Ep. 25 - Topical Collecting: American Literature On Postage Stamps of the World
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- From classic literature to pop culture; from pulp fiction to science fiction - American literature is well-represented on postage stamps of the U.S. and other countries. As a topical stamp collection, American literature is a channel for learning about stamps, as well as discovering new writers and books to read. Check these out, and put some in your stamp library.
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Things I would love to see a philately channel cover:
-the history of cancellation marks, especially the onset of automation in cancellation in the mid 20th century.
- The liberty Issue (there's a lot to this one but that's why it's so fascinating).
- 'dunes' (probably not to most collector's taste, but I find the history there fascinating).
This is a nice video though, never thought to go looking for philatelic youtube before!
Thanks for the suggestions, Z. I will definitely keep those subjects in mind.
This was great...more please :)
Thanks. I'm working on it.
The San Marino set of stamps honoring Sci-Fi writers just shows that our postal service is ignoring the genre completely. Also missing are the mystery writers of recent vintage that have passed on. As I have stated in other comments bears repeating. Our postal service is tripping out on poor topics of late (a hideous series of fruit, for example) in stead of honoring famous Americans of the 20th century, writers included. The Bradbury comment was well taken. I concur with you 100%
Here's a bit of good news: The USPS has announced the 33rd stamp in the Literary Arts series will be released later this year, for Ursula K Le Guin bit.ly/38WH3Jg
Love your talks Ted, keep 'em coming 😁 Ted talks we listen/watch ⭐
Thank you, Louise. Glad you like them!
Excellent as usual. Paul Dunbar, early Afro-American Poet, was omitted. Also: James Baldwin (“Go tell it on the Mountain”), Langston Hughes (Poet), JFK (“Profiles in Courage”), Richard Nixon (“Six Crisis”), Teddy Roosevelt (“Naval War of 1812”, “Oliver Cromwell”), Woodrow Wilson (“On Being Human”, et. al.), Thomas Wolfe, Robert Penn Warren, Winston Churchill, Marianne Moore (Poet) and there are probably others... Thanks again for making educational philatelic videos!
This was strictly about fiction - novels and short stories. There are a few I had to leave out, in the interest of length, though I did have stamps for them: Dunbar, Cather, Warren, Saroyan, Sinclair Lewis. Langston Hughes was shown, though, talking about the Black Heritage series.
Thanks for watching, Randy.
The science fiction book stamps at the 10:15 mark looks cool.
They are pretty cool. There are 8 more in that set for non-American writers, such as Jules Verne, H.G.Wells, and Arthur C. Clarke.
Yet another great video! Every time I watch one of your videos I always learn something new! Keep it up!
Thanks a lot, Daniel.
Ted you didn't include the Maya Angelou stamp. Even more interesting due to the misquote included..
Hi Louise. The focus of this program was on fiction - novels and short stories. I did show the Maya Angelou stamp in the previous episode, Son of Bloopers, where I talk about the misattributed quote.
Awesome :-)
Thanks again!
What about Scott #2538 for William Saroyan? Has a USSR joint issue. Armenia also issued a stamp to honor him.
I had a few more American stamps which I had to o mit, including Saroyan, because the video was getting too long. I forgot about the USSR joint issue. And I will look for the Armenian stamp. Thanks, Stephen.
Fun seeing the Lawrence Block sheets! Cool stuff, Ted!
Thank you very much.
I did not realize Blade Runner had a different title as a book.
The movie, Total Recall, is also based on a Philip K. Dick story called, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale."
Me: drops and breaks my coffee mug and runs off to find a copy of Block's Hit Me with souvenir sheet in it..🏃🏃🏃🏃
What do stamps and literaturehave to do with each other? Oh, Yeah, Read, Read, and Read. Good Stamp "A Nation of Readers"
Thanks for your comment, Virginia. I appreciate your watching.
Booker T Washington wrote an autobiography ... "Up from slavery"
Thanks, John. The focus of this episode was on fiction writers. Non-fiction writers and poets will get their due in a future episode.
Very interesting, lovely stamps.... and if I was a hit man I would so hide my money by purchasing expensive stamps (did keller steal the inverted Jenny?) I gonna have to start reading this series :)
Lawrence Block is one of my favorites. You might consider following him on Twitter, also, @Lawrence Block.
@@tedtalksstamps Am I right in thinking he also wrote a book about stamps?
@@byronsbrain Sort of. He wrote a column on stamps, for a while, for Linn’s Stamp News. Later, he compiled all the columns and published them in book form.
Don't tell me how to say Pulitzer and I won't tell you how to spell labour. 😁
It's a deal.