Wednesday, March 29, 2006

The Graf Zeppelin


Did You Know Stamp Collectors

Kept the Graf Zeppelin Afloat?

Before airplanes became practical,
Giant, lighter-than-air craft known as
Dirigibles ruled the sky.
And the king of all dirigibles was
The Mighty Graf Zeppelin – LZ 127.

Named after its designer,
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin,
The Graf
(which means “Count” in German)
was an aluminum-framed,
lighter-than-air ship.
It was 776 feet long and had a
maximum diameter of 100 feet.

The craft was filled with hydrogen
Gas which filled 17 cells.
Five powerful Maybach motors
Gave it power.

This engineering marvel could
Fly at over 70 miles per hour
And was the only such
Airship to circle the earth.

This airship and its history are
Especially important to us
Stamp collectors,
as The Graf Zeppelin resulted
in the creation of four of
America’s most prominent stamps.

The Graf Zeppelin issue #C13-15,
and #C18, Affectionately known
to collectors as the “Baby Zep,”
wouldn’t exist without
this technological wonder.

But, what many collectors
may not know is that these historic
U.S. stamps were absolutely essential
to the financial success of
the Graf flights.
In fact, the flights wouldn’t
have happened without them.

U.S. Stamps Were Key to the
Zeppelin’s Financial Success!

Some flights were financed wholly
by the money derived from
stamp collectors.
Stamps were absolutely essential
to the Graf Zeppelin’s
financial success.

Here’s a quote from Dr. Hugo Eckener,
the legendary commander of the Graf:

“How could we finance this flight?
Not an easy problem to solve.

We could carry about 200 kg mail.
I put my hope in the philatelists,

who had contributed so much
to the round-the-world flight....”

Dr. Eckener was referring to the
Historic 1929 global flight.
It turns out stamp collectors
Contributed about $115,000.00
To The Flight’s Finances.
And 75% of that money –
About $86,250.00 –
Came from American collectors.



Here’s the Little-known Story
Behind the Issue #C13-15...

A Postmaster General’s
Stamp-Collecting Wife
Made It Happen!

The Graf depended on
the support of
stamp collectors.

So six weeks before the
1930 Europe-Pan American
flight took place,
Dr. Eckener requested that
the U.S. issue stamps supporting
the Zeppelin’s flight.
Unfortunately,
It was too late
To plan such an issue.

What happens next
Is the really neat part.

Postmaster General
Walter F. Brown heard of
Dr. Eckener’s predicament.
The Postmaster General
then went home and
told his wife,
Mrs. Brown, about it. Mrs.
Brown was a stamp collector
and specifically, a Zeppelin fan.

Upon hearing the news Mrs. Brown
said, “Dr. Eckener has to
have his stamps!
That ought to be possible!”
Apparently she had Mr. Brown’s
ear because the U.S.
issued the set of three
Graf Zeppelin airmails
(U.S. #C13-15)


This a amazing –
if the Postmaster General’s
wife hadn’t been a
stamp collector,
we probably wouldn’t have
the Graf Zeppelin stamps today!

U.S. philatelic mail brought
the Zeppelin Company
more than $100,000.00.

It was a major factor in financing
the flight. Records show that U.S.
collectors provided about 50%
of the total amount of postal
money raised worldwide for
the 1930 Pan-American flight.

Now you may be wondering how
the Zeppelin Company actually
got the money which was paid to
the U.S. Post Office.
The answer is simple:
the Post Office forwarded
every single penny
of the money collected!



The 1933 Century of
Progress Flight
Wouldn’t Have Happened
Without #C18!

The relationship between the
Zeppelin’s flight to the 1933
Century of Progress flight,
#C18 and collector mail
is even more direct.

Dr. Eckener said the Zeppelin
would make the trip under
two conditions.

One, they needed a formal invitation
from the World’s Fair.

Second, they needed assurance
of an
American commemorative
Zeppelin stamp.

This resulted in the creation
of #C18, the “Baby Zep.”
In this case,
the Zeppelin Company
received 85% of all
the proceeds collected
by the U.S. Post Office.

Interesting aside:
Stamp collecting President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
was furious the
American government and public
were funding a vessel
that was, by that time,
flying Nazi swastikas
on its tail fins.

Roosevelt would have quashed
the stamp if its issue
had not already been
internationally publicized.

Let me know what you

think about this post.

Budrow@Highland.Net

Happy Stamping.

Monday, March 27, 2006

Stamping out Friendship


Well today No I have no

new stamps to talk about so

I want to show you a card

that I did for a friend.

The card was all hand done
I used old stamp catalogs
and cut them up to get the
photos of the stamp.

I know of at lest one other
person that make's there
own card's to send to other
stamp collectors and that is
Don over at
The Stamp Collecting
Round-Up
http://tinyurl.com/rws85
Don showed a card not long
Ago He had done for a
fellow collector.

I don't know what Don put in
side his card I sent my full
of first Day Cover.

I had planed on sending
Lover event covers but I
never did get all of them
back That I had sent for.

Do you have a way that
you use stamps or photos

of postage stamps.in your
crafts?

If so I would like to hear
how you use them

Budrow@Highland.Net

I was reading some stamp
new online how would you
like to spend £500,000
or say $500.000
I tell you I sure would.
"Firm puts stamp on
surging market".
http://tinyurl.com/z96u5
Make for a good read.

I have got a FDC for the
one that answer's right

What is the world's most
valuable postage stamp?
(This could be tricky!).

Penny Black

Blackjack Issue

Inverted Jenny

British Guiana 1 cent stamp

Be the first to answer right
and win your self a FDC.
Budrow@Highland.Net

Brian of Vidalia, LA
Was the winner of
the cover for the right
answer to Question:
What foreign country was first
to issue Disney stamps?

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Monaco

Andorra

San Marino


and the right answer is
San Marino
People really do win for
reading so be sure to try
for your self you just might
be the next Philatelic Crazy
BLOG reader to win.

Happy Stamping.

Saturday, March 25, 2006

The 22nd World Post Day


Hello all I hope you
are having a
Stamping good Day.

to night I wanted to show
this cover from China.

B.J.F - 58 The 22nd World Post Day

The Universal Postal Union,
founded on October 9, 1874,
is a special agency of the
United Nations.

The purpose of the UPU is to
organize and improve the
international post service,
and to promote the post
cooperation between
different countries.

The date of October 9, 1991 was
the 22nd World Post Day
and its theme is "The Post
Your Global Cooperator.

" The commemorative cover
Picture above was specially
released for the occasion"

Now for a bit of Postal
Trivia Fun.

be the First person to tell
Me the answer will get
a FDC.

What country issued the
world's longest pictorial set?

Italy

Poland

USA

Turkey

Guess and you just might
get it right and get your
self a FDC.
Budrow@Highland.Net

Happy Stamping.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Cinderella Maybe



Good evening all I hope that
you have found some time
today for stamping me I had
a little while be for I went to
the Doctor today I tell you
those Doctor's visit's are
sure getting old.

Plus just think of all the stamp
that I could buy if only I was in
good health I just might have to
get a job to suppurate my stamp
habit when all the Doctor bill start
rolling in that sure is one type of
mail that none of us like to get
and read, I would much more like
to get a pack of stamps then
any then else in the mail.

Tonight I showing what I believe
to be maybe just a label but then
guy's I am not real sure about that
either but I can tell you this what
ever it is I am adding it to my
collect I got it in a pack of
stamps because what ever it is
a stamp or maybe a Cinderella
I love the train on it and then
what it say's at the bottom
Help Spastics.

So I in hope's that one of you
can tell me if this is a stamp
of a Cinderella stamp.
Budrow@HIghland.Net

And now let's have some fun
with this one the name of the
train in the above photo is
called "The Queen Of Scots"
And it was done to Help "Spastics"

Be the first person that can
tell me was type of train
"The Queen Of Scots"
Was you will get your self
a FDC.

Also be the first person that can
tell me what "Spastics" is you
will also get a FDC.

If you are lucky enough to answer
both of the question and you will
get your self both of the cover's.
Budrow@Highland.Net

Happy Stamping.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Owney


I want to share with you a
great story and another great
Stamp Blog.
Don has done a good post about
Owney The Mail Dog.
This is a must read for so
many reason for the dog lover,
Reading History about the
Mail when it was Delivered
By trains one need to follow
the link that he gives.
It makes for some very
good reading.
Drop by his BlOG
and hope that you
enjoy reading
about Owney
as much as I did.
Happy Stamping.

Disney Stamp Fun


Hello all I hope you are
doing good tonight.
I have not had to much
time today to play with
my stamps I have been
putting some of my small
topic collect in to album
page that way I can try
and keep up with what I
have then just guessing if I
Have that stamp in my
Collect Just like that
above stamps.

I can't tell you to much
about the stamps other
then by the subject of the
stamps I can tell that the
are some Disney stamps
so they was added to my
other Disney stamps.

In fact I have ended up with
a nice pack of my doubles
so if you collect Disney
stamps and would like to
work out a trade for my
Doubles just let me know
Budrow@Highland.Net

If you can tell me
What foreign country was first
to issue Disney stamps?

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Monaco

Andorra

San Marino

You can have you chose of
the Disney Stamps or a FDC
e-mail me your answer
Budrow@Highland.Net

Happy Stamping.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Stamp Petition's online


Have you even singed a petition
I have singed my share of them
I have even do a few in my
community for the
cable system & the water.

The reason I am talking about
Petition is I was doing a search
for stamps like I have done so
many time in the past when
I run across this site.
http://tinyurl.com/ewnvx
PetitionOnline.com.

You will not believe all the
Petition there is for stamps
about 242 of them.

For all kind of stamps
Roy Orbison, Coal Miner's
I would like to see that one there
has been a lot of Coal Miner's
Killed right here in Kentucky.

Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Diwali, Jerry Garcia
Fallen Heroes, Rin Tin Tin
War Dog,
Bret "The Hitman" Hart"
Sure that is all we need is to
start seeing stamps of the WWE
now sense they lost the right
to use WWF that is one fight
that I did follow as I sure there
was other stamps collect as
well that fowled it.

When the WWF Monday night
Raw Could longer use WWF
In there name.

Be the fifth person to e-mail me
Budrow@Highland.Net
That can Tell me What does
WWF mean to us stamp
collector?

The Above stamps of
BANGLADESH
Might give you a clue
to what the WWF
means or Is.

And get a FDC

for the answer.

Happy Stamping.

Championship Commemoratives


Good day all I hope that you
are not snowed in!

Can you believe this weather
yesterday the first day of
Spring and there was a lot
of the US that got Blanked
in the With stuff.

I know that some of you will
Remember in a early post
about me talking about the
Super Bowl Covers.

well I got the above order
form back with the covers
I got back from where I sent
for the Super Bowl post mark.

I scanned it at a nice big size
to try and show you the
covers.

You can order the covers
By Calling
1-888-850-8777

you can all reach them
by e-mail
detroituspsproducts@usps.gov

to order by snail mail
USPS Championship Commemoratives
1927 Rosa Parks Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48216-9650

The Cover by them self are $8.00 each
The Matted 8"x10"
Photo with Commemorative Cover
Item #1-23 Are $19.99 each or
$39.99 Framed
The cover are 9 1/2" X 4 1/8"
a number 10 envelope.

I hope this help's us all that had
been wanting to see the covers.

If the photo is not big enough for
you to see it good after I have
uploaded to the blog and would
like a bigger photo just e-mail
me for it
Budrow@Highland.Net
and I will send it to you.


Happy Stamping.

Sunday, March 19, 2006

B.J.F — 34 Family Reunion



B.J.F — 34 Family Reunion
Spring Festival by the lunar calendar
of China is a traditional festival of
the Chinese people.
Things look fresh and are in happy
gay in the New Year Days.
Mutual visits are made by kith and kin;
happy family reunions are organized.
To mark the happy time,
Beijing Stamp Company sees to it
that a commemorative cover
"Family Reunion" is released.
Do you know of any other
stamps that deal with
the family why not share
a scan of the stamps with
me if you have any.
Budrow@Highland.Net
Happy Stamping.

American Advances in Aviation


I hope every one is having
a good Sunday and find time
for stamping I have been
stamping all day.

I have posted my set of 2005
American Advances in Aviation
FDC and told about the stamps
in detail and hope that you will
enjoy reading about them.
http://firstdaycovers.blogspot.com/

There is 10 of them
Scott #3916-3925

I have all so put together some mix
pack of stamps and have got them
read to send out tomorrow so if you
are looking for a pack of stamps or
a cover you can look for it soon.

I all so want to thank every one that
have been sharing there photos of
Sharjah stamps with me keep on
sending them I am enjoy them
a lot and just might find so one
that would be willing to trade some.
sooner or later if you have got
a stash of
Sharjah & Dependencies
stamps and trade I sure
would like to hear from you.
Budrow@Highland.Net
Now for a little fun.
Be the 3rd person
to e-mail me
Budrow@Highland.Net
and tell me who is on this
stamp from Mongolia.
And get your self a FDC.
A bit easy look at the
stamp good.

Happy Stamping.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Sharjah & Dependencies Postal Stamps.




Hello all I have got time now
for stamping and want to start
With these stamps above.

I got a Mix pack of stamps
this week and they had these
stamps in there from
Sharjah & Dependencies
And I have to tell you after
I see the stamps from this
country I wanted to know more
and see even more of the stamps.

I wanted to show the above three
because all tho I could not find out
much about the stamps other then
they are from sets of stamps.

And what I find odd about these
stamps is that there are two pictures
on the stamps and I get the space
part of the stamp, but what is the
other picture for I sure there is
some type of meaning to the
other side of these space stamps.
Do you know?

I looked on Wikipedia
For Sharjah
http://tinyurl.com/rqjgw

I all so Google
Sharjah & Dependencies
http://tinyurl.com/q3wxr

I found out a lot to, if you follow
my search tips you just might
be the one to get a FDC.
If you can answer my question:
When did Sharjah open it's
first post office?

Or

When did Sharjah Issue
it's first definitive Stamp?

Answer One get one cover!
answer both and get two covers.
Budrow@Highland.Net

Happy Stamping.

Standing Orders



Hello all sorry that there has not
been much posting going on.
I have been to busy with the Doctors
lately and have to go tomorrow as well.
I have got a few thing that I want
to post about and say after the
Doctor visit I will have more time.
I all so want to Thank every one that
replayed to my question about the
stamps that I did not know if they
was real on not.
I have got a couple of other question
I would like to ask and
get you help with.
I would like to know about
"Standing Orders For Stamps"
I know that the USPS offers one
as does New Zealand.
Does your country offer one?
Or Do you know of one?
Please let me know what country
offers one and how or where
I can find Information
on Standing Orders.
And the next thing I want to
ask about is Stamp Hinges and
stamp Mounts witch one do you
think are the best witch brand of
stamp hinges just slip right off
the stamp like I have seen some
of them do and then what brand
is it that it takes part of the
stamp backing when you try to
remove it witch I don't like at all.
So here is my deal for the first
six people that reply that will
send me' some samples of
stamp Hinges & stamp Mounts
and tell me what brand they are
and the best place to buy them
I will let you pick a cover from my
2006 ArtCraft FDC
for you Samples
and I will leave it up to you how
many to send as samples
But I would like enough to
try out a couple of ways.
for the cover.
You can e-mail first
and let me know you are sending
samples and would like the cover.
or if you would just like to send me
a few to sample with out getting a
cover you can mail them to
Buddy Honeycutt
345 State Garage RD
Whitley City, KY 42653-6069
USA
Oh I guess you might like to know
about the above photo this is a
envelope that one can get at
the post office in Beijing China
why you ask am I showing this
because that art work in the
lower left hand corner is a
very nice cachet.
I sure wish we could get envelope
at our post office like that.
Happy Stamping.

Are They For Real?



Is she for real?
Guy's I got the above stamp
in the mail the other day.
and I might just be wrong about
this but this stamp does not
look like a real stamp to me
I have seen this in the past but
the one I have seen did
not look like this at all.
to me this looks like something I
would print of the computer to
do some of my paper crafts.
if you will notice there is a
pen mark on this one and
there is no gum what so ever
on the back of this stamp at
all and boy does it ever feel
like a piece of paper.
I did get this from a stamp dealer
but in my heart I just don't feel
like it is a real stamp so can
someone that know more about stamp
please let me know if this stamp
was made in this form or not.
I did by this because I wanted to
share it with you all and just to
find out if it is a real stamp
I know that not holding it in
you hand makes it harder to say
if it is a real stamp or not.
I even have another one that just
does not seam like it is a real
stamps as well it is above with the
other one so I am asking for you
help guy's do I just have pieces of
paper or do I have stamps.
let me know what you think.
Happy Stamping.

Saturday, March 11, 2006

I Wonder Why!



I wonder why?
Just why these Blank Envelope's
The I send in to get the FDC
just why they have the
Pictorial Postmarks

And the Artcraft cachets
I have done got the 4 Bar cancel.

Let me hear what you think.
as to why these got the
Pictorial Postmarks
and my cachets did not.
Budrow@Highland.Net

Look for more post this
week end I have to get
got up of some things
like my posting.

Happy Stamping.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

1990 150th Anniversary




B.J.F 50 The 150th Anniversary of
the Issue of the World First Stamp
Penny Black

On May 6, 1840. Britain issued
the world first stamp Penny Black.
The birth of the stamp is not only an
epoch-making event in the postal history,
but also brings a new recreation
philately to the world people.

Designer of Thc Cover
Wang Zhongfang

Michael tell how many he think's are
around of the Penny Black.
http://blog.michael.dodd.com/
IF you will
e-mail
Budrow@Highland.Net

and tell me how many he thinks
are around of the Penny Black.
I have got a cover for the 5th
10th, 15th, and the 20th e-mail
will get your self a cover.
rare stamps..............
well one anyway.. maybe

Happy Stamping

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Rare Stamp Fun.




OK we are going to have some
Double fun here Michael
has ask about the above stamp.

On his Blog cddstamps
http://blog.Michael.dodd.com
See
rare stamps well one anyway.maybe
If you will e-mail me
the same answer's to his
questions about the stamp.
I will take e-mails till midnight
Friday and will Draw one from
all correct answers.
Budrow@Highland.Net

I guess I will have to use my UT
hat sense I don't ride and the one
that get the most answer's
to his questions
not to many three I think.
The winner will get a special cover.

Happy Stamping.

Where is the Best Sites



Postal Bulletin 22175
3-2-06

Cover: We're number 1! Most Trusted Govenment Agency

PDF HTML

The Official source of updates to

postal Service.

View Previous
Issues

2006 Issues
1995 – 2005 Issues and Indexes

I read this every chance I get to.

it is a good way to stay up to

date on new stamp being issued.

Do you know of a web site or something

one can read to find out about stamps?

That does not coast out of pocket money.

Point me to a good web site and you will

get your self a cover just e-mail

Budrow@Highland.Net

with the sites address and the best sites

I will share will other.

It does not have to be a official

site like www.usps.com

It can be like the

Vistual Stamp Club

http://www.virtualstampclub.com

Or maybe even a great Blog Like.

cddstamps

http://blog.michael.dodd.com

The Stamp Collecting Round-up

http://www.stampcollectingroundup.blogspot.com

So for a chance at a cover just send me the web

sites that you like and the best sites I think that

are helpful and where one can read a lot about

there stamps or maybe the site if just fun.

Will get a cover and I will share it with

Other so send it to me at.

Only cover will be giving for

a Good site witch is Helpful

or just a fun Philatelic site.

If I give a cover for every

site that will be e-mailed

I would be giving away covers

for sites that never get updated

You seen those sites.

So let's only send good sites.

The one's that keep

you coming back.

Like this one :-)

Budrow@Highland.Net

Happy Stamping.

Monday, March 06, 2006

The O&W Bus



The O&W Bus

Oneida's Zeigler Beets poses in front of

the Oneida & Western Railroad's "Mail Bus,

as it was called, which once ran on the rail line

between Oneida and Jamestown Tennessee

for a number of years.



The O&W Railroad was begun in 1914 and

the last run on the line was made in 1954,

according to H. Clay Smith's

Dusty Bits of the Forgotten Past.

Railroad historian Mike O'Neal

says the "M-3" bus

wasn't used very long on O&W;

they retired and disposed

of it by early 1940s after they

bought the larger

"M-4" Brill motorcar.


O'Neal says he thinks the "M-3"

was a 1935 Chevrolet(?) model.


Well for me this has got more meaning

then just the letter's that the "M-3"

delved but the family member that

might have got mail from the bus this is

just some of the odd stuff we research

at The Historical Society In Tennessee

And The Genealogical Society

In Kentucky.


I have done a lot of work in

this area how about you?

Do you do any family Research?

How about a family web site?

If so and you e-mail me

Budrow@Highland.Net

and let know about it

or show me your web site

I have got a cover for you.


Here is one of my Honeycutt site.

http://tinyurl.com/p3fuv

Happy Stamping

Pictorial Cancel Don't you Think.


Pictorial Cancel are the best

don't you The above cover

by a Artcraft cachet with the

True Blue Stamp that was issued

this year as you can see it has

the 4 Bars cancel on it

Now look at the event cover below

If they can put a Frank mark on this like

they did don't you think that they could

have come up with a better postmark

other then the 4 Bars cancel let me

hear what you think and I will give

the best reply a cover and will share

it will other Budrow@Highland.Net

Happy Stamping.

It Has A Name.


The Above cover is by

Norwood Cachets.

A nice cachet I think

Mike does Norwood Cachet

you can reach him by e-mail

mikek5@fuse.net

there is only one thing wrong

with this cover and it is my fault

I did not get the stamps on the cover

right witch lead me to come up with

my Stamp Tools Witch I showed in

a early post and ask for you

to name it.


Well a member of the

Syracuse (NY) Stamp Club

sent a link to fellow members

and

Vincent of Syracuse, NY

was the lucky reader

that named the tool for me.

"keep it straight" tool

witch is easy and funny

if you think about it.



so I want to thank Vincent

and hope to hear from other

members of the

Syracuse Stamp Club

If you are a member of the club

or in theSyracuse, NY area

if you will e-mail

and tell me about the club

and type of news letter's

that the stamp club does I have got

a cover for you.

Budrow@Highland.Net

Happy Stamping

Friday, March 03, 2006

What's IN The Water?


The above set of stamps is

Tambr - Persian Stamps, Iranian Stamps

Islamic Republic of Iran.

Salt Water Fish

A great looking set of stamps.

If you will look in the top left side

you can see a flag.

Now take a look at this set.

What's IN The Water?

If you are the 5th e-mail

Budrow@Highland.Net

that can tell me

what is in the top left?

Side of this set of stamps.

Look close What IS IT?

You might want to do a Google search.

I have got a set of cover for you.

Take a guess you just might get

Your self the set of FDC.

Happy Stamping.

And Now I know!



Well know we know or at lest I do.

I got my Hattie McDaniel cover

Back this week and was real up set

to see the 4 Bars cancel in stead

of the Pictorial Cancel like on the

Cover Blow


I just don't feel like this is far

to collector's I am sure if

One was to take the time and
ask the collector

they would feel the same way I do.

That we want the Pictorial Cancel.



I just hope the USPS only does

us this way for this one stamp.

I want the Pictorial Cancel.

Just like Dealers are getting.


Well it's finely Friday and that

means the weekend


PLAY TIME.


So let's start the weekend off

with some fun trivia.

#573 $5 Head of Freedom Capitol Dome

Issued March 20th 1923

This Five Dollar stamp is considered

by many collectors

to be the most beautiful stamp ever issued by

the United States. It depicts

the statue of "America"

that tops the Capitol building in

Washington, DC.



The use of the blue and carmine colors

is especially striking.

The beauty comes through,

even with this used example.

No inverted stamps are known,

Even though the famous Inverted Jenny

Was printed just 5 years before

this stamp was introduced.

If you are the first person that e-mail me

Budrow@Highland.Net

with the answer will get a FDC.

How was #573 printed?


Happy Stamping.