought a Florida first day cover with me. I had known about the Epcot Center rubber stamps used at each country's pavilion.My idea was to obtain an Italian stamp, part of my heritage, and provide a small write up of our visit to Disney.

 

The Marx Brothers

1989-Apr-29 Freedonia NY

1940s - Seein' Stars (newspaper printed) - Harpo and Groucho Marx

1947 Hollywood Stars Collectors stamps - Groucho, Harpo, Chico

The Marx Brothers were an American comedy troupe who achieved success in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in 13 motion pictures. The five brothers were Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Gummo Marx, and Zeppo Marx, though Gummo and Zeppo both left the group over time, leaving Chico, Harpo, and Groucho as a trio. They are considered by critics, scholars and fans to be among the greatest and most influential comedians of the 20th century, a recognition underscored by the American Film Institute (AFI) selecting five of their thirteen feature films to be among the top 100 comedy films (with two in the top fifteen) and including them as the only group of performers on AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema - Wikipedia

You Bet Your Life 2009-Aug-11 North Hollywood CA

This game show was built around the personality of its host, comedy star Groucho Marx, who loaded his banter with quips. A toy duck lowered from the ceiling delivered a cash prize when contestants said the week's “secret word,” a common word selected in advance. The actual quiz was less the focal point than the opportunity to unleash Grocho's wit.

Tor and Ran - Myths : 2004 Faroe Islands

2004-Mar-26

When our first ancestors established on the Faroe Islands, they choose to place their common parliament at a small, bipartite bay, at the centre of the islands.  And to emphasize the conditions of life here in the North Atlantic Ocean, they called the bay Tórshavn, after Thor, one of the most powerful deities of the Viking Age.

Ran was the wife of the sea-deity Aegir, whose name is still used as a poetical paraphrase for the sea.  Together they had nine daughters, wild and intractable like their mother, and each one of them symbolized different aspects of the waves.  They were called:  Himinglæva (wave that reflects the light of the sky), Dúfa (the pitching one), Blóðughædda (bloddy hair – the sea after a naval battle), Hefring (the raising one), Uðr (wave), Hrönn (sinking wave), Bylgja (big wave), Drøfn (wave) and Kolga (the cool one).

Mortadelo y Filemon : 2025 Spain

2024-July

Coinciding with the first anniversary of the death of Francisco Ibáñez, creator of ‘Mortadelo y Filemón’, Correos released the first crypto stamp issued in Spain, depicting Mortadelo y Filemon

One of the most well known and beloved couples of Spanish strip cartoon, Mortadelo y Filemon (Clever & Smart) were created in 1958 by the cartoonist and scriptwriter Francisco Ibañez Talavera. 

Cover with the two special issues for Comic Barcelona, one variable value stamp with the 1998 design with face value in €, and the 2024 souvenir sheet dedicated to Ibáñez :

Ateeme

Mythical Creatures - UK : 20009

2009-Jun-16 Royal Mail Untied Kingdom

Designed by Morgan Radcliffe - Illustrations by Dave McKean

1929 - UK St George slaying a dragon - - 
Fantasy and myth are popular subjects for both films and books. The UK has a rich and diverse folklore around mythical creatures: some famous nationally and others regionally. This set features: unicorn, mermaid - legends very common around UK coast of northern isles of Scotland), Giant (inspired by Finn McCool associated with the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland), Fairy queen (in a chariot pulled by birds), Pixie (which feature in Cornish folklore), and Dragon (emblem of Wales) - Norvic Philatelics

Postmarks: Dragonby Scunthorpe and Tallents House Edinburgh

Cottingley, Bingley - Dragonby, Scunthorpe - Unicorn Walk, Greenhithe, Kent

Fairy Cross, Bideford - Sea, Ilminster - Wookey Hole Caves, Wells, Somerset

Mythical Creatures, London - Dragonby, Scunthorpe, Official non-pictorial Postmark - Unicorn Hill, Redditch

Gorgo - UK : 1961

1961-Nov Shepperton UK - Gorgo postage meter

Gorgo is a 1961 British monster film directed by Eugène Lourié and featuring special effects by Tom Howard, and starring Bill Travers, William Sylvester and Vincent Winter. In the film, an undersea volcano sends tremors throughout the Atlantic, a prehistoric creature is unleashed from under the sea. The crew of a salvage vessel capture the gigantic amphibious sea creature and take it to London for public exhibition. It results in the creature's much larger mother invading London in search of her offspring, causing catastrophic destruction across the city.

 

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

Superman - Celebrate the Century : 1998

 

Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman first appeared in 1938. The Man of Steel was the world's first comic book super hero. His sensational powers and dynamic deeds changed forever the content and style of the comic book. Celebrate the Century - 1930s