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On 25 Jan 2022, Japan released the second in its "Record of Nature" #stamps series. This issue depicts images from a set of 6 scrolls, dating from 1834, titled 禽鏡 (Kinkyo), in which there are 300 paintings of more than 200 #birds.
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2. The scrolls are the work of the Edo-period Japanese novelist, Takizawa Bakin (1767-1848), who had his son-in-law, the painter Atsumi Kakusyu, paint the birds, adding his own commentary around them. Puctured is Bakin's portrait by the ukiyo-e artist, Utagawa Kunisada.

3. To follow, I'll show each stamp next to an actual scan of the scroll from which it was adapted. Shown here is the first scroll in the set.

4. From Scroll 1, we have a Woodpecker and Oriole.

5. Also from Scroll 1, the "Buncho", a popular cage bird from Indonesia, and White's Thrush.

6. From Scroll 2, a Horned Owl.

7. From Scroll 3, a Chabot (a breed of chicken), and a Goffin’s Cockatoo.

8. From Scroll 4, a Peacock.

9. From Scroll 5, a Ruddy KIngfisher and Common Kingfisher on one stamp, and a Mandarin Duck on the other.

10. There are so many great images from these scrolls, it must have been hard to pick and choose between them. Personally, I would love to have seen this one included...

PS. Here are the links to the digitised scrolls...
Vol. 1: tinyurl.com/mt7jpt6s
Vol. 2: tinyurl.com/86pd9uk3
Vol. 3: tinyurl.com/w87r48ap
Vol. 4: tinyurl.com/4p8nuurx
Vol. 5: tinyurl.com/yvcrew8d
Vol. 6: tinyurl.com/yw6dzzr2

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Nov 14, 2020

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1967 (24 Jul) philatelically-inspired cover to the #philatelist & geologist Edric Charles Druce. Franked 2s8d over a year into decimalisation, but within the 2-year usage grace period. 2/8 = 27c, correct rate for 2nd weight postage (7c) + reg fee (20c).
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From the date stamps:
Posted Cronulla: 24 July 1967
Arr. Canberra: 25 July 1967
Redirected to Boulia from Canberra: 25 July 1967 (3 pm)
Transit Brisbane: 26 July 1967 (7 am)
Arr. Cloncurry: 26 July 1967 (7 pm)
Cloncurry is 327 km from Boulia. No Boulia arr. datestamp.

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As a government geologist, Druce had been in the field since Feb, heading up an extended field trip when the cover was sent. In Jul-Sep 1967, he was examining Cambrian and Ordovician sequences at Black Mountain and Mount Ninmaroo in the Boulia area of Queensland.

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Peter

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Oct 6, 2020

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1935 (20 Dec) marbled-blue cover to Detective-Sergeant J. Birch, Criminal Investigation Department, Melbourne, from a sender in Dunedin, New Zealand; solo 1935 1d Kiwi (SG 557) tied to cover with “BUY HEALTH STAMPS FOR HEALTH CAMPS” slogan cancel.
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Matching marbled-blue paper Christmas card enclosed with picture of Mt. Egmont mounted on front. Also known as Mt. Taranaki, the mountain is a dormant stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island with an elevation of 2,518 m.

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Written inside the card is a short message which reads “with best wishes for Christmas 1935. from Jim Gibson”.

Below, we will learn a little more about the recipient, James Richard Birch, and look for a contemporaneous link between Birch and NZ.

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Peter

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Jul 5, 2020

In my collection; 1843 #letter from #Australia to #Adare, #Ireland

"Dear Henry ... I sailed from Cork on the 11th of November 1839 and landed in Sidney 13th February 1840. We had a very pleasant voyage nothing particular occurred on the way but the death of 3 children."
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The "pleasant voyage" was aboard the 567-ton 'Adam Lodge', built and launched in 1833. The author of the letter, writing 3 years after the event, makes two small errors in his recollection. The ship arrived 14 Feb (not 13th) with only 2 infant deaths on board (not 3).

A regular feature in the colonial Australian newspapers, was Shipping Intelligence, detailing the arrival and departure of ships; Australia's only link to the rest of the world. Here (17 Feb 1840) is reported the arrival of the Adam Lodge, with 272 government emigrants aboard.

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Peter

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Jul 1, 2020

In 1937, my grandfather, a philatelist living in #India, bought this "George VI Series, 1937" presentation booklet. In the late '70s, he gave it to me as a budding young collector. The stamps inside have seen the light of day only half a dozen times in 80+ years.
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First and last pages.

The second page tells the story of this series of definitive stamps.

The center spread, with stamps stored in glassine pockets.

Over the next several days I'll scan each of these stamps in glorious 1200dpi, at 1000px along the longest edge, and add them to this thread.

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Peter

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May 29, 2020

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Covers provide opportunities to uncover fascinating stories from the past. This is one such cover, sent 100 years ago (6 Jun 1920) to Ingfrid Anderson, c/- Delia Ayer, at "The Australia" hotel, in Sydney, Australia.
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2. On the rear, the senders name and address, Sydney receiving cancel (Jul 13), and same-day Hotel Australia receiving time & date stamp. The sender, Lottie Anderson, was Ingfrid's sister. Her address is given as 4931 Franklin Ave, Los Angeles.

3. This is one of 3 covers in my collection sent from Lottie to her sister. The later covers are dated July 15 & 18; both arrived Sydney on the same date, Aug 12, with hotel redirection labels to the American Consulate in Sydney, & subsequently Paris, and London (4 Oct 20).

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