Children's Stories - Germany : 2001

Germany 2001 Youth Welfare Fund : Characters from Children's Books featuring Pinocchio; Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn; Heidi and Peter; Jim Knopf (Jim Button); Pippi Longstocking

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:

Mark Pignitore - Garbage Pail Kids

2016.08.27 Monsters and Robots, Somerset, NJ

Just as with Joe Simko's sketch, I was not aware of the Garbage Pail Kid that Mark had provided. When he saw the Pinocchio stamp he said he could draw something for that.  I had no idea the image had been created by Brent Engstrom on the card Lyin' Ryan

Again my lack of knowledge of the characters, made seeing this sketch a first time experience. I was thrilled with the sketch. My comment was "I didn't think I would find a use for the Pinocchio first day cover.." and I was thrilled with the outcome. I don't usually like going to an artist without knowledge of their background, but I found this experience made the discovery of the design more exciting...

Mark Pignitore has done over 100 Garbage Pail Kids illustrations, as well as sketch cards and illustrations for Mars Attacks, The Walking Dead, Adventure Time, Wacky Packages, Hollywood Zombies, and Cereal Killers.  He has also painted the cover for IDW's GPK comic book...

The Adventures of Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, was published in 1883. Several countries have honored Collodi and his creation on postage stamps. Although many of the stamps issued are done so for the Disney version of the story, I have included some of my favorite non-Disney Pinocchio stamps..

Italy - 1954 -- Uruguay - 1981 -- San Marino - 1990