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.

San Diego Comic-Con : 2025 Málaga

2025-Sep 25:28 Málaga Spain

For the first time in its history, San Diego Comic-Con International left the United States and landed in Spain. From 25 through 28 September 2025, Málaga hosted the first official Comic-Con outside American soil. Four days later, the balance is clear: huge success, serious growing pains, and a city that has already secured Comic-Con for future editions.

Greetings : 1994 United Kingdom

1994-Feb-01

Dan Dare and the Mekon, from the Eagle ©1994 Egmont H Peterson Fond Gutenberghus; The Three Bears ©Janet Ahlberg 1994, based on an illustration from The Jolly Postman ©1986 Allan and Janet Ahlberg; Rupert Bear from the Rupert Bear cartoon as seen in the Daily Express, illustrated by John Harold ©Express Newspapers plc 1994; Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll illustrated by Paul Slater; Noggin and the Ice Dragon, from Noggin the Nog books ©Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin 1999 illustrated by Peter Firmin; Peter Rabbit posting Letter illustrated by Beatrix Potter © Frederick Warne & Co 1927, 1987, 1994 adapted by Alex Vining; Red Riding Hood and Wolf illustrated by Alan Cracknell; Orlando the Marmalade Cat from the Orlando books by Katheen Hale ©Kathleen Hale 1994 reproduced by permission of Frederick Warne & Co, illustrated by Hashim Akib; Biggles from the Biggles books by Capt W.E. Johns © W.E. John (publications) LTS, illustrated by Alan Cracknell; Paddington Bear from the Paddington books by Michael Bond ©P & Co. 1994

Popeye - E.C. Segar : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

Popeye – E.C. Segar (1894-1938) Popeye was an overnight success when he made his debut on the stage of the Thimble theatre comic strip in 1929. His adventures mixed thrills, satire, parody and nonsense; his sayings “I yam what I yam...” are part of our language. The strip began in 1919. ©1995 King Features Syndicate Inc.  

- Olivoyla fantasy postage due stamp

USPS Stamper card

1949-Nov-01 Crystal City "Spinach Capital of the World" TX first flight Popeye caceht

1989 - USCGC Firebush Kodiak AK insignia cachet featuring Popeye

Kaassassuk : 2011 Greenland

2011-May-09 Greenland

Kaassassuk loses his parents while only a baby. He soon finds himself unwanted by the other people in the settlement, who don’t give him much to eat and lift him up from the bench by his nostrils. Only one old man and an old woman are kind to Kaassassuk. One day the old man says that he thinks Kasssassuk should seek out the Lord of Power. He takes the old man’s advice and the Lord of Power gives him superhuman powers. Suddenly the people of the settlement are kind to him but their kindness is false and much too late. So Kaassassuk wreaks a terrible revenge… Milik Publishing

School and Philately - Benito Jacovitti : 1984 San Marino

1984-Oct-30

School and Philately caricatures by Benito Jacovitti. Topics: The universe; Evolution of mankind; The world, in which we live; The human being; Science and Philosophy

 

Godzilla - 20th Century : 2000 Japan

2000-Jun-23 Shiba Post Office

Godzilla - 1954

Japan 20^th Century Series 11 depicts seven subjects, which represent the years from 1953 to 1958 :

1) Television regular broadcast started (1953).

2-3) Kurosawa Akira, film director, received international awards. Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954).

4-5) Rikidozan and the buckle of his champion belt. Rikidozan's karate chop.

6) Film "Godzilla" (1954).

7) 10,000 yen banknote was issued (1958). Portrait of prince Shotoku.

8) Novel "Taiyo-no kisetsu" by Ishihara Shintaro. It gave the name "Taiyo-zoku" to a generation of alienated youth.

9-10) Tokyo Tower was built (1958). It rises 333 meters (1,093 feet) and has two observation decks. 

Minnesota Science Fiction Society : Minicon

Minicon is an annual gathering of science fiction and fantasy fans. The convention is held each year over Easter weekend in Bloomington, MN. Minicon is sponsored by the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, Inc. (Minn-StF). It's one of the largest fan-run conventions in the U.S. As of 2011 Minicon has been operated by a different non-profit organization that split from Minn-stf.

1995-Apr-15

1996-Apr-07 Honoring Ed Emshwiller, illustrator for many science fiction and fantasy magazines, winning 5 Hugo Awards for Best Artist

1997-Mar-28 "Furry"

1998-Apr-10

Aquaman : 2006 DC Comics

2006-Jul-20 San Diego CA

Aquaman – art by Jim Aparo – The memories of Aquaman's personal tragedies run deep after he loses his son, his wife and his monarchy. Nevertheless, the former King of the Seven Seas remains determined to protect both the Atlanteans and surface dwellers from those who endanger them.

Aquaman #5 (of 5) – Oct 1989 Art by Curt Swan and Al Vey

Aquaman defends both land and sea with great strength, speed and the ability to communicate telepathically with all marine life. His ultimate goal is to help both realms put aside their natural prejudices and unite in peaceful coexistence

Alfred Kubin : Austria

1977 & 2002

Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (1877 – 1959) was an Austrian artist, printmaker, illustrator, and writer of a single novel, The Other Side. Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism and is noted for dark, spectral, symbolic fantasies. Kubin produced a small number of oil paintings in the years between 1902 and 1910, but thereafter his output consisted of pen and ink drawings, watercolors, and lithographs.

Angst - 1903