anarchist "stamps"

I've heard about these but know practically nothing about them. Does
anyone know anything more?

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I've heard about these but know practically nothing about them. Does
anyone know anything more?
What do you mean? Occussi-Ambeno, by the way?

On Mar 15, 11:06 am, "danielcboyer" wrote:
I've heard about these but know practically nothing about them. Does
anyone know anything more?


There is a book called "Designs For Anarchist Postage Stamps"
Edition: pam ISBN: 9780946061143
Publisher: Rebel Press Release Date: 1997-04-11
Price $10.95 US By: Colin Ward and Clifford
Harper

Summary:
Sixteen portraits of anarchist luminaries-Godwin, Stirner, Proudhon,
Goldman, Berkman, Herbert Read, Durruti, Bakunin, Louise Michel,
Zapata, etc.-together with an essay on anarchism and stamps,
by Colin Ward, and Clifford Harper's afterword on his own personal
connections to the postal service. Another beautifully crafted
vehicle
for the incredible artwork of Harper.

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I assume that the following is a later edition.


Clifford Harper, Designs for Anarchist Postage Stamps :
With Sixteen Portraits
Foreward by : Colin Ward. A K Pr Distribution, 2002.

Currently on eBay at $13.95
http://cgi.ebay.com/Clifford-Harper-...cmdZVie wItem

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Philately : Anarchism and Stamps

There is a long anarchist tradition of stamp collecting. In
most cases, receiving non obliterated stamps paid for the
expenses. But often some comrade would start a collection
and sell it to philatelists for the benefit of the movement.

Though many anarchists reached an international fame, it
was very rarely that states would picture them, and
whenever it was the case their philosophy was never
mentioned.

Nevertheless, there are a few anarchists represented on
legitimate stamps, the most frequent one probably being
Count Tolstoy, the author of War and Peace.
http://www.kamat.com/database/pictur...ately/s198.jpg
http://www.stamprussia.com/524b.jpg

The Spanish Civil War also occasioned a set of
anarchist stamps, which were used for purposes
of propaganda.

There were also false stamps, for instance of
Nestor Makhno (Ukranian anarchist).

http://raforum.info/IMG/jpg/makhno_timb_5000.jpg
http://raforum.info/IMG/jpg/makhno_timb_1000.jpg
http://raforum.info/IMG/jpg/makhno_timb_500.jpg
http://raforum.info/IMG/jpg/makhno_timb_300.jpg
http://raforum.info/IMG/jpg/makhno_timb_200.jpg
http://raforum.info/IMG/jpg/makhno_timb_50vert.jpg
http://raforum.info/IMG/jpg/makhno_timb_50bleu-2.jpg

There was also Gabriele D'Annunzio, the Italian
anarchist who seized Fiume and was shown on its stamps.
http://img.search.com/thumb/9/97/Sta...c_Annunzio.jpg

The anarchist stamps that were printed in
Spain during the 1936 Civil War are very rare
and today very valuable. After Franco's victory,
people who kept them risked their lives.

Some of those who created those anarchist
stamps and posters are relatively famous.
Carles Fontseré (1916 - 4 of January of 2007)
worked for the Spanish FAI, the CNT and the
POUM. He worked with Salvador Dalí and
Cantinflas and later was in Hollywood,

There has also been some exercise in imagination.
New Zealand anarchist Bruce Grenville was
the mastermind in the 1970s behind an
extraordinary hoax involving the creation of an
imaginary state : Occussi-Ambeno.
( See the stamps of Occussi Ambeno
at: http://change.to/oa )

Blair

On Mar 15, 4:06 pm, "danielcboyer" wrote:
I've heard about these but know practically nothing about them. Does
anyone know anything more?

I am not an expert on anarchist philosophy, but is not any
organisation such as a post office anathema to anarchists?
malcolm

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On Mar 15, 4:06 pm, "danielcboyer" wrote:
I've heard about these but know practically nothing about them. Does
anyone know anything more?

I am not an expert on anarchist philosophy, but is not any
organisation such as a post office anathema to anarchists?
malcolm


Nor me, however my observations:

"Anarchist philosophy" a new addition to my list of oxymorons.
(along with "Anarchist luminaries")
although they may have some similarity to planets
that boast a density that can bend light.

Anarchist:
Men with too much time on their hands and
too little going on in their heads.

You can judge a group's propensity for anarchism
by their ability to randomly form a queue
when awaiting service.

"Rod" wrote in message
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| "malcolm" wrote in message
| I am not an expert on anarchist philosophy,

| Nor me,

Obviously

| however my observations:

So why do you feel compelled to spam this *philately* group with crude
insults based on ignorance.

Among other things, the etiquette of staying on topic and avoiding ad
hominenisms is a detente agreement.

tjr

Terry Reedy wrote:
"Rod" wrote in message
...
|
| "malcolm" wrote in message
| I am not an expert on anarchist philosophy,

| Nor me,

Obviously

| however my observations:

So why do you feel compelled to spam this *philately* group with crude
insults based on ignorance.

Among other things, the etiquette of staying on topic and avoiding ad
hominenisms is a detente agreement.

tjr


Hi Terry. It's good to have you contributing on the group. Normally I
would agree with your sentiments. However, Rod makes a massive
contribution to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss, and I for one don't mind
his wandering off the topic every now and them. Cheers mate!
John
--
John Taormina The MIDDLE-AGED one in Australia
To email me you must remove "notme" and "jack"

Hi Terry. It's good to have you contributing on the group. Normally I
would agree with your sentiments. However, Rod makes a massive
contribution to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss, and I for one don't mind
his wandering off the topic every now and them. Cheers mate!
John

Thanks John,
however, Terry is correct,
my opinion was not called for in this forum,
although I fully expected, when dishing it out
you have to cop it back with interest

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:29:40 +0800, "Rod"
wrote:


Hi Terry. It's good to have you contributing on the group. Normally I
would agree with your sentiments. However, Rod makes a massive
contribution to rec.collecting.stamps.discuss, and I for one don't mind
his wandering off the topic every now and them. Cheers mate!
John

Thanks John,
however, Terry is correct,
my opinion was not called for in this forum,
although I fully expected, when dishing it out
you have to cop it back with interest

Absolutely! If one can dish it out, one must allow the dishing to
return their way. :^P

Me, I've usually spoken my piece when things occur. I am no stranger
to voicing my opinion nor defending positions. There does, however,
come a point of diminished returns when one does that and then it is
time to stop.

Except, of course, for our Edmonton Stamp Show idiot.

[ Trolls? We don't need no steenkin' trolls! ]

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Me, I've usually spoken my piece when things occur. I am no stranger
to voicing my opinion nor defending positions.

Oh? I hadn't noticed