Austria stamp issue highlights and future releases
An analysis of Austrian stamps praises high quality engraving and single color design like the February art treasures release Lovely Fountains. Planned for 1972 are additional items including a Wagenburg couches set in October and a six stamp souvenir sheet for the Spanish Riding School quartercentenary in September. Other issues celebrate Gurk Diocese, Day of the Postage Stamp, Christmas stamp, and events such as the International Congress of Amateur Gardeners and World Health Month. Also noted are Canada World Health Day simplistically designed stamps and New Jersey state revenue stamps with purchase details and deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Trne
Wagenburg
Gurk
International Congress of Amateur Gardeners
PTT
Paris Ladron University
Salzburg
Canada
New Jersey
Obsolete stamps funding state restocking and post updates
Bob Frederick writes to Trout Stamps, Division of Fish Game and Shell Fisheries in Trenton NJ, noting income from obsolete stamps supports stream restocking and hunting fishing facilities. He mentions Europa stamp designs, West Germany issues, and patch insignia sales from Newhall Co. Australia stamp booklets and Garfield-Perry Stamp Club event details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Division of Fish
Game and Shell Fisheries
Division of Fish, Game, and Shell Fisheries
Trenton
Australia
U.S
Garfield-Perry Stamp Club
Cleveland
Statler-Hilton
Coming attractions and air mail stamps listed by date
A dated list of stamp related events and postal items including World Health Day campaigns, air mail rates and locations such as Cape Hatteras Honamnay Hawaii and Washington D C. It includes Mount McKinley Alaska and Frontenac New France anniversary notes with dates across April to May and July to August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
N.C
City of Refuge
Ne Air Mails
Honamnay
Hawaii
Frontenac
New France
Doubletake by Bill Binzen sparks whimsical camera art
Photographer Bill Binzen experiments with shooting and darkroom processes creating offbeat images. His miniature book Doubletake showcases 54 playful photos, 32 in color, with no captions but a general artist statement and a focus on double exposure color juxtapositions. The piece notes practical contest avenues for readers to explore similar experimentation, including Newsweek Konica Focus on Politics 72 and Signature Magazine contests with various prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Binzen
Grossman
Newsweek
Konica Camera Corp
Heart of Gold and More: 1960s Pop Song List
A compact listing of classic late 1960s and early 1970s pop songs including Heart of Gold by Neil Young and The Eagles, The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens, Down By The Lazy River by Osmonds, A Horse With No Name by America, Without You by Nilsson, Mother And Child Reunion by Paul Simon, Puppy Love by The Osmonds, Hurting Each Other by The Carpenters, Everything I Own by Bread, Way of Love by Cher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmonds
America
Nilsson
Simon
Osmond
Carpenters
Cher
America a English act finds fame in US rock wave
Three American Air Force dependents form the rock trio America. Dan Peek Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell tell how a staged English persona helped them tour and how their hit A Horse with No Name pushed the band onto the international charts. They describe early struggle prior to Warner Brothers breakthrough and the choice of the name America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Dan Peek
Florida
Gerry Beckley
Texas
Dewey Bunnell
Yorkshire
Beckley
Bunnel
Peek
Bunnell
Dan
Gerry
Jeff Dexter
the Roundhouse
London
Elton John
The
Who
Pink Floyd
T. Rex
Warner Brothers
Holland
Cat Stevens
Dan Peekfront
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Antique Libbey cut glass vase age and value inquiry
Reader seeks age and value of a Libbey signed vase about 20 inches tall weighing 1 lb. Response notes script logo dating 1896 to 1906, mint condition value around 200, and lists key reference books on American cut glass for collectors. Also mentions Libbey glass history and sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo & BL
Libbey
Albert Christian Revi
Thomas Nelson & Son
New York
J. Michael Pearson
Dorothy T. Pearson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Europa
Deutsche Bundespost
By Bob Frederick
Buffalo
N. Y
Pony Express
Paavo Houvinen
Finland
CEPT
West Germany
United States
Post Office Department
Newhall Co
P.O
Berkeley
Calif
Vienna
Mt. McKinley
Mt. McKinley Park
Alaska
le Tair
Washington, D.C
United Nations
Irving Desfor
Blizen
Binzen
Caribbean
Newsweek/Konica
Madison Ave
N.Y
Club
Signature Magazine
Heart of Gold
Lion Sleeps
John
Science
Gan. Lea, Corp
Nell
By Dorothy Hammond
Franklin Press, Inc
Miami
Libbey Glass
Toledo Museum of Art
Royal Doulton
Royal Doulton Potteries
Burslem
Daulton Potteries
Thomas Bewick
O.Y
E.D.A
Dorothy Hammond
Columbia Freatures, Inc
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