Cédric : 2016 Belgium

2016-Mar-14 Cédric 30th Anniversary

Cédric is a Belgian comics series written by Raoul Cauvin, illustrated by Laudec. The comic is about the adventures of a young rascal, including his family and his school life. Cédric is a hero close to the hearts of all children, funny yet tender at the same time. Between the teacher, the school shrink, nosy parents, rowdy pals, an odious niece, and a temperamental girlfriend, Cédric finds it hard to keep his tranquility. For the better part of it, his grandfather is always at hand. 

Cédric is a 8 year old boisterous boy arriving at his new school, in the first volume. He quickly meets Christian, who becomes his best friend, and Miss Nellie, his teacher with whom he falls in love. He lives with his maternal grandfather and his parents with an often tense atmosphere between his father Robert and his grandfather Jules.

Science & Technology Animation : 2003 Japan

2003-Dec-16 : Science & Technology and Animation – Twenty stamps of eight designs in two shets of ten were issued. Designs are Tetsuwan Atomu (Astro Boy); Bowman Doll; Nagaoka Hantoaro; H-II rocket; Morph 3. Stamp designer – Morita Motoharu

Bugs Bunny - Looney Tunes : 1997

1997-May-22  Warner Bros Studios, Burbank CA

The Bug Bunny stamp was issued to honor him and make him the USPS “ambassador to youth” and encourage children to take up stamp collecting as a hobby as part of its Stampers youth program.

Stamp design manager Terrence McCaffrey looked at over 150 different sketches from Warner Bros. Studios during the stamp design process.  The actual stamp design was done by Warner Bros. under the supervision of McCaffrey.

Bugs Bunny was created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger Productions) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Early iterations of the character first appeared in Ben Hardaway's Porky's Hare Hunt (1938) and subsequent shorts before Bugs's definitive character traits debuted in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare (1940). Bob Givens, Chuck Jones, and Robert McKimson are credited for defining Bugs's visual design.

Bugs Bunny commemorative postmark

Communications : 1988 France

Twelve of France's leading comic strip artists designed the twelve stamps that male up France's 1988 “La Communication” booklet; each artist was also a Gran Prize winner from the Comic Strip Festival of Angoulême, France, from 1976 through 1987.

The first international comic strip gallery opened in Angoulême in 1974 and by 1987 its popularity was so wide-spread that over one hundred and eighty thousand visitors toured the gallery's impressive array of comic strip art.

Comic strips were long considered a “sub-literature,” but now this type of graphic expression is being studied in college courses and is recognized as having tremendous value as a teaching aid.

Today, children and adults alike can use this medium to study history, philosophy, literature and the Bible, as well as for the more traditional entertainment purposes. In France, as in many other counties around the world, there are a large number of quality publications on the market, able to satisfy the most diverse tastes and needs.

Mon Journal, the first story told in captioned pictures, was first published in France in 1887 under the signature of Christophe, the pseudonym for Georges Colomb.

Alain Saint-Ogan was the first to make systematic use of speech balloons in Zig and Puce in 1925. this event marked the true beginnings of the modern comic strip

The comic strip entered the adult world in the 1960s, allowing the artists more opportunity for self-expression.

Artists include: René Pellos; Jean-Marc Reiser; Marijac (Jacques Dumas); Fred (Othon Aristides); Jean Giraud (Moebius); Paul Gillon; Claire Bretecher; Jean-Claude Forest; Jean-Claude Mezieres; Jacques Tardi; Jacques Lob; Enki Bilal

Doonesbury U.S. Protest Stamp : 1990

The top two panels of the May 1990 Sunday comic shows Zonker Harris picked up his mail and looking disgusted. He says "Another 1989 postmark! Time to take action!This is followed by four panels with Zonker announcing his Protest stamps, along with a pseudo-sheet of 18 stamps featuring 2 designsHi! Former U.S. Postal Service Temporary Zonker Harris here! Have the proposed new postal rates got you steamed?Sure U.S. Postal rates would still be among the lowest in the world, but aren't ypu fed up anyway? Uhu?Sure you are! So why not affix these dandy 5c protest stamps to all your mail? What better way to send a message to your Postal Service?They're attractive, convenient and possibly illegal! So go ahead, slap on a U.S. Protest Stamp? You won't be sorry!

The Postal Service was not amused. A USPS spokesman told reporters that the Doonesbury stamps were "definately illegal." In fact, used risked a fine of $300. The USPS did report that many envelopes containing the bogus stamps were caught during the sorting process and removed from the mail stream. However there were some stamped envelopes that reached their final destination.

- Doonesbury's Cinderella Story: Protest Stamps and Comic Timing, Ashley Bowen-Murphy

Tales of Terror : 1997 United Kingdom

 

1997-May-13

1959-Sep-20 Romania : 500^th Anniversary of Bucharest – Prince Vlad Tepes and Document from 1459 - Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He was regarded as a hero in Romania due to his opposition to the Ottoman Empire and he is considered an important ruler in Wallachian history. Stories about Vlad's brutal acts began circulating during his lifetime. Works containing the stories about Vlad's cruelty were published in Low German in the Holy Roman Empire before 1480. The name Dracula was for centuries known as the sobriquet of Vlad III. Bram Stoker's Dracula, was the first book to make a connection between Dracula and vampirism - Wikipedia

“There lay the Count... the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheels were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood...” Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897

“His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing... but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes...” Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 1818

“Mr Hyde was pale and dwarfish' he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile... not all of these together could explain the hitherto unknown disgust...” The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 1896

“A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound... Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.” The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1901

Roald Dahl : Gibraltar - Europa 2010

2010-Apr

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, The Twits

Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".

The first book Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake worked upon together was “The Enormous Crocodile”. The two soon became firm friends, cementing one of the most eye-catching and distinctive collaborations in children’s literature.

Disney : 2004 France

2004-Mar-06 France - 2004 Stamp Festival

 

John Coulthard

 John Coulthard (1903-1964) Modesto CA, was an artist-cartoonist who produced of cachets for Naval, first day and event postal covers. Many of which are highly valued by collectors. On the humorous side, Coulthard would produce cachets for curious town postmarks.  During the 1930s post offices had nice hand postmarks (rubber stamps) which are not available today. It can be difficult to obtain a nice hand stamped postmark. Some of the towns Coulthard produced art for included: Horse Haven, OR ; Auto WV; Gasoline TX; Competition MO; Rural Retreat VA (cartoon featured an outhouse); Romeo CO; Bachelor CA; Mud WV; Begood VA; Horseshoe FL; Boggy Depot OK; Looking Glass OR.....

1936-Arp-01 USS Pennsylvania - Aprils Fool's Day

1938-Apr-07 Diablo CA

1939-Aug-09 Wonderland CA

1939-Mar-18 Shaver Lake CA

1939-Jul-20 Cardif-By-The-Sea

Generic California cachets were used with postmarks from various California cities

Coulthard cachets were either directly printed on the envelope or a small label would be applied

Several designs were found on eBay and Cinderella Stamp Forum

Moomins - Stamp Show 06 : 2006 Japan

2006-Apr-28:30 Asakusa Japan

Stamp Show '06

Asakusa, Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Taito Hall

Shō-chan no Bōken (Shō-chan's Adventures) : 2004 Japan Letter Writing Day

2004-Jul-23 Letter Writing Day

Shō-chan no Bōken (Shō-chan's Adventures) is a Japanese four-panel manga drawn by Katsuichi Kabashima (Tōfūjin) and written by Nobutsune Oda, serialized in Asahi Graph and Asahi Shimbun from 1923 to 1926. The comic depicted various adventurous journeys of the main character, a boy named Shō-chan and his sidekick squirrel Risu, and was very popular among readers of the time for its fantastic stories, reminiscent of fairy tales and illustrations with a Western flair.

Fumi-no-Hi (Letter Writing Day) stamps are special commemorative Japanese stamps issued annually by Japan Post to promote letter writing, typically released around July 23rd and featuring cute, artistic, or culturally significant designs

Professor Baltazar : 2018 Croatia

2018-May-03

Croatia issued a stamp May 3 honoring the 50th anniversary of the animated television series Professor Baltazar, which originally aired in Croatia from 1968 to 1977. The title character was created by Croatian animator Zlatko Grgic (1931-1988).

Croatian Post described the professor as a “likeable scientist who resolves the problems his fellow citizens are facing with the assistance of a complex machine, but actually with a lot of imagination and positive energy.”  

Baltazar was also part of the 1997 100th anniversary of Motion Pictures issue

Mäuse - Uli Stein : 2005 Switzerland

2005-Aug-03 Bern Switzerland - Mäuse

Ulrich Steinfurth, better known as Uli Stein, (1946 – 2020) was a German cartoonist. Stein's cartoons mainly focus on day-to-day-situations, often with anthropomorphic mice, cats, dogs, penguins and pigs. He also created cartoons for other events and subjects, such as politics or soccer. Although he mainly sold books and post cards with his cartoons, there is a variety of other products based on them, such as games and articles of daily use.