Here are stamps with a little something in common, the appearance of the world globe in each. The topic was suggested by an anonymous non-member.
Running through the stamps in Row 1:
- Anton Schlüter started a factory to manufacture gasoline engines, Anton’s expectations apparently were very high. His engines did not sit atop the world, but his company made a very successful farm tractor line from the 30’s until the company end in 1995.
- C. Conradty of Nurnberg didn’t claim to light up the whole world with one arc, just a continent or so. The electrical-related company used a coal product to produce the carbon electrodes for their arc light (Bogenlicht-Kohle).
- Martell could use their aligning reamer to drill a hole through the Earth, and align the bearings of the world.
In Row 2
- If you had a big enough belt and a moon sized motor drive, you could spin the Earth with Duxbak leather belting.
- The words in Latin alphabet, Uma Sangyosha Kawanoye, Iyo are probably a company name. They seem to be claiming all of Asia, Europe and a badly drawn Africa as suppliers or customers of their Raw Silk. This stamp was printed in one color, a modest pale chartreuse.
- The International Poster Stamp (Propagandamarken) Union, headquartered in Pasing, a suburb of Munich, makes a big claim: that these marvellous propaganda stamps are influencing all of the world as a puppeteer pulls strings. This stamp comes in color schemes, the green color also seen in pink and other colors. Gold is a must, of course.
In Row 3
- . Why is a skull gazing at a globe ? The electronic tube hints at a product, but it’s all unclear. Otto K. seems to be the successor to Franz Q., but the envisioned zombie world conquest never happened.
- But if anything momentous happens, it is sure to appear in Globus Magazine, or maybe not, there are several Globus magazines mentioned on-line, but more probably this stamp refers to Globus the upscale department store of Switzerland founded 1907, the company name was officially Magazine Zum Globus a.g.
- The charity stamps at center are for the International Democratic Federation of Women. The language is surprisingly, Albanian. Although not known in the US, the WIDF, established in 1945 still exists and has worldwide membership and influence.
The Final is a large (about 3″ by 4″) tourism promotion for the Island of Capri. Capri is small, about 5 miles across, found on the south side of the Bay of Naples, Italy. On the label however, Capri is as big as a continent. Now that was thinking BIG, just only 1000 times off.
The featured image at the very top of the article is a 1913 stamp for the International Woman [sic] Suffrage Congress in Budapest. It was issued in 4 languages (Hungarian, English, French, German) and in 2 color types (blue/red-orange and yellow/brown). The stamp is listed in the G&G Events Catalog, and is Common.
–by T. Minor
