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stamps for blind people
Hello all,
One of the lates Spanish issues this year is a sheet with four stamps related to Spanish costume fashion: http://cjoint.com/?hebnGUrvIu the paper is molded in such a way that blind people can feel the silhouette of costumes presented in the stamps by simply touching their surface. Any more examples of this type of issues in other countries? regards, Pedro |
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Hello Pedro.
Nice stamps; very interesting design. I was wondering, Pedro, when you say the paper is molded so the design can be felt, do you mean that the dresses are embossed (estampados en relieve)? If this is what you mean, then yes, there are quite a few countries, including Canada, that have issued embossed stamps. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ "Pedro" wrote in message ... Hello all, One of the lates Spanish issues this year is a sheet with four stamps related to Spanish costume fashion: http://cjoint.com/?hebnGUrvIu the paper is molded in such a way that blind people can feel the silhouette of costumes presented in the stamps by simply touching their surface. Any more examples of this type of issues in other countries? regards, Pedro |
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Hello Tony,
Yes, that was what I wanted to say but didn't find the exact word (emboss) due to a recent lack of frequent use of English. This is the first stamp I've seen made so, and wondered if there were any others out there. Thanks for your reply. regards, Pedro "Tony Vella" wrote in message ... Hello Pedro. Nice stamps; very interesting design. I was wondering, Pedro, when you say the paper is molded so the design can be felt, do you mean that the dresses are embossed (estampados en relieve)? If this is what you mean, then yes, there are quite a few countries, including Canada, that have issued embossed stamps. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ "Pedro" wrote in message ... Hello all, One of the lates Spanish issues this year is a sheet with four stamps related to Spanish costume fashion: http://cjoint.com/?hebnGUrvIu the paper is molded in such a way that blind people can feel the silhouette of costumes presented in the stamps by simply touching their surface. Any more examples of this type of issues in other countries? regards, Pedro |
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Well, Pedro, if you happen to get your hands on a Tonga catalogue you are
sure to find embossed stamps to your heart's content. Some are very nice, others I don't like at all. As far as Canada is concerned, I believe we had some issued in the mid to late 70s. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada "Pedro" wrote in message ... Hello Tony, Yes, that was what I wanted to say but didn't find the exact word (emboss) due to a recent lack of frequent use of English. This is the first stamp I've seen made so, and wondered if there were any others out there. Thanks for your reply. regards, Pedro "Tony Vella" wrote in message ... Hello Pedro. Nice stamps; very interesting design. I was wondering, Pedro, when you say the paper is molded so the design can be felt, do you mean that the dresses are embossed (estampados en relieve)? If this is what you mean, then yes, there are quite a few countries, including Canada, that have issued embossed stamps. -- Tony Vella Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- http://www.amedialuz.ca/ "Pedro" wrote in message ... Hello all, One of the lates Spanish issues this year is a sheet with four stamps related to Spanish costume fashion: http://cjoint.com/?hebnGUrvIu the paper is molded in such a way that blind people can feel the silhouette of costumes presented in the stamps by simply touching their surface. Any more examples of this type of issues in other countries? regards, Pedro |
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Angola NSW- Australia Germany Great Britain Mozambique Panama (appendix stamp) Poland Portuguese India Ras Al Khaima (dune stamp) Vatican (FDC) .................................................. .......are some more From Blair's post "looking back" number 192 (date unknown) Embossed Raised, or in low relief. A process allied to printing, whereby the whole or part of a design is raised up out of the surface of the paper by means of a pair of dies, or a die and a matrix, one die bearing the convex (male) design, and the other being concave (female). The process has been used for the production of stamps in both plain ('blind') or colour embossing, and in G.B. and U.S.A. especially for the stamping of postal stationery. Examples of embossed stamps are Germany's issues 1872-5; Heligoland 1867-75; Gambia 1869; Italy 1862; Portugal 1853-84; Sardinia 1851-5; and G.B. 1847-54. In the main it has been the fashion for the portrait head to be plain or colourless, but there have been exceptions. The embossed Portuguese colonial issues of Luis 1870 give the 'Embossed' title to this keytype. - R. J. Sutton 6th edition revised by K. W. Anthony The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia Published 1966 Embossing is always in relief - though it can be tricky to the eye. We had a discussion on another board a while back about the grills on the US 1867-71 stamps. Needless to say much misleading information has been reported over the years, and even today certain 'experts' still believe the production grills were crreated by raised impressions on a plate or roller. Fact is, according the coorespondence of the manufacturer, the grill pattern was cut onto a standard brass (or iron) calender roller. The calender is a machine used in the paper industry to smooth paper and give it a glossy surface. As sheets of stamps were passed through the calender the grills were embossed in the paper (on the unprinted side, but occassionaly on the printed side). Of course, this does not include the early grill experiments which were accomplished using a variety of methods, none of which were suitable for use on a large scale. The only way to achieve the high levels of production required by the Post Office was to use a calender machine. The calender machine had been perfected for high speed use over a number of years (since 1830) by the paper industry. - A "Pedro" wrote in message ... Hello all, One of the lates Spanish issues this year is a sheet with four stamps related to Spanish costume fashion: http://cjoint.com/?hebnGUrvIu the paper is molded in such a way that blind people can feel the silhouette of costumes presented in the stamps by simply touching their surface. Any more examples of this type of issues in other countries? regards, Pedro |
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"Tony Vella" Well, Pedro, if you happen to get your hands on a Tonga catalogue you are sure to find embossed stamps to your heart's content. A 14d issue from 1964 Tonga.....where time begins. http://cjoint.com/data/hefLsJNd5w.htm (constructed of palladium) |
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Tony Vella wrote:
Well, Pedro, if you happen to get your hands on a Tonga catalogue you are sure to find embossed stamps to your heart's content. Some are very nice, others I don't like at all. As far as Canada is concerned, I believe we had some issued in the mid to late 70s. ..... Pedro wrote: Hello Tony, Yes, that was what I wanted to say but didn't find the exact word (emboss) due to a recent lack of frequent use of English. This is the first stamp I've seen made so, and wondered if there were any others out there. Thanks for your reply. Here's one Canadian example - the snowflake is embossed on this one. http://tinyurl.com/mwyjyj And regarding Pedro's comment about blind people being able to feel the embossing, Canada issued a stamp with some Braille text last year. http://tinyurl.com/lfpqjk Germany has issued a bunch of commemoratives with embossing, especially in the 1950s and 1960s - I always liked those issues. http://tinyurl.com/nohrr8 There is one British Machin stamp with no printing at all, just an embossed portrait of the Queen. It came in a booklet that included examples of a number of different types of stamp printing, including a horrendous letterpress (typographed) stamp, undoubtedly the ugliest Machin ever produced. http://www.gbstamps.com/machins/albu...rofile_06.html http://www.gbstamps.com/machins/albu...ofile_10a.html The entire "Profile on Print" booklet is described here (both pages above are excerpts). http://www.gbstamps.com/machins/albu...rofile_01.html Ryan |
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