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Daniel
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Topic: Donald Evans Posted: 23 March 2022 at 12:54 |
I found these on eBay, thought they were interesting and purchased them. When they arrived, they seemed familiar and after a while I realised that they were based on the hand-painted stamps of Donald Evans but weren't described as such. There were others on sale but had sold by the time I returned to the listing. Of course, they are not originals but they are half decent printings.
The land of Yteke is described in the book "The World of Donald Evans" by Willy Eisenhart as being named after Dutch dancer Yteke Waterbolk from the Nederlands Dans Theater. In Yteke, 100ij equates to1IJ. The stamps commemorate the 25th anniversary of 'the final expansion of Yteke's territories'. |
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 January 2012 at 07:59 |
I was lucky enough to be given some Donald Evans postcards at Christmas, but I wonder whether they might be copies and not originals. Does anyone here know whether there is a specialist who might be able to tell me?
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Bas S Warwick
Recorded Joined: 30 March 2010 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 224 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 27 June 2010 at 11:20 |
Toast/Everyone.
You might like this Donald Evans postcard. I would be interested in getting a real stamp to make it into a maximum card BSW Edited by Bas S Warwick - 27 June 2010 at 11:21 |
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toast
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 06 April 2010 at 09:20 |
Would agree with the responses here to the Eisenhart book on Evans. The scans don't do the images justice. Have a number of copies which I give as gifts. Find them regularly in the $5-$10 US range. If it didn't weigh so much would send one to the isles to start a lending library.
Can't remember the last time I saw an Evans stamp for sale... would appreciate a heads-up when/if anyone sights futures offerings. |
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fabiov
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2010 at 17:53 |
Hello,
I loved Donald Evans stamps... I have the book mentioned at the beginning of this topic. I remember that I made coloured photocopies of some pages just to have few samples of his labels in my Cinderellas collection. I spent an unbelievable amount of money because at that time they were available only black and white photocopiers and each coloured photocopy cost as the rare "Guyana magenta" . Bye fabiov
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Bas S Warwick
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2010 at 15:26 |
Hi Jonty If you want to look closer you can press CNTRL down and use the Mouse Wheel to enlarge I also noticed links to more just below Nadorp | Nadorp Post | Banana | Tropides Islands Regards - Bas Edited by Bas S Warwick - 02 April 2010 at 15:29 |
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Jonty
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2010 at 09:25 |
I clicked on the examples to hopefully magnify them, but was presented with more examples of the stamps. all very nice. But a bit out of my price range
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Susanne
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2010 at 07:42 |
Love the one with the lobster! Don't know why. The ones with two images make me feel as if I'm missing some hidden meaning.
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Steve
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2010 at 06:16 |
Those examples show a pleasing and consistent style. I doubt that I'll be bidding for any though
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Hilary
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 April 2010 at 06:06 |
I've been a fan for many years, since I read an article about him in, of all things, World of Interiors magazine. My copy of the mag is long gone, but I still have the article. I loved the sheer chutzpah of issuing stamps from a Banana Republic, and of having domino stamps. To my mind, this man was the ULTIMATE cinderella designer.
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With a memory full of ships, and seas, and perilous headlands, and the shining Pharos, he must apply his long sighted eyes to the petty niceties of drawing. - Robert Louis Stevenson
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