Principality of Sealand
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Topic: Principality of Sealand
Posted By: doktorvonwer
Subject: Principality of Sealand
Date Posted: 13 June 2020 at 06:13
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A question or two to Sealand collectors out there: - I'm looking for scans/pictures of First Day Covers. The only I have are from 1969 and 2002. - I'm also looking for larger part sheets of the 1970 issues, i.e. 'Ships', 'Marine animals', 'Admirals & Pirates' as well as 'Painting of the Sea'. Larger than just one set of the smaller values, 8 large format values and 4 souvenir sheets. Or even a picture of an entire printing sheet...  Perhaps there is an expert Sealand collector out there with whom I could compare notes. Any help is most welcome! Best regards Doktorvonwer |
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Posted By: doktorvonwer
Date Posted: 19 February 2021 at 22:01
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I'll bump my request, because I really need to compare notes with other Sealand collectors. Is anybody out there who has Sealand stamps or sheets of - the "Women's Year" issue (1975), - the Children's drawing stamp (2002), - the Royal Family set (2004) or - the sunrise set (2010)? Any FDC information is also very welcome! Best regards - doktorvonwer
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Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 20 February 2021 at 11:39
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Hi doktorvonwer, I have a few of their stamps but no covers. You might try the Sealand website where it appears that the 2010 Sunrise stamps are still available: http://sealandgov.org/shop/sealand-stamps/" rel="nofollow - http://sealandgov.org/shop/sealand-stamps/ Although Roy and Joan Bates are no longer with us, their son Michael or his son James are still running Sealand and you could direct an enquiry through the website and see if they can check their archives for information. Good luck, Daniel
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Posted By: doktorvonwer
Date Posted: 03 March 2021 at 08:44
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Hi Daniel, thank you for your reply! I know the Sealand website and I have many of their stamps. Now I am looking for variants and part sheets. Which ones do you have? 1969 famous explorers (7 stamps) 1970 same, overprinted denominations 1970 24 stamps with ships, admirals, priates, fish, plus 4 souvenir sheets 1975 International Womes' Year (6 stamps) 1977 ships and Royal couple (10 stamps) 2002 child's drawing (1 stamp) 2003 Royal family (4 stamps) 2010 "sunrise" issue (3 stamps) Any information may help. :-) Thanks in advance! Bernhard (doktorvonwer)
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Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 08 March 2021 at 11:16
This is what I have. I think they were well produced. Bernhard, why not show yours here too? Pictures make a topic much more interesting  https://flic.kr/p/2kJfVUQ" rel="nofollow">  https://flic.kr/p/2kJfVUQ" rel="nofollow - Scan_20210308 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/101603119@N05/" rel="nofollow - Daniel , on Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2kJbQvN" rel="nofollow">
 https://flic.kr/p/2kJbQvN" rel="nofollow - Scan_20210308 (2) by https://www.flickr.com/photos/101603119@N05/" rel="nofollow - Daniel , on Flickr |
Posted By: doktorvonwer
Date Posted: 08 March 2021 at 23:35
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Hi Daniel, thanks for your images. You are right, I'll show a few of my items: First - one of the ship stamps (no. 19), backstamped "SPECIMEN"   Next no. 41 souvenir sheet in red:  Finally, for the time being, the 1975 miniature sheet International Women's Year (nos. 43 to 48):  There is more, but let's see what you and other readers think.. Bernhard
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Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 09 March 2021 at 00:06
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Wow! Does anyone know who designed these? Please put up some more pictures :-) ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 09 March 2021 at 04:05
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As a Lord of Sealand, with papers to prove it, I am happy to see these stamps shown here ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 09 March 2021 at 05:06
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A suitable subject for your Cinderella Club magazine article, Steve? ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
Posted By: doktorvonwer
Date Posted: 09 March 2021 at 22:37
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As requested, a few more pictures: The subject is the officially called 10th anniversray of independence issue. They usually appear as a miniature sheet of 10, in two rows of 5. Note the postmark: 1976, whereas the 10th anniversary was on 2 September 1967.  This is a picture (I believe) from "The Times" of London. Unfortunately, I have not been able to trace this particular sheet of just the 60 c value. As I don't have access to the The Times newspaper archive, I don't have a date for this picture. However, the youngest coin shown came out in 1977.  This next one is a rouletted reprint of no. 53 from the "10th anniversary" set of 10. I'd like to know, how and in particular when this was issued. Anyone with pre-2002 uses on cover? Or part sheets?  This last sheet of the same issue is quite obscure. I could only trace a small version of the image. Here we have multiple sets of 10 in one sheet, without the wider salvage around the common miniature sheet. Again, I would like to know someone who has it.  This concludes my pictures for the moment. Best regards Baron Bernhard - doktorvonwer |
Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 15 March 2021 at 07:45
| Thanks Baron Bernhard. I like the coins and the passport as well. I see that Sealand was in the news recently with some of their stamps being sent into space on a Blue Origin rocket. |
Posted By: doktorvonwer
Date Posted: 17 March 2021 at 07:40
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Hi Daniel, interesting - do you have a link (or details) to the space story? Bernhard
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Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 17 March 2021 at 10:55
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Hi Bernhard, Sure, Blue Origin, a company owned by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, began suborbital test flights in 2015, see wikipedia. In October 2020, NS-13 was launched carrying, amongst other payloads, tens of thousands of postcards from Blue Origin's Club for Future project, see http://www.clubforfuture.org" rel="nofollow - http://www.clubforfuture.org including one from Jacob Ritzke who was knighted by Sealand for his efforts, see Sealand twitter post: https://twitter.com/sealandgov/status/1327281317046857728?lang=en-gb I couldn't link it direct, so you'll have highlight it and click on go to. All the best, Daniel
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Posted By: doktorvonwer
Date Posted: 17 March 2021 at 23:12
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Thank you Daniel. Cool that he has been knighted for his efforts. I had to buy my title the old-fashioned way. :-) Bernhard
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Posted By: doktorvonwer
Date Posted: 05 September 2023 at 03:29
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Has anybody got their hands on the new stamps from Sealand? Out 2 September. What does everyone think about the design? Cheers - doktorvonwer
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 05 September 2023 at 07:48
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I have to say, despite being a Lord of Sealand myself. that these stamps are outside my collecting range, and the new release looks rather disppointing. Too simple, almost childlike. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: doktorvonwer
Date Posted: 05 September 2023 at 19:18
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Hello Steve, my thoughts exactly. And the bundle-based selling model, trying to shift the 2010 issue at the same time, looks like a non-starter to me. Time will tell. Cheers Bernhard
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