tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post1080006938497766995..comments2024-03-07T12:48:21.070+00:00Comments on MAGONIA REVIEW: FORTEAN PHILATELYUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-12860771303611123062012-05-31T21:31:44.653+01:002012-05-31T21:31:44.653+01:00Robert Sheaffer's book "Psychic Vibration...Robert Sheaffer's book "Psychic Vibrations" (2011) gives the story of the Sierra Leone stamp featuring the famous 'Face on Mars', issued in 1990 as one of a set on space exploration. Because of this, Richard Hoagland, a staunch promoter of the 'Mars face' photo the stamp is based on, believed the set to be a great investment and could soon be worth as much as $10,000. A year later the set was catalogued at about $30.cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-45747594896027578512012-05-31T18:09:24.567+01:002012-05-31T18:09:24.567+01:00I am Luis R Gonzalez Manso. UFO stamps are plenty....I am Luis R Gonzalez Manso. UFO stamps are plenty. The last one issued can be seen here:<br /><br />http://www.espacelollini.com/cataweb/indexUS.php?etape=timbre&id_timbre=36012#TOP_PAGE_TIMBRE<br /><br />And, of course, you must consult Giancarlo D'Alessandro online catalog, unfortunately not updated: http://www.philcat.it/intro.htm<br /><br />I recall a series about ghost from a Pacific island, and Maldives devoted several miniature sheets to "Mysteries of the Universe" including crop circles, for example. The Nazca lines and the Pascuan statues have also feature in several Chilean stamps.<br /><br />Best regardsDEII 99https://www.blogger.com/profile/15868613533369371527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-89143171538681910592012-05-31T15:45:18.440+01:002012-05-31T15:45:18.440+01:00My book Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals on...My book Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals on Stamps (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2009) contains an appendix listing most of the cryptozoologically-relevant postage stamps issued up to 2009, including many former cryptids like the okapi, Komodo dragon, Congo peacock, and saola, as well as present-day cryptids such as lake and sea monsters, bigfoot, yeti, mer-folk, and the afore-mentioned Icelandic forms, plus one or two zooform entities like Black Dogs.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />Dr Karl ShukerDr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-89343606975119012282012-05-30T19:42:31.820+01:002012-05-30T19:42:31.820+01:00You can see the Grenada stamps here:
http://my-phi...You can see the Grenada stamps here:<br />http://my-philately.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/ufo-on-stamps.html<br /><br />I think the African country was Equatorial Guinea, whose odious dictator, Francisco MacĂas Nguema was deposed by his equally odious nephew. <br /><br />There is a series of illustrations of UFO/Fortean stamps on the Fortean times website here: http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/528/the_stamp_collectors_guide_to_the_galaxy.html although some of them seem to be from rather dodgy bits of the old USSR that are not generally recognised. They illustrate an article in FT by Luis R Gonzalez Manso on Fortean philately, which I have to confess I had totally forgotten about when I wrote this piece.<br /><br />There's also a nice miniature sheet from Tanzania here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34917706@N07/7079663369/<br /><br />So now we've got cryptozoology and ufology on stamps, are there any other Fortean/Magonian themes to stick on our letters. Any ghost stamps out there? Earth mysteries?Magoniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201163989347743921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-11948458036034214412012-05-30T12:10:24.192+01:002012-05-30T12:10:24.192+01:00I have a 1978 $2 stamp in a miniature sheet showin...I have a 1978 $2 stamp in a miniature sheet showing Sir Eric Gairy of Grenada. It is captioned 'Research into UFOs' and the sheet is issued because of the UN conference on the subject shortly before. Accompanying the sheet are 3 stamps on UFOs, one depicting Adamski's 'scout craft'. <br /><br />I believe Eric Gairy was deposed soon afterwards, in a coup. Robert Sheaffer once called this the curse of the Venusians. I think an African country (forget which) issued some UFO stamps a bit later, only to have its leader similarly ousted in a coup.<br /><br />This may be why, so far anyway, neither the US nor the UK have issued stamps with a UFO theme.cdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005702597775594084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485997200234349788.post-59162207099203002652012-05-29T22:21:06.412+01:002012-05-29T22:21:06.412+01:00Good posting.
Yes, there are many cryptozoology s...Good posting.<br /><br />Yes, there are many cryptozoology stamps.<br /><br />See: <br /><br />http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/cz-stamps/<br /><br />Best,<br />Loren Coleman, Director<br />International Cryptozoology Museum<br />Portland, MaineLoren Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.com