Lawrence of Arabia Designed Postage Stamps - Fascinating!

Fascinating article from by Stephen J. Gertz - well worth a read - I haven't heard of this before - have these ever come up for auction? 

 

While he was going quietly nutty as a desk jockey in Cairo  attached to Britian's  Egyptian Survey in 1916 during World War I, T.E. Lawrence, not yet the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, worked on a project that became the symbolic first shot fired in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.

He designed and printed postage stamps.

For More ... Follow this link to http://www.booktryst.com/2010/10/lawrence-of-arabia-postage-stamp.html

Prestige Philately: Announcing Two Wonderful Sales

The Cecil Walkley Collection of Postal History of Western Australia is an outstanding collection and has achieved a myriad of highlights winning no fewer than six International Gold Medals (London 1990, Tokyo 1991, Granada 1992, Poznan 1993, Bangkok 1993 and Seoul 1994) and, at Beijing in 1996, a Large Gold Medal.

Feature sections in The Cecil Walkley Collection of Western Australia Postal History include:

• The Pre-Stamp Period 1829-1854
• The Imperforate Stamps Period 1854-1864
• The Perforated Stamps Period 1861-1900
• The Commonwealth of Australia Period
• Convict Mail and Official Mail
• The Boer War 1899-1902

Following the auctioning of the Cecil Walkley Collection, up for sale is the Kevin Nelson Collection of Australian Postal History 1901-1941.

Kevin's collection achieved accolades from its first showing and they flowed thick and fast. International Gold medals were awarded at Espana (2004), St Petersburg (2007), China (2009) &, in May of this year, at London.

The Kevin Nelson Collection is being offered according to the following rates structure:

• First-Class Mail - Letters - Surface
• First-Class Mail - Letters - Airmail
• First-Class Mail - Letters - Postcards
• Second-Class Mail
• Third-Class Mail
• Fourth-Class Mail
• Miscellaneous Services

Source: http://www.prestigephilately.com/index.php

Alphabetilately: A to Z” at the National Postal Museum

The National Postal Museum’s “Alphabetilately: A to Z” uses the alphabet to illustrate various aspects of philately, or stamp collecting, but collectors should avoid following the example of the letter B, for “bisect”:

In the 19th century, folks got twice the value out of stamps by cutting them in half. Today, the practice is illegal.

And while we’re accustomed to seeing motifs like the Liberty Bell and American flag in the top right corner of envelopes today, postage was once used to advertise everything from coffee to witch-hazel.

Maybe the stamp-as-advertising will make a comeback: It’d be one way to make a dent in the U.S. Postal Service’s projected $6 billion deficit this year.

THE EXHIBITION IS ON VIEW 10 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. DAILY TO OCT. 29. AT THE NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM, 2 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. NE. FREE.

Source:  http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/39936/ldquoalphabetilately-a-to-zrdquo-at-the-national-postal-museum-monday/