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 :

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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

Ghost Stories of Greenland : 2020-2023

 

Aajumaaq, the Sleeved One, which lives in a tunnel in the ice cap. This creature has long, slender arms that are black from the elbows down, with each hand having only three fingers. The head resembles a bald or skeletal dog’s head, with large, piercing eyes. The Sleeved One floats through the air, and when it touches anything, including a human, that thing soon rots away. 

Eqqillit, the Dog People. These are half-dog, half-human creatures who live in packs on or near the ice cap. They move fast enough to outrun humans, and they have a great sense of smell. They are extremely aggressive and hostile and love to pick fights with humans. For weapons, they use bows and knives. 

The cachet depicts Immap Nanua, or the Bear of the Sea.  This bear is so big that it can wade through fjords, and when it puts its front paws on the shore and cranes its neck, it can lick the highest mountaintops. 

All the designs on the stamps and the stories behind them are taken from this book, Bestiarium Greenlandica, which was published in 2018 by Milik Publishing. It was edited by Maria Bach Kreutzmann and illustrated by various artists. 

The first-day cancellation for all issues has a drawing of Umiarissat, who are warriors with bushy beards, big hats, and shiny weapons. They disguise themselves as seals, and when they reach shore, they turn into human-like creatures to attack settlements and butcher the people. 

Fairy Tales : 1959 Hungary

Towards the end of 1959 fairy tale stamps appeared simultaneously from West Germany and Hungary. Soon to be followed by Bulgaria and Soviet Union (1961) Poland (1962) North Korea (1963) and so on...

1959 Hungarian fairy tale series: Teacher telling a story, Sleeping Beauty, Mattie the Goose-boy, The Ant and the Grasshopper, Masha and the Bear, Hansel and Gretel,  Piper of Hamelin, Little Red Riding Hood. Eva Gábor, stamp designer

Prince Valiant - Harold Foster : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

PRINCE VALIANT – Harold Foster (1892-1982) Prince Valiant was the last major strip to be created as a full-page, full-color picture-story. Foster's meticulous research for his Arthurian legend lent authenticity to battle scenes and domestic scenes alike. The strip began in 1937. © 1995 King Features Syndicate Inc

Late 1930s edition of Prince Valiant Sunday color comics featured stamps at the top and bottom of the comic