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Topic: Sandy Island stamps.
Posted By: Panterra
Subject: Sandy Island stamps.
Date Posted: 15 June 2018 at 00:48
Sandy Island
For the delectation of cinderella collectors everywhere, here are some details on the stamps of Sandy Island, an ephemeral stamp-issuer thought to be in the Caribbean.  These are the brainchild of a veteran Italian philatelist.


Sandy Island 2016 Airmail and Philately issue.


Originally posted by Sandy Island Post Office Sandy Island Post Office wrote:

The Sandy Island Post Office will issue a new series of stamps to celebrate the Air Mail Service, announced the Postmaster, Signor Fabio Vaccarezza, today.

The two stamps are in full colour, and designs are:

1½ Rupees … The plane crosses Sandy Island, and pilot.

2 Rupees …  Book pages form a heart, and the first Sandy
Island 5¢ stamp, with “I love Philately”.

Each stamp also shows Her Majesty the Queen of Sandy Island, and His Highness, the Royal Consort.

Date of issue is 7th August 2016.  The stamps were printed in full colour and perforated 12 gauge, by Chan Hui Shudian Printing SA, Minaue, Waikoa Island.




Sandy Island 2016 Christmas.

Originally posted by Sandy Island Post Office Sandy Island Post Office wrote:

The Sandy Island Post Office will issue a new postage stamp featuring a classic Old Master painting for use on the Christmas mails, announced the Postmaster, Signor Fabio Vaccarezza, today.

The stamp features the painting Alba Madonna, by Raphael, and is valued at 5 cents.

Date of issue is 5th December 2016.  The stamps have been printed in full colour and perforated 12 gauge, by Chan Hui Shudian Printing SA, Minaue. The stamps are available in small sheets comprising twenty stamps, at $1 per sheet.

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483 – 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.

Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his death at 37, leaving a large body of work. Many of his works are found in the Vatican Palace, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career. The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome much of his work was executed by his workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality. He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking.

After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael's more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models. His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (1504 – 1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates.





Sandy Island 2017 Lighthouse and Frog issue.

Originally posted by Sandy Island Post Office Sandy Island Post Office wrote:

The Sandy Island Post Office will issue a new series of stamps showing Sombrero Island lighthouse, and a tree frog, announced the Postmaster, Signor Fabio Vaccarezza, today.

The stamps are in realistic colour; value of each is 2 cents.

Date of issue is 8th June 2017.  The stamps have been printed in full colour and perforated 12 gauge, by Chan Hui Shudian Printing SA, Minaue, Waikoa Island.

Collectors and others requiring stamps may order from

Signor Fabio Vaccarezza,
Via Monte Suello 1, Milano 20133, Italy.


Stamps on cover, and registered covers, can also be supplied to collectors on request. Please add an allowance for return postage to your payment. Exchanges welcome.
Correspondence welcome in Italiano or English.
Accogliamo la corrispondenza in Italiano o Inglese.





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Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 20 June 2018 at 05:50
Sandy Island
Here is the very first stamp of Sandy Island. 


Sandy Island Map issue.


Originally posted by Sandy Island Post Office Sandy Island Post Office wrote:

The Sandy Island Post Office will issue a new stamp to celebrate the Philatelic Exhibition in Milan, announced the Postmaster, Signor Fabio Vaccarezza, today.

The 5c stamp is printed in black and blue, and shows a map of the Caribbean, with Sandy Island shown.

The stamps were printed by the http://www.angelfire.com/art/okusi/kdpn1.htm" rel="nofollow - Occussi-Ambeno Government Printer , KDPN, Baleksetung, http://www.angelfire.com/art/okusi/index.html" rel="nofollow - Occussi-Ambeno .



Sadly I cannot recall the date these were done, but think it was 2014 or 2015.

Fabio was on the committee organising a Stamp Exhibition in Milan, Italy, and a professional artist did the design.  The four folks shown in the oval are the organising committee.  I was sent the image and instructed to reduce it down and print it "in the exact size of the http://www.caymanpost.gov.ky/portal/page/portal/poshome/stampcollecting" rel="nofollow - Cayman Islands 1935 pictorials."

Fortuitously, http://www.caymanpost.gov.ky/portal/page/portal/poshome/stampcollecting" rel="nofollow - Cayman Islands is one of the lands whose stamps I seriously collect, so I was able to comply with this request.

The committee required a huge quantity of this stamp, as one was apparently mounted in each catalogue of the show, and handed out to every attendee.

A curious aspect of the design is that the artist who did the design has also included his own visage, twice, on either side of the shield containing the denomination!


Sandy Island Map issue, minisheet.

A small number of minisheets comprising ten stamps were also printed, and I believe everyone who exhibited was presented with a minisheet along with their certificate or medal.




Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 24 June 2018 at 02:19
Sandy Island
Here is a nice cover from Sandy Island. 


Sandy Island registered cover to Thanatos, 8th June 2018.


Originally posted by Sandy Island Post Office Sandy Island Post Office wrote:

Stamps on cover, and registered covers, can also be supplied to collectors on request. Please add an allowance for return postage to your payment. Exchanges welcome.
Correspondence welcome in Italiano or English.
Accogliamo la corrispondenza in Italiano o Inglese.




Posted By: guyana1230
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 04:18
Originally posted by Panterra Panterra wrote:

Sandy Island
Here is the very first stamp of Sandy Island. 


Sandy Island Map issue.


Originally posted by Sandy Island Post Office Sandy Island Post Office wrote:

The Sandy Island Post Office will issue a new stamp to celebrate the Philatelic Exhibition in Milan, announced the Postmaster, Signor Fabio Vaccarezza, today.

The 5c stamp is printed in black and blue, and shows a map of the Caribbean, with Sandy Island shown.

The stamps were printed by the http://www.angelfire.com/art/okusi/kdpn1.htm" rel="nofollow - Occussi-Ambeno Government Printer , KDPN, Baleksetung, http://www.angelfire.com/art/okusi/index.html" rel="nofollow - Occussi-Ambeno .



Sadly I cannot recall the date these were done, but think it was 2014 or 2015.



 


Hi the map is of the South Pacific not the Caribbean.  Other than that they are some nice looking stamps.


Posted By: guyana1230
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 04:26
blog.geogarage.com/2012/11/south-pacific-sandy-island-proven-not.html


Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 15:37
Sandy Island 2019 minisheet, including the poisonous blue frog on one value!

Sandy Island, a small Pacific outpost, has had its distinctive stamps for several years now, and in 2019, issued this attractive set to show some of its charming wildlife. Here is the minisheet, which comprises several values, including the blue frog, butterfly, and squirrel.

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The blue poison dart frog or okopipi (Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus") is found in the forests surrounded by the Sipaliwini savanna, in southern Suriname & northern Brazil, and on Sandy Island. Its scientific name comes from its azure color.

It breeds seasonally, usually during February or March when the weather is rainy. To find mates, the males sit on a rock and produce quiet calls, which the females follow to track down the males. The females then physically fight over a male. The male takes the female to a quiet place by water, which becomes the site of the egg-laying. Once the eggs are laid, the male covers them in his sperm.

Between five and 10 offspring are produced at each mating. Eggs are laid in the male’s territory, which he defends. The male takes care of the eggs, sometimes joined by the female. The eggs hatch after 14 to 18 days, and after 10 to 12 weeks the tadpoles are fully mature. Both sexes reach sexual maturity at two years of age. The expected lifespan of D. tinctorius "azureus" is between 4 and 6 years in the wild, and about 10 years in captivity.

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae. They mate either once or twice a year and, following a gestation period of three to six weeks, give birth to a number of offspring that varies by species. The young are altricial, being born naked, toothless, and blind. The female alone looks after the young, which are weaned at six to ten weeks and become sexually mature by the end of their first year. The ground-dwelling squirrel species are social, often living in well-developed colonies, while the tree-dwelling species are more solitary.


Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 25 November 2020 at 03:56
Obituary

I am sad to report the death (from Covid-19) of Fabio Vaccarezza, founder and postmaster of Sandy Island, on 17th November 2020, in Milan.  A truly wonderful gentleman, and a keen cinderella philatelist. He and I collaborated on numerous projects, and sent each other stamps, catalogues, and literature.

He will be sorely missed.


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Fabio signs the Maurice Williams Roll of Distinguished Cinderella Philatelists, at the 2009 meeting of the Cinderella Stamp Club in U.K.




Sadly, this means a temporary hiatus in the beautiful stamps of Sandy Island, until such time as a new postmaster takes up the post.


Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 03 December 2020 at 03:31
Anybody like to take over running Sandy Island?  An advert in the Trade thread http://www.cinderellastampsforum.com/like-to-take-over-a-stampissuing-island_topic1502.html" rel="nofollow - here .


Posted By: Capricornia
Date Posted: 05 November 2021 at 21:53
The Postmaster General of Capricornia Post, Juergen Schwarz, would like to announce that he has received official documentation by mail, confirming that he, as manager of Capricornia Post Extraterritorial Agencies, will take over the postal service of Sandy Island, with all responsibilities.

http://www.post.capricornia.eu/cpea.html

Capricornia Post Extraterritorial Agencies is a fully owned subsidiary of Capricornia Post. CPEA is currently providing postal services and issuing stamps for a small number of entities / organisations which are not part of the Republic of Capricornia. Therefore it is well suited to provide these services to Sandy Island, respecting its traditions and heritage.

It is planned that Sandy Island stamps will be printed by both Chan Hui Shudian Printing SA, who have printed the stamps in the last few years, for commemorative issues, and by yourstamps, the traditional printing company by Capricornia Post, for permanent issues. This will make Sandy Island the first entity served by CPEA for which stamps are printed by two companies, located on two different sides of the world.



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Juergen Schwarz
Postmaster General
Capricornia Post


Posted By: Capricornia
Date Posted: 13 November 2021 at 22:58
There is now a mostly complete overview on Sandy Island issues, with only 2020 still missing.
Please have a look!

http://www.post.capricornia.eu/cpea_sandy_island.html


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Juergen Schwarz
Postmaster General
Capricornia Post


Posted By: Panterra
Date Posted: 20 November 2021 at 04:58

Sandy Island 2019 minisheet, including the Cat posties on one value!

Sandy Island, an increasingly-well-known Pacific outpost, has had its distinctive stamps for several years now, and in 2019, issued this attractive set to show some peculiar animals. Here is the minisheet, which comprises several values, including the cat mailmen of Liège.

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The left block of stamps were inspired by a true event. It took place in 1879 in Liège, Belgium. The city fathers attempted to https://www.amazon.com/Mail-Carrier-Cats-Li%C3%A8ge-Chats-Facteurs/dp/0595462545" rel="nofollow - train 37 cats (imagine that!) to deliver mail from the central post office to outlying villages. What the cats thought about this, and what they did and didn't do, is lost in the mists of time. All we know is that the scheme didn't turn out exactly as planned.

The stamps at the right show a family of lions on the savanna.

The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the family Felidae; it is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a short, rounded head, a reduced neck and round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognisable feature of the species. With a typical head-to-body length of 184–208 cm they are larger than females at 160–184 cm. It is a social species, forming groups called prides. A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs. Groups of female lions usually hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The lion is an apex and keystone predator, although some lions scavenge when opportunities occur, and have been known to hunt humans, although the species typically does not.

Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight. In the Pleistocene, the lion ranged throughout Eurasia, Africa and North America but today it has been reduced to fragmented populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and one critically endangered population in western India. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. Lion populations are untenable outside designated protected areas. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes for concern.

One of the most widely recognised animal symbols in human culture, the lion has been extensively depicted in sculptures and paintings, on national flags, and in contemporary films and literature. Lions have been kept in menageries since the time of the Roman Empire and have been a key species sought for exhibition in zoological gardens across the world since the late 18th century. Cultural depictions of lions were prominent in the Upper Paleolithic period; carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves in France have been dated to 17,000 years ago, and depictions have occurred in virtually all ancient and medieval cultures that coincided with the lion's former and current ranges.



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Posted By: Capricornia
Date Posted: 11 December 2021 at 09:50
Sandy Island 2020 Issues

Sandy Island 2020 Issues

Finally, the 2020 issues of Sandy Island have arrived at the Sandy Island Agency headquarter! While the main shipment from Chan Hui Shudian Printing SA, Waikoa Island, South Pacific to Sig. Vaccarezza, sent in late 2020, is presumed lost, a small number of sheets were sent from their reserves to us, which arrived today. This series was the last set of Sandy Island stamps designed and ordered by Fabio Vaccarezza. 

- The 0.50 Rupee stamp shows an American Bison overlooking the prairie plains. The animal is described as a "Great Collector", probably not of stamps though.
- The 0.95 Rupee butterfly stamp is a reissue of the 2019 issue, showing a Swallowtail (Papilio machaon). 
- The second 0.95 Rupee stamp shows a group of tree frogs enjoying the view from the flowers of a tropical plant, a kind of "Frog's Condominium". 

All three stamps were designed by the late Postmaster, Fabio Vaccarezza and printed on ungummed paper by Chan Hui Shudian Printing SA, Waikoa Island. More details on the stamps and other Sandy Island issues can be found http://www.post.capricornia.eu/cpea_sandy_island_2020.html" rel="nofollow - here. They are available through http://www.post.capricornia.eu" rel="nofollow - Capricornia Post and selected agents. 


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Juergen Schwarz
Postmaster General
Capricornia Post


Posted By: Capricornia
Date Posted: 12 December 2021 at 01:08

Sandy Island 2021 Issues

In 2021, the postal service of Sandy Island was taken over by http://www.post.capricornia.eu/cpea.html" rel="nofollow - Capricornia Post Extraterritorial Services , the internationally operating branch of Capricornia Post. 
Although the stamps of Capricornia Post are usually printed by http://www.yourstamps.eu" rel="nofollow - yourstamps , it was decided that the newly formed Sandy Island Agency would be 
supplied by both yourstamps (for definitive issues) and by Chan Hui Shudian Printing S.A., the traditional printer for Sandy Island, located on Waikoa Island in the South Pacific. 


Sandy Island 2021 Commemoratives:

Sandy Island 2021 Issues


In 2021, four commemorative stamps were issued:
  • The 0.55 Rupee stamp is dedicated to the Climate Crisis, which is endangering many small islands, among them of course Sandy Island,
    but also threatening important cultural monuments. Also as a nod to the late Postmaster Fabio Vaccarezza, the Italian city of Venice was selected, which,
    in spite of huge investments by the state, is sure to perish in the floods by end of this century.
  • The 1.10 Rupee stamp is dedicated to the memory of the late Postmaster of Sandy Island, Fabio Vaccarezza, a great philatelist and designer of many wonderful stamps. 
  • The 1.60 Rupee stamp displays a postal vehicle combine which is used on Sandy Island to distribute the mail, a small Berlingo delivery van with a canoe on top
    which is used to reach coastal villages and small islands where no roads or bridges are available.
    The stamp is dedicated to the takeover of postal services by CPEA / Sandy Island Agency. 
  • The 1.80 Rupee stamp looks at the second major crisis of our times, the Corona pandemic. Similar to neighbouring islands like Nouvelle Caledonie,
    Sandy Island was hit both by the pandemic and the economic consequences. A syringe symbolizes the Corona jab, placed over an unusual graphical imagination of the Corona virus. 

The stamps were designed by the new Postmaster J.Schwarz and printed by Chan Hui Shudian Printing S.A.
They were printed on ungummed paper, in sheets of 10 for each motive, plus a combination sheet containing two stamps of each value, except for the 1.10 Rupee stamp of which four are contained in the sheet, with one tete-beche pair.
Official date of issue is 2021.12.12. 


Sandy Island 2021 Definitives:

Sandy Island 2021 Definitives

In November, two Definitive stamps were issued. They show shells which can often be found at the beaches of Sandy Island. 

  • 0.85 Rupees - Tritonium flandricum australis, from a 1910 lithograph by Eberhard Fraas. (Local standard letters)
  • 1.10 Rupees - Lambis truncata (Giant Spider Conch), from a 1985 etching by J.Schwarz. (Overseas light letters < 10g)
The small stamps were printed by yourstamps on gummed paper. It is planned to issue further values in the next years, with similar motives. Official date of issue is 2021.11.21.

The 2021 issues can be ordered at face value through Capricornia Post and will be offered through selected agents, too. 
Capricornia Post is open to stamp exchange agreements with other stamp issuing entities and states, regarding new issues. 


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Juergen Schwarz
Postmaster General
Capricornia Post



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